Don Shalvey, Deputy Director of the Gates Foundation, shared with the audience his work on the changing face of public education as it relates to school choice, portfolio management models for districts and the emergence of a three sector approach to schooling. He also discussed the role that education entrepreneurs are playing in energizing the sector and the importance of innovation in educating young people.
Curt McPhail, Project Manager for the Northside Development Group in Spartanburg, SC, moderated a panel on the topic of community engagement and how it is critical to community transformation and long-term sustainability. This conversation with the Northside Voyagers, provided hands-on expertise and advice.
Greg Giornelli of Purpose Built Communities shared how the Purpose Built Network has grown over the years and how the work of network members is changing lives across the country through mixed income housing, cradle-to-college education and community wellness.
Angela Blanchard of Neighborhood Centers Inc. discussed how to accomplish what doesn’t stand a “snowball’s chance in hell,” with engaging, thought provoking and often entertaining insights.
Dr. Jack Shonkoff of the Harvard Center on the Developing Child discussed the science behind how a child’s surroundings influence his or her development in profound, life changing ways, and what we can do about it.
Warren Buffett, co-founder of Purpose Built Communities, discusses the Purpose Built approach at Georgetown University.
Rodney Byrnes, a leader in the Avondale Meadows community of Indianapolis,, talks about how poverty is killing the American Dream for 46 million adults and 16.1 million children. Even worse, half of those children live in concentrated poverty, where most 3rd graders read below grade level; homicide rates are 12 times higher; and their prospects for healthy, successful lives are threatened. What role can real estate developers play in breaking the cycle of poverty?
Highlights from HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's remarks at Drew Charter School as part of a tour of East Lake and discussion of holistic community revitalization on a national scale, and Purpose Built Co-founder Warren Buffett's comments as part of a conversation at Georgetown University.
Dr. Douglas Jutte, MD, MPH, is a pediatrician and population health researcher at the University of California Berkeley's School of Public Health. He teaches in the UC Berkeley-UC San Francisco Joint Medical Program and serves as associate director of the master's degree in Health & Medical Sciences. 2013 Conference, New Orleans.
View highlights of the Fourth Annual Purpose Built Communities Network Member Conference, held October 2-4, 3013, in New Orleans.
Wide-ranging discussion with the founders of Purpose Built Communities.
Shirley Franklin, Former Executive Board Chair of Purpose Built Communities (and former Mayor of Atlanta), Thomas G. Cousins, Chair Emeritus, Cousins Properties, Inc.; Co-Founder, Purpose Built Communities, Julian H. Robertson, Jr., Chairman, Tiger Management, LLC; Co-Founder, Purpose Built Communities. 2013 Conference, New Orleans.
In "Resurgence and Revitalization: Reimagining Tulane as an Engaged Community Partner," Dr. Scott Cowen, President of Tulane University, discussed how, eight years ago, Hurricane Katrina marked the beginning of Tulane's transition to a more deeply engaged university, how Tulane has dismantled the ivory tower and is leveraging its impact as an anchor institution in the New Orleans community. 2013 Conference, New Orleans.
