Minnesota Agenda

 

Alliance for Children and Families

Civic Engagement Training Institute

August 13-15, 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Agenda

************************************************************************************************************Wednesday, August 13^th (A La Salsa Restaurant)

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.  

 

Welcome……………………………………………………………………………….….Molly Greenman, Linda Nguyen

 

Introductions………………………………………………………………………………......................Participants

 

Training Overview.………………………………...............................................Linda Campbell 

 

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Thursday, August 14^th (Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown)

 

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 

 

The Alliance and UNCA Commitment to Civic Engagement..........Elizabeth Carey, Ian Bautista

 

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 

 

Session One:  Introduction to Civic Engagement…………….............................Linda Campbell

Exercise: Who’s in the Room Timeline – What Brought You to Human Services?

 

10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  

Session Two:  Building a Race and Class Analysis………...................Jeff Bauer, Sara Hagestad

12: 30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.                          

Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.     

Session Three:  Introduction to Models and Strategies……………………………………….Linda Campbell

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.      

 

Wrap -Up & Prep for Site Visits…………………………………………………………Linda Campbell, Jeff Bauer

 

3:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Break (Shuttles depart at 5:30 p.m.)

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.   

Site visit with MOVE Community Action Committees (Powder Horn Park)

************************************************************************************************************Friday, August 15^th   (tentative Family and Children’s Service, 4123 E. Lake Street)

8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.   

Site Visit Debrief & Lessons Learned……………………....................................Linda Campbell

9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.    

Session Four:  Community Forums………………………………………………………Paula Purcell, Carol Lukas

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.     

Lunch and Conversation about Civic Engagement, Public Policy, and Organizational Hybridity…………………………………………….........................................................Jeff Bauer

12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.      

Session Five:  Implementation & Measuring Impact…………………………….Laura Pinsoneault, John Till, Jennifer Blevins

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.         

Wrap Up and Evaluation…………………………………………………………………….…………….…Linda Campbell 

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Optional Door-Knocking Activity: Issue Education and Voter Engagement (Cedar Riverside Neighborhood)

5:15 p.m.

Optional Dinner

 

 

Speaker Key:

Molly Greenman:  Family and Children’s Service

Linda Nguyen:  Alliance for Children and Families

Linda Campbell:  Building Movement Project

Jeff Bauer:  Family and Children’s Service

Sara Hagestad:  Family and Children’s Service

Paula Purcell:  Alliance for Children and Families

Carol Lukas:  Fieldstone Alliance

Laura Pinsoneault:  Alliance for Children and Families

John Till:  Family and Children’s Service

Jennifer Blevins:  Pillsbury United Communities