Baltimore Agenda
Civic Engagement Leadership Institute
October 30-31, 2008
Annie E. Casey Foundation,
Purpose:
* To provide training and learning opportunities in civic engagement for nonprofit human service agency staff.
* To identify specific skills required to increase staff involvement and success in civic engagement activities, especially with populations that have less access to decision makers.
* To explore pathways to develop organizational capacity to carry out civic engagement activities.
Desired outcomes:
- Participants will understand why it is critically important to support and build the civic engagement of clients and constituents.
- Participants will be able to think about what role they or their organization might play to support and build civic engagement, and then make it happen.
- Participants will feel more comfortable/confident in talking about civic engagement with colleagues and external partners.
- Participants will be assisted to incorporate civic engagement practices and strategies in a fuller way to their daily work.
- Participants will make connections with one another, possibly creating a formalized cohort of “Civic Engagement Ambassadors.”
- Participants will understand what organizational structures and feedback loops will need to be in place in order to promote civic engagement and manage the risks associated with it.
Agenda:
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Shuttles depart from Sheraton Hotel starting at 12:20 PM. Last shuttle at 12:40 PM.
1:00 PM: Welcome by Peter Goldberg,
1:20 PM: Institute Overview by Linda Nguyen and Paula Purcell,
1:30 PM: Introductions and Expectations by Inca Mohamed, MAG
2:30 PM: Cans and Shoulds of Nonprofit Advocacy, with an emphasis on working with constituents by Susan Kilbourne, Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest
3:15 PM: Building a Race and Class Analysis, with an emphasis on developing organizational awareness of power structures by Jeff Bauer, Family and Children’s Service
Break
5:00 PM: Planning, Evaluating and Framing Impact of Civic Engagement by Laura Pinsoneault,
5:45 PM: Wrap up, reflection, and sharing
6:30 PM: Adjourn Day 1
Shuttles depart from Annie E. Casey Foundation back to Sheraton Hotel at 6:30 PM.
Dinner on your own
Friday, October 31, 2008
Shuttles depart from Sheraton Hotel starting at 7:30 AM. Last shuttle at 8:00 AM.
8:00 AM: Breakfast available at Annie E. Casey Foundation
8:30 AM: Where Am I? by Inca Mohamed
9:00 AM: How to Lead a Voter Engagement effort by George Pillsbury, Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network
9:45 AM: How to Carry out Legislative Advocacy by Ellie Klerlein, National Council of La Raza
Break
11:15 AM: How to Build a Multi-Issue/Interest Constituent Coalition by John Till, Family and Children’s Service
12:00 PM: Lunch, How to Prioritize Which Policy Issues to Focus Upon, with an emphasis on aligning constituent interests with organizational interests by Ian Bautista, United Neighborhood Centers of America
1:15 PM: Fundraising for your Civic Engagement Activities by Linda Nguyen and John Till
1:45 PM: The Power of Youth and Civic Engagement by Inca Mohamed
3:00 PM: Taking it Home for Impact by Inca Mohamed
4:00 PM: End of Institute
Shuttles depart from Annie E. Casey Foundation back to Sheraton Hotel at 4:00 PM.
