Session I (Thursday, August 25, 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm)
Building Successful and Strategic Collaborations to Achieve Your Organizational Mission
Session Overview: This session focuses on building the right coalition for your organization’s mission and vision by exploring unusual and non-traditional connections, consequence of the wrong partnerships, and enlisting support from businesses, industry, state, local, and elected government officials.
Speaker
Organization
Topic Area
Vernice Miller-Travis
Maryland Commission on Environmental Justice & Sustainable Communities
Moderator, Q&A
Sara Pesek
Environmental Finance Center-University of Syracuse
Moderator, Q&A
Denny Larson
Global Community Monitor
Moderator, Q&A
Carl Lindquist
Superior Watershed Partnership/Earth Keepers
Faith-Based Partnerships
Mildred Wiley
Bethel New Life
Faith-Based Leadership for Sustainable Community Renewal
Hilton Kelley
Community In-power and Development Association
Successful Community Engagement With the Private Sector
Savi Horne
Land Loss Prevention Project
Building Support for Rural and Agricultural Communities
Scot Spencer
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Community/Philanthropy Partnerships
Session II (Thursday, August 25, 2:45 pm – 4:45 pm)
Strategic Planning and Fiscal Sustainability
Session Overview: This session focuses on strategic planning and fiscal sustainability by exploring the “Theory of Change” model for strategic planning, providing solutions for raising funds in tough economic times, introducing social media as a fundraising strategy, and discussing internal financial controls.
Speaker
Organization
Topic Area
Peggy Shepard
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Moderator, Q&A
Cynthia Peurifoy
EPA, Region 4
Moderator, Q&A
Ursula Embola
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Winning Proposals Come From Winning Projects: Using Logic Models To Design Effective Projects
Ebonie Alexander
Black Family Land Trust
Best Practice Fiscal and Internal Controls
Kimberlee Archie
Knowledge + Skills = Options
Using the Theory of Change Model for Strategic Planning
Session III (Friday, August 26, 8:00 am – 10:00 am)
Connecting the Intergenerational Divide
Session Overview: This session focuses on connecting the intergenerational divide by discussing youth organizing, succession planning, and social media across generations. During this session we will be live blogging using CoverItLive.com. CoverItLive is a free web based Live Blogging
tool that allows you to broadcast live commentary to your readers. To follow the session and participate in the discussions on-line, please go to
http://detroitej.blogspot.com/2011/08/connecting-intergenerational-divide-epa.html
Speaker
Organization
Topic Area
Holly Wilson
EPA
Moderator, Q&A
Lottie Spady
East Michigan Environmental Action Council
Passing the Torch
DeRaina Stinson
East Michigan Environmental Action Council
Receiving the Torch & Using Social Media (e.g., Movies)
Kim Wasserman-Nieto
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing Pipeline of Youth Leadership
Kevin Alcaibe
Little Village Environmental Justice Organizing
Technology in Activism
Kari Fulton
Environmental Justice Climate Change Imitative
Climate Justice: Using Traditional and Digital Organizing to Engage Youth Leaders on Protecting Our Futures & The Utilization of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0
Lorraine Marasigan
Funders Collaborative on Youth Organization
ReGenerations: Environmental Justice Initiative
Sandra Yu
Detroiters Working for EJ
Live blogging the "Connecting the Intergenerational Divide" session as a demonstration.
Mustafa Ali
EPA, Office of Environmental Justice
Office of Environmental Justice: Connecting with the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders
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