Anchor Institutions Task Force (AITF)

Agenda

 9:00 am Registration and Refreshments

10:00 am Welcome and AITF Strategic Priorities & Update

David Maurrasse, Director, Anchor Institutions Task Force; Founder & President, Marga, Inc.

10:10 am Rationale for Our Topic – AITF Chairs

Ira Harkavy, Founding Chair, Anchor Institutions Task Force, Founding Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania

Nancy Cantor, Co-chair, Anchor Institutions Task Force; Chancellor, Rutgers University-Newark

David Perlstein, Co-chair, Anchor Institutions Task Force; CEO, SBH Health System

10:30 am Multi-institutional Anchor Partnerships and Trusted Democratic Partnerships (Panel and Open Dialogue)

Public Safety

Newark, NJ: Newark Public Safety Collaborative (NPSC)

Alejandro Gimenez Santana

Co-Executive Director, NPSC (Rutgers University-Newark)

Warren Thompson

Community Organizer, LPCCD

Economic Development

St. Petersburg, Florida: St. Petersburg Anchors Collaborative

Bilan Joseph

Strategic Initiatives Manager, Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg

Harold Bryant

Community Experience Coordinator, Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg

Health

Toledo, OH

Angela Mingo

Vice President, Development and Corporate Affairs, Nationwide Children’s

11:50 am Lunch

12:30 pm Community-based Strategies involving Schools and Other Anchors (Panel and Open Dialogue)

Philadelphia, PA

Cory Bowman

Associate Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania

Janice Sykes-Ross

Executive Director, West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Paul Robeson House & Museum

Bianca del Rio

Executive Director, University-Assisted Community Schools, University of Pennsylvania,

Netter Center for Community Partnerships

Paterson, NJ

Dana Natale

Director of Community Action Nexus, Montclair State University

Aracelis Ruiz

One Square Mile Project Manager, Montclair State University

Richard Williams

Executive Director, St. Paul's Community Development Corporation

Shanikwa Lemon

Program Manager, The Paterson Alliance

Bryan Murdock

Associate VP of Community Partnerships, Montclair State University 

San Diego, CA

Kimberly A. White-Smith

Dean & Professor, School of Leadership and Education Sciences, University of San Diego

Pamela Gray Payton

Vice President, Chief Impact and Partnerships Officer, San Diego Foundation

1:40 pm Break

1:55 pm Leadership, Anchor Institutions, and Building Trusted Democratic Partnerships (Panel and Open Dialogue)

Representatives of the 2023 Cohort of AITF Anchor Fellows

Mags Bradbury

Head of Social Responsibility & Civic Engagement, University of Manchester

Kelsey Otero

Senior Director of Community Engagement, Marquette University

Ying Zhou

Executive Director, Tech Incubator at Queens College, Queens College, CUNY

Discussion Questions:

·      How can leaders of anchor institutions at varying levels best promote trusted democratic partnerships internally and externally?

·      What are some major barriers for leaders in anchor institutions and communities to overcome in order to build trusted democratic forms of collaboration?

·      How can trusted democratic partnerships help leaders navigate pressing matters such as racial inequities and a hostile political climate?

·      How can anchor institutions develop and maintain commitments to principles such as trusted democratic partnerships beyond leadership transitions internally and externally?

·      In what ways can AITF serve as a resource to the field in the next few years on leadership, anchor partnerships, and trusted democratic collaboration?

2:55 pm Closing

David Maurrasse, Director, Anchor Institutions Task Force; Founder & President, Marga, Inc.

3:00 pm Adjourn