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PhillyBlocks 2007: The Neighborhood AgendaFriday, September 14, 2007 from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM (ET)Philadelphia, PA |
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PhillyBlocks 2007: The Neighborhood Agenda
The Institute for the Study of Civic Values is proud to sponsor the second annual PhillyBlocks Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
On Friday, September 14th, 2007, block captains, town watch members, youth advocates, and neighborhood activists will convene at the second annual PhillyBlocks 2007: The Neighborhood Agenda, a city-wide conference focused on tackling some of the city's toughest issues.
Beginning with a special plenary at 9:00am, attendees will participate in workshops relating to topics concerning housing, clean and safe neighborhoods, prisoner re-entry, education, and economic opportunity. Those workshops will be hosted by a variety of city departments and city-wide organizations. After the workshops, the participants will reconvene to report on the sessions and to establish next steps during lunch with keynote speaker State Representative Dwight Evans. There will be a resource fair with information tables throughout the day for attendees to visit and collect information.
Please Note - Lunch is sold out
Attendees will choose from the following workshops:
(you must choose one workshop to complete the online registration)
Workshop A: Clean and Green Neighborhoods
Chair, Christine Knapp, The Next Great City
Maurice Sampson, Recycle Now
Pete Hoskins, Philadelphia Parks Alliance
Blaine Bonham, Green City Strategy
Debbie Hall, Keith Green, Philadelphia Green
Phoebe Coles, Keep Philadelphia Beautiful
How Can Block Captains and Community Organizations work to implement the priorities of the Next Great City in our neighborhoods, recycling, tree planting, vacant lot revitalization, sewer backup prevention, and improvements in neighborhood parks?
Workshop B: Saving Homes: Foreclosures and RepairsChair, Jeremy Nowak, The Reinvestment Fund
Ali Konley, ACORN
Representative, Community Legal Services
Diane-Louise Wormley, Neighborhoods Now
Don Kelly, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition
Rose Gray, APM
Representative, Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation
What steps can we take to prevent mortgage foreclosures in Philadelphia and to increase funding for home repairs that threaten to displace low and moderate income homeowners from their homes?
Workshop C: Making Neighborhoods Safe
Chair, Anthony Murphy, Town Watch
Patricia Giorgio-Fox, Deputy Police Commissioner
Beth Grossman, Public Nuisance Department, District Attorney’s Office
Peter Solomon, Department of Probation, Peter Solomon
Leon King, Philadelphia Prison Commissioner
Harriet Spencer, Mayor’s Office of Reentry
Bilal Qayyum, Men United for a Better Philadelphia
How can we strengthen relationships between our neighborhoods and the Police Districts and work to build a parole, probation, and prisoner reentry system that adequately monitors the more than 43,000 repeat offenders living in our neighborhoods?
Workshop D: Schools, Neighborhoods and Youth Development
Chair, Shelly Yanoff, Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth
Tom Brady, Philadelphia School District
Jerry Jordan, Philadephia Federation of Teachers
Greg Wade, Philadelphia Home and School Council
Michelle Rupe, Philadelphia Safe and Sound
Jay Henry, EPIC Stakeholder Groups
Leanne Ayers, KidZone
How can the School District, After-School Programs, the Home and School Association, and other community-based youth development programs work together to improve education and the quality of life for Philadelphia young people?
Workshop E: Economic Opportunity: Facing the Challenges
Chair, Sharmain Matlock Turner, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition
Cheryl Davis, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
John Dodds, Philadelphia Unemployment Project
Liz Robinson, Energy Coordinating Agency
Ed Speedling, Project HOME
Sydelle Zove, Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger
How can community organizations, welfare-to-work programs, and human service agencies work together to reduce homelessness, increase employment opportunities, and help low income residents cope with the rising cost of fuel and energy in Philadelphia?
Conference Schedule:
8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Registration and Check-In
9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Opening Plenary
10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Break/Attendees to Workshops
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Workshop Session (see descriptions above)
12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. "The Neighborhoods Movement: Working Together For Change" Luncheon with Keynote Address by State Representative Dwight Evans (by ticket only - tickets $10)
1:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Informal Networking
2:00 p.m. Conference Closes
ATTENTION: If you would like to host an information table at the resource fair that will be on-going throughout the conference, please contact Audrey Ann Ross at 215-238-1434 or by email at aross@iscv.org.
When & Where
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19107
Friday, September 14, 2007 from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM (ET)
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Institute for the Study of Civic Values
The Institute for the Study of Civic Values (ISCV) has worked to improve Philadelphia’s neighborhoods for more than 30 years. ISCV’s mission is to build community, expand economic opportunity, and strengthen democracy through promoting citizen participation in all levels of government. ISCV continues to work to strengthen civic engagement throughout the country through programs that apply our historic civic values to the problems facing America today. Ed Schwartz, ISCV’s Executive Director, has served as City Councilman-at-large, Director of the Office of Housing and Community Development, and Chairman of the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission. He is the author of NetActivism: How Citizens Use the Internet. ISCV is a non-profit 501c3 based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.