Rebuilding America's Lower Ninth Calendar of Events


Rebuilding America's Lower Ninth
Calendar of Events
August 21—September 1, 2006

Women, Welfare, and Poverty
Chicago, Illinois

Join the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law and the Chicago Foundation for Women as we assess the impact of welfare reform on women in poverty and promote new ways to rebuild the lives and communities devastated by poverty across the nation.

Speakers:

  • Hannah Rosenthal, Chicago Foundation for Women
  • John Bouman, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
  • Barbara Flynn Currie, Illinois Representative
  • Peter Edelman, Georgetown Law Professor
  • Julie Hamos, Illinois Representative

When: August 21, 2006, 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Where: Chicago Foundation for Women, 1 East Wacker Drive, 20th Floor
RSVP: 312.577-2801 ext. 229 or email RSVP@cfw.org

Antipoverty Advocacy and the Press
Chicago, Illinois

As part of the Rebuilding America’s Lower Ninth campaign, the Shriver Center and the Donor’s Forum of Chicago’s Grantmakers Concerned with Poverty Committee will stage a forum for funders to understand the strategic relationship between grantmakers and advocates as we engage media professionals about solutions to poverty in our community.

Speakers:

  • Alycia Tate, Chicago Reporter
  • Mary Ann Fergus, Chicago Tribune
  • Amy Rynell, Heartland Alliance
  • John Bouman, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

When:   Wednesday, August 23, 2006, 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Where:  Donors Forum of Chicago Conference Room
Contact Rikeesha Cannon
 
Ending Poverty in Every Community
Concordia, Kansas

Join Rita McLennon, executive director of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, who will moderate a panel discussion on “Women, Welfare, and the War on Poverty.” A screening of American Idealist, a new documentary about R. Sargent Shriver, who prosecuted the War on Poverty, will follow.

Speakers:

  • Rita McLennon, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
  • D. Milo Mumgaard, Nebraska Appleseed
  • Marilyn Harp, Kansas Legal Services
  • S. Esther Pineda of the Sisters of Saint Joseph in Concordia, Kansas

When: Thursday, August 31, 2006, 1:00 p.m.–4 :00 p.m.
Where: Nazareth Motherhouse, 13th and Washington St., Concordia, Kansas
RSVP: S. Carm Thibault (785) 823-8764 or carmthibault@yahoo.com
 
Engaging a New Generation of Activists: Antipoverty Teach-in and Strategy Forum
Oakland, California

Join the Shriver Center and Van Jones and other noted activists and organizers to share ideas about how our community—particularly our young people—can engage in progressive movements to end poverty. Participants in this antipoverty teach-in will focus on how to amplify the call for racial and economic justice in the Bay Area and build a movement for change across the country.

Speakers:

  • Frank Chong, Ed.D., President, Laney College, Oakland, CA
  • Sharon Cornu, Central Labor Council of Alameda County, AFL-CIO
  • Van Jones, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
  • Hallie Montoya Tansey, League of Young Voters
  • Bernida Reagan, Director of Social Responsibility, Port of Oakland
  • Nicky González Yuen, Ph.D., J.D., Peralta Community College Board and Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club in the East Bay

When: Friday, September 1, 2006. 6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Where: Laney College Theater, 900 Fallon Street, Oakland CA
RSVP: fightpoverty@youthlaw.org