Featured Sessions
Community Building Fundamentals
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Strengthening Neighborhood Organizations
- Kristin Leimkuhler
- Mollie Hazen, El Cerrito Crime Prevention Committee
- Gail Jara, PCSS Methadone
- Janie Holland, Neighborworks America
- Podcast coming soon!
- Slide Deck
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Open Gov: Contributing and Accessing Information about Your Community
- Tina Lee, Fellow at DataSF.org
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Inspire, Equip and Mobilize Volunteers
- Lori Jean Mantooth, HandsOn Network
- Dr. Gretchen Van Der Veer, Corporation for National and Community Service
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Hot Trends in Community Journalism: How You Can Benefit
- Whitney Wilcox, Renaissance Journalism Center
- Jen Gilomen, Bay Area Video Coalition
- Geoff Link, San Francisco Study Center
- Eva Martinez, Acción Latina
Elements of Vital Communities
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Increasing Access to the Financial Mainstream: The role of public/private/nonprofit partnerships in effecting local and national change
- Jose Cisneros, Treasurer, City & County of San Francisco
- José Quiñonez, Mission Asset Fund
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From Displacement to Resettlement: Transitioning Refugees and Immigrants into Communities
- Olivia Byler, East Bay Refugee Forum
- Mary Voelbel, Upwardly Global
- No audio, unfortunately!
- Slide Deck 1
- Slide Deck 2
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Innovations in Community and Civic Engagement
- Susan B Benton, Urban Libraries Council
- Rivkah Sass, Sacramento Public Library
- Melinda Cervantes, Santa Clara County Library
- Cathy Sanford, Contra Costa County Library
- Douglas Smith, Berkeley Public Library
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School and Community Gardens
- Daniel Homsey, City of San Francisco
- Mohammed Nuru, San Francisco Department of Public Works
- Barbara Wenger, CommunityGrows
- Barbara Finnin, City Slicker Farms
- Suzi Palladino, Garden for the Environment
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Higher Education’s Role in Fostering Civic Engagement
- Gerald Eisman, Institute for Civic & Community Engagement, San Francisco State University
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Transforming Communities District by District
- Daniel Hurtado, Central Market Community Benefit District
- Andrea Aiello, Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District
- Elvin Padilla, Tenderloin Economic Development Corporation
- No audio, unfortunately!
- Slide Deck
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Public Spaces: How to Save Our Urban Backyards
- Phil Ginsburg, San Francisco Recreation & Parks Dept.
- Karen Kidwell, San Francisco Parks Trust
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Building Resilient Communities through Multi-Sector Collaboration
- Daniel Homsey, City of San Francisco
- Edwin Lee, City of San Francisco
- Dr. Gerald Eisman, Institute for Civic and Community Engagement
- Dawn Trennert, Middle Polk Neighborhood Association
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Have you thought about your cultural assets lately?
- Marsha L. Semmel, Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Local Actions, Neighborhood Effects: Greening Your Community
- Peggy Duvette, WiserEarth
- Sudeep Motupalli Rao, Ph.D, Deep Solutions
- Neal Patel, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
- Maikhanh Nguyen, Connect the Dots
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Neighborhood Centers Together
- Joseph Smooke, Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center
- Pat Scott, Booker T. Washington Community Service Center
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Can You Imagine a World Without the Arts?
- Regina Miranda, Creative Community Intl
- Kary Schulman, Grants for the Arts
Leadership & Impact
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Next-Generation Leadership: Pioneers in Justice
- Moderated by Merle Lawrence, Levi Strauss Foundation
- Lateefah Simon, Lawyers’ Committee on Civil Rights
- Arcelia Hurtado, Equal Rights Advocates
- Recording is damaged (sorry!)
- Slide Deck
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Future of Government Open Planning
- Chris Vein, City & County of San Francisco
- Adriel Hampton, Gov 2.0 Radio
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The Abundant Community
- Peter Block, consultant
- John McKnight, Asset-Based Community Development Institute
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Fostering Collaboration Among Social Entrepreneurs
- Nora Silver, Center for Nonprofit & Public Leadership
- Peggy Duvette, WiserEarth
- Meredith Walters, The Hub Bay Area
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Giving from the Ground Up
- Lucy Bernholz, Blueprint Research & Design
- Joe Cullinane, Business Development Coach
- Ben Rigby, The Extraordinaries
- Diane Sanchez, East Bay Community Foundation
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Doing Pro Bono Right
- Joel Bashevkin, Taproot Foundation
- Anne Diaz, Taproot Foundation
- Natasha Matusova, Taproot Foundation
Closing Cross-Sector Panel
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The Future of Community
- Chip Conley, Joie de Vivre Hospitality
- Bob Johansen, The Institute for the Future
- John McKnight, Asset-Based Community Development Institute
- Marsha L. Semmel, Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Craig Newmark, craigslist
- Lateefah Simon, Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights
- moderated by Rachael Myrow, KQED
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