Centennial Leadership Summit
March 25, 2010, Nashville, TN
Across the country, poverty is on the rise: children are hungry, veterans are homeless, and families are working, but barely getting by.
Policy-makers, community leaders and people of good will joined Catholic Charities USA in a one-day interactive forum to find effective solutions to the injustice of poverty in America. As a nation we must seize this opportunity to promote changes that promote human dignity and the common good.
Why We Care
In 2010, our centennial year, we celebrate members’ work to bring dignity and respect to all people and advocate the broader community to live a life of justice and social concern. It is also a time to plan for the next 100 years. We need your help as we continue to work to reduce the threat of poverty in America.
Catholic Charities USA will host 8 Centennial Leadership Summits across the country leading up to our historic September 25-28 Centennial Gathering in Washington, DC. We invite you to join us on this journey as we:
- Empower individuals to move out of poverty
- Recognize and learn from effective local poverty reduction programd
- Advocate for public policy that addresses systemic causes of poverty
- Invite citizens to live a life of justice and social concern
- Celebrate work that brings dignity and respect to all people
Schedule
| 9:30am |
Registration Open |
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10:00am |
Welcome
Mayor Karl Dean
Prayer |
| 10:30am |
Keynote Address: Poverty Today - A Moral Threat to the Common Good
Fr. Larry Snyder, president, Catholic Charities USA |
| 11:00am |
Local Lens; Regional Response: Looking for Innovative Solutions to Poverty
Dr. Dan Cornfield, sociology professor, Vanderbilt University
Joanne Pulles, president, The HCA Foundation
John Seigenthaler, Sr., journalist, publisher and civil rights activist
Moderator - Pat Nolan, senior vice president, DVL Public Relations & Advertising |
| 12:00am |
Lunch and Recognition Program |
| 1:00pm |
Facilitated Table Discussion: Local Work to Reduce Poverty |
| 2:15pm |
From Conversation to Action: Bringing National Prominence to Regional Work
Candy Hill, senior vice president of social policy and government affairs, CCUSA |
| 2:30pm |
Community Conversation; Innovative Ideas
Howard Gentry, chief executive officer, Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation
Renata Soto, chief executive officer, Conexion Americas
Patrick Willard, advocacy director, AARP Tennessee |
| 3:45pm |
Commitment to Action
Patricia Hvidston, senior vice president for development and communications, Catholic Charities USA |
| 4:00pm |
Program Networking Reception
with AmericanPoverty.org Photo Gallery
Opportunity to connect with your colleagues on best practices and big ideas |
Our Commitment to Reduce Poverty
In 2007, Catholic Charities USA launched the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America, a multi-year, multi-faceted approach to reducing poverty by 50 percent by 2020. For more information and to find out how you can get involved, please visit our Campaign Web Site.
Poverty reduction is not new to Catholic Charities USA. For almost 100 years, Catholic Charities USA has been working to reduce poverty in America. Catholic Charities USA's 2010 centennial activities will celebrate our members’ work to bring dignity and respect to all people and will advocate the broader community to live a life of justice and social concern. |