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State of the Region 2012
On April 26, 2012, Urban Habitat's Bay Area Social Equity Caucus (SEC) will host its annual State of the Region conference at the California Endowment's Oakland Conference Center. The conference will convene more than 100 leaders from San Francisco Bay Area community-based organizations, advocacy groups, foundations, and government agencies to:
-Seed conversations between key decision-makers, advocates, and community-based organizations across the Bay Area that represent and work on finding solutions to pressing regional issues affecting the Bay Area's low-income communities and communities of color.
-Incubate the ideas of researchers, government agencies, policy makers, and community-based organizations from across the country in order to identify innovative solutions that can be replicated in the Bay Area.
-Foster the regional relationships needed to maintain a multi-sector, multi-issue regional network of equity minded decision-makers and organizations that can move a regional equity agenda forward.
Conference Agenda
8:30AM 9:30AM: Registration and Breakfast
9:30AM 10AM: Welcome Address
- Allen Fernandez Smith, President & CEO, Urban Habitat
- Joe Brooks, Vice President for Civic Engagement, PolicyLink and Chair, Urban Habitat Board of Directors
10AM 10:45AM: Morning Keynote Address
-Mitchell Silver, President, American Planning Association
11AM 12:30PM: Morning Strategy Sessions
The Changing Geography of Race and Class in the Bay Area
- Belen Seara, Land Use Director, Urban Habitat (moderator)
- Jennifer Tran, Program Associate, PolicyLink
- Mary Rocha, Councilmember, City of Antioch
- Walter Hawkins, Vice-President, Westside Action Group (Los Angeles, CA)
Building Equitable Neighborhoods in the Bay Area Post-Redevelopment
- Connie Galambos Malloy Director of Programs, Urban Habitat (moderator)
- Gloria Bruce, Deputy Director, East Bay Housing Organizations
- Carlos Romero, Councilmember, City of East Palo Alto
- Josh Mukhopadhyay, Attorney, Goldfarb & Lipman LLP
Reforming the Bay Area's Regional Agencies for More Equitable and Accountable Governance
- Bob Allen, Director of Transportation Justice, Urban Habitat (moderator)
- David Campos, Supervisor, County of San Francisco
- Egon Terplan, Regional Planning Director, San Francisco Planning + Urban Reasearch
- Myron Orfield, Executive Director, Institute on Race & Poverty, University of Minnesota
- Gary Cunningham, Councilmember, Metropolitan Council (Twin Cities, MN)
12:30PM 1PM: Lunch
1PM 1:45PM: Afternoon Keynote Address
Bertha Lewis, President and Founder, The Black Institute and former CEO and Chief Organizer, ACORN
2PM 3:30PM: Afternoon Capacity-Building Workshops
Reciprocal Accountability: Bringing the Outside Movement Into Insider Advocacy
- Laurie Jones Neighbors, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Urban Habitat (moderator)
- Sharon Cornu, Consultant and Former Deputy Mayor, City of Oakland
- Neva Walker, Executive Director, Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth
- Nathaniel Smith, Founder and Convener, Southern Partnership for Regional Equity (Atlanta, GA)
Organizing Strategies for Winning Regional Campaigns
- Lindsary Imai (moderator), Transportation Justice Program Coordinator, Urban Habitat
- Ya-Ting Liu, Public Transit Campaign Manager, Transportation Alternatives (New York, NY)
- Francisca Porchas, National Coordinator, Bus Riders Union (Los Angeles, CA)
- Azibuike Akaba, Organizer, Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative
Funding Regional Advocacy: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in Bay Area Philanthropy
- Allen Fernandez Smith, President & CEO, Urban Habitat (moderator)
- Ray Colmenar, Senior Program Manager, The California Endowment
- Alex Andrade, Program Officer, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- Francesca Vietor, Environment Program Officer, The San Francisco Foundation
3:30PM 5PM: Networking Reception: Pacific Southern Brewing Company, Oakland, CA
Urban Habitat is providing a limited number of scholarships for base-building organizations. For more information, contact Frank Lopez, Social Equity Caucus Coordinator at frank@urbanhabitat.org.
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LocationThe California Endowment Oakland Conference Center (View)
1111 Broadway, 7th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
United States
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