SPRING 2007

Calendar

Declaration of Interdependence: The Fabric of Community

National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Date: April 16, 2007

Kendra Wells, Innovation Center partner from the University of Maryland, staff members Lisa Devaney and Patrick Heiman will be presenting an Innovation Center poster session at this conference highlighting ways to strengthen, benefit and contribute to the knowledge and innovations that strengthen the field of community development.

Philanthropy and the Challenges of our Time: Making a Difference at Home and Around the Globe

Council on Foundations

Location: Seattle, WA

Date: April 29-May 1, 2007

Innovation Center President Wendy Wheeler will represent the Innovation Center for our exhibit at the Council of Foundations in Seattle.  This gathering will focus on how philanthropy can play a potentially transformative role within the four topics of Poverty, Public Health, Environment and Disasters.

Children Youth and Families at Risk (CYFAR) 2007 Conference

Location: Chicago, IL

Date: May 1-4, 2007

Innovation Center Senior Director of Training and Field Services Elayne Dorsey and a young person from one of the KLCC session II sites will be conducting a workshop that discusses our ongoing work with the KLCC initiative and provides participants with hands-on activities for implementing youth-adult partnerships and collective leadership in their organizations.  We will also be presenting two poster sessions, one around the resources and youth development approach of the Innovation Center, the other focusing on our work in partnering with the organization Roca, Inc. on reengaging at-risk youth. 

Leadership Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line

Community Leadership Association

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Date: May 2-6, 2007

Elayne Dorsey and senior youth training cadre member Zara Snapp will be presenting a hands-on workshop exploring the benefits of collective leadership and youth-adult partnerships as strategies for promoting youth leadership in community building efforts.

National Pathways to Adulthood - Independent Living, Transitional Living Conference

National Resource Center for Youth Services

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Date: May 9-11, 2007

Zara Snapp will present a workshop that draws from the Innovation Center's experience with the Kellogg Leadership for Community Change initiative. Participants will learn about the potential of youth-adult partnerships for strengthening engagement in community projects that foster healthy decision making, and create greater leadership, economic, and civic opportunities for young people. Wendy Wheeler will facilitate a workshop that explores innovative strategies for using accountability, shared learning, and the honoring of all voices as strategies for re-engaging at-risk youth. We will also be presenting an exhibit on the key tools and resources pioneered by the Innovation Center.

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