Taking a Stand with our Communities and Coming Together for the Future

The Annual Conference offers numerous opportunities to hear inspiring messages from speakers and engaging panelists.

2020 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

November 17 – 18, 2020

Session Date & Time

Speakers and Session Description

Welcome from Purpose Built

11/17/20
10:30 AM-10:40 AM ET

Carol Naughton
President and Interim Chief Executive Officer
Purpose Built Communities

Michelle Matthews – Speakers
Senior Vice President
Purpose Built Communities

Holistic Community Development in a time of Upheaval – A Neighborhood Perspective

11/17/20
10:40 AM-11:10 AM ET

Hear from leaders, stakeholders, and community members in Raleigh, NC about their experience as change makers during a global pandemic, the rise of a new Civil Rights Movement, and ongoing revitalizations efforts combatting systemic and structural racism and creating racial justice.

Kia Baker
Executive Director
Southeast Raleigh Promise

The Makings of a National Place-Based Movement

11/17/20
11:10 AM-11:40 AM ET

The research is clear: for too many Americans, zip codes determine destinies. Is there a new movement taking place in community development, philanthropy, and policy that is responding to the overwhelming evidence of the importance of place in fighting poverty? Hear from Geoffrey Canada, Founder and President of the Harlem Children’s Zone; Othello Meadows, Managing Director, Portfolio Strategy & Initiatives at Blue Meridian; Carol Naughton, President and Interim CEO of Purpose Built Communities; and Kwame Owusu-Kesse, CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone who are coming together to answer this question

Carol Naughton
President and Interim Chief Executive Officer
Purpose Built Communities

Geoffrey Canada
Founder and President
Harlem Children’s Zone

Othello Meadows
Managing Director, Portfolio Strategy & Initiatives
Blue Meridian

Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Chief Executive Officer
Harlem Children’s Zone

Tour of the Purpose Built Communities Network
11/17/20
11:40 AM-12:00 PM ET

Add content

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
November 17, 2020

Add content

The View from Congress and Beyond

11/18/20
10:30 AM-11:00 AM ET

Conversations with elected officials about support for programs at the federal and local levels that help the work of community developers like the Purpose Built Communities Network.

Logan S. Herring, Sr.
Chief Executive Officer
REACH Riverside

Chris Coons
Senator
Delaware

Add content