Y-PLAN as a Tool to Engage Young People in Re-Imagining and Transforming Cities
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AGENDA
Sunday, May 18: A Year of Action and Reflection
Evening: Capitol Hill Dinner and Dialogue with Y-PLAN Scholars, Educators, Civic Leaders and Community Partners
6:00 Y-PLAN “Lightning” Presentations and Interactive Poster Session - Rayburn Building Gold Room #2168, Capitol Hill • Welcome by Mavonne Garrity, Senior Policy Advisor, Congressman Alan Lowenthal
7:30 Y-PLAN Civic Review Feedback
• Ron Ashford, Director, Public Housing and Supportive Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Catherine Foca, Vice President, Capital One Foundation • Ellen Braff-Guajardo, Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Y-PLAN Scholars and Peers
MONDAY May 19, 2014: Going to scale
Moving from Pockets of Change to Systems of Opportunity
8:00 Registration and Breakfast - Hamilton Crowne Plaza, 1001 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
8:30 Poster Gallery and Viewing
9:00 Welcome and Overview: Deborah McKoy, Executive Director, Center for Cities + Schools, UC Berkeley
9:20 Y-PLAN Documentary Film Preview
9:30 Keynote: Pedro Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, New York University
10:00 Y-PLAN Emerging Metropolitan Collaboratives: What’s Happening? Reflections from the Field
• Washington, D.C.: Cesar Chavez Charter School Network
• New York City: Bronx, Queens and New York City Board of Education
• San Francisco Bay Area: San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and West Contra Costa Unified School District
• Dallas Independent School District
National Context and Dialogue
• Salin Geevarghese, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• David Stern, Director, College & Career Academy Support Network (CCASN) and Professor Emeritus of Education, University of California, Berkeley
Concurrent Youth Session A: Cultivating a Y-PLAN Global Network
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Keynote: Secretary Shaun Donovan, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
1:00 Funders Panel: Innovating How We Leverage Public-Private Networks and Resources
• Carolyn S. Berkowitz, President, Capital One Foundation
• Ellen Braff-Guajardo, Program Officer, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
• Elson Nash, Team Lead, Promise Neighborhoods Program, U.S. Department of Education
2:00 Tools and Strategies for Engaging Civic and Community Leaders as Partners
• Y-PLAN Digital Tools: Jessie Stewart, National Y-PLAN Coordinator, Center for Cities + Schools
• Local Stories and Insights from Civic Partners: New Orleans, Richmond, Detroit and Washington, D.C.
• Planning Your Y-PLAN Civic Partnership 2014-2015
Concurrent Youth Session B: Cultivating a Y-PLAN Global Network
3:30 Closing Discussion: Youth Present Vision for Y-PLAN Charter Youth Artistic Performance: Spoken Word
4:00 Conclusion
