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College and Community Conference - Part II

Building Better Bridges for a Better Jersey City

Thursday, April 26, 2007
Saint Peter's College - Dinneen Hall - McIntyre Lounge
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
An Event Flyer is available as a PDF file

Agenda

8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome
9:05 William E. Simon Foundation
9:10 Professor Donal Malone, Sociology/Urban Studies Department
9:15 PANEL 1
Jobs, Income, Housing and the Quality of Life in Jersey City
Women Rising/Fairmount Housing Corporation
10:00 PANEL 2  
An Enumeration and Needs Assessment of the Homeless in
HudsonCounty
United Way
10:30 PANEL 3
Why Students Do or Do not Participate in the After-School Program: The Parents’ Perspective
The Learning Community Charter School
10:45 FEEDBACK
11:00 PANEL 4
Leaders of Tomorrow: College/Community Collaboration
New CityKidsAfter-School Program
11:15 PANEL 5
Increasing Youth Membership in the Church
Calvary CME Church
12:00 LUNCH
 1:00 PANEL 6
Male Participation in Head Start Programs
Head Start
1:20 PANEL 7
Women Rising & Micro-Lending
Women Rising
1:40 FEEDBACK
2:00 Documentary Video
College & Community: Building Bridges for a Better Jersey City – Part I
2:30 Discussion
3:00 Conclusion