The 21st Century Cities Initiative (21CC) at Johns Hopkins University is pleased to announce that the 2018 edition of our Symposium—21st Century Neighborhoods: Research. Leadership. Transformation.—will be incorporated into the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s 2018 Reinventing Our Communities: Investing in Opportunity Conference to be held at the Hilton Baltimore on October 1-3, 2018.
As a 2018 “ROC” conference lead partner and sponsor, 21CC is working closely with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia to shape the agenda, presenters, and audience. This year’s “ROC” Conference will build on 21CC’s 21st Century Neighborhoods symposiums (held in Baltimore the past couple of autumns) to bring together diverse and cross-disciplinary city leaders and experts, urban scholars, community developers and organizers, and more to explore the latest place-based research, strategies, policies, and programs for expanding opportunity, inclusion, and innovation in U.S. cities and communities.
Learn more about the event in this booklet.
For more information on the conference agenda and to register, please visit: https://www.philadelphiafed.org/roc2018
Agenda-At-A-Glance
Day 1, October 1
8:30 a.m. – 11:30a.m. Neighborhood Tours and Learning Labs
Learning Lab: Innovations in the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
Neighborhood Tour – Southeast Baltimore Mixed-Income Neighborhoods
Neighborhood Tour – Explore the Core: The Central Baltimore Partnership
Neighborhood Tour – East Baltimore: Eager Park and Oliver
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Opening Plenary: Investing in Opportunity
1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
The Sustainability of Affordable Rental Housing
Capital for Communities: Innovative Approaches to Community Development Funding and Sustainability
The Economic Impact of Reentry and Returning Citizens
Creating Inclusive and Sustainable Leadership for Communities
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Break
4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Plenary: Lessons from the Part, Investments in the Future, Action for the Present
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Evening Reception
Day 2, October 2
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
Helping Lower-Income Students Succeed in Higher Education
Middle Neighborhoods
Addressing the Trauma Impacted Cycle of Poverty
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
Small City Economic Development and the Racial Divide
The Business Case for Quality Jobs
The Economic Impact of Homeownership
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Plenary: The New Geography of Poverty and the Opportunity for Regional Strategies
1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Investing in America’s Workforce
Strategies for Outcomes-Based Financing
Women and Wealth Building
2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Learning Lab: Integrating a Racial Equity Lens into Community Development
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Research Release: Building Durable Pathways to Economic Mobility, Provoking New Perspectives for Affordable Housing and Service Providers
5:30 p.m. Evening Reception
Day 3, October 3
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Plenary: From Addressing Market Failures to Investing in Opportunity
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
The Human Capital Impacts of the Opioid Epidemic
The Impact of Automation on the Future of Work and Low- and Moderate-Income Workers
Anchor Institutions: Catalysts for Change
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Closing Plenary: Disruptive Philanthropy: Capital that Catalyzes Systems Change
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