PhillyBlocks 2007: The Neighborhood Agenda
Posted by on September 3, 2007
PhillyBlocks 2007-September 14th: The Neighborhoods Movement Unites
Participation in the PhillyBlocks 2007-The Neighborhood Agenda conference at the Convention Center, Friday, September 14th from 8:30 AM-2:00 PM is growing.
Register Now for the conference at PhillyBlocks 2007 Registration or through http://PhillyNeighborhoods.org
Or call 215-283-1434.
The preliminary program is follows.
PhillyBlocks 2007: The Neighborhood Agenda
8:30 AM-Registration and Information Tables
9:00 AM-10:15 AM Opening Plenary, Chair, Ed Schwartz, Institute for the Study Civic Values
Mayor John Street
Michael Nutter, Democratic Candidate, Mayor
Al Taubenberger, Republican Candidate, Mayor
10:30 AM-Noon Neighborhood Issue Panels
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
Bob Grossman, Philadelphia Green
Making Neighborhoods Safe
Chair, Anthony Murphy, Town Watch
Patricia Giorgio-Fox, Deputy Police Commissioner
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
Schools and Neighborhoods
Chair, Shelly Yanoff, Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth
Tom Brady, Philadelphia School District
Greg Wade, Philadelphia Home and School Council
Michelle Rupe, Philadelphia Safe and Sound
Jay Henry, EPIC Stakeholder Groups
Leanne Ayers, KidZone
Saving Homes: Foreclosures and Home Repairs
Chair, Jeremy Nowak, The Reinvestment Fund
Ali Konley, ACORN
Diane-Louise Wormley, Neighborhoods Now
Don Kelly, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition
Rose Gray, APM
Representative, Philadelphia Housing and Development Corporation
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
Representative, Project HOME
12:15-1:30 Closing Lunch, “The Neighborhoods Movement–Working Together for Change”
Ed Schwartz, Institute for the Study of Civic Values, 1218 Chestnut St.,
Rm. 702, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 215-238-1434 [email protected]
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