June 2009

  • 28th

    Solutions for Working Families: 2009 Learning Conference on State and Local Housing Policy

    The Palmer House Hilton

    How can you help your community through this challenging period and ensure the availability of housing for working families in years to come?

    Find ideas at Solutions for Working Families: 2009 Learning Conference on State and Local Housing Policy. This first-of-its-kind learning conference, a project of the National Housing Conference and its research affiliate, the Center for Housing Policy, will help you identify policies that have been successful in other communities and could work in yours. It includes sessions for housing policy veterans and newcomers, presentations tailored to state- and local-level policy issues, facilitated discussions and roundtables to help you connect with peers, plus:

    • An intensive institute on foreclosure prevention and neighborhood stabilization
    • An intensive institute on preserving affordable rental housing
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  • 3rd

    National CAPACD 10th Annual Convention

    Liaison Hotel on Capitol Hill

    National CAPACD will hold its 10th Annual Convention Celebrating a Decade of Unity: A Time of Change in Washington, DC, marking the organization’s 10th anniversary, and marking the fundamental shifts our nation and our government are undergoing. With the historic election of President Barack Obama, the introduction of a new administration, and major new federal investments being made in the face of our nations dire economic situation, this years convention promises to be an exceptional opportunity to learn, share and participate in forging a new course for our communities and for our country

    We are in the midst of an economic crisis unlike any we have seen in our lifetime. Millions of jobs have been lost. Many small businesses cannot borrow or make payroll, devastating our ethnic enclaves and neighborhoods. Our families are losing their homes or being displaced due to the foreclosure crisis. Many of us are both anxious and uncertain of what the future will hold. Non-profit organizations are fighting to keep their doors open in the face of increasing needs. While times are challenging, together we have built an impressive, innovative network of Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian community development practitioners and advocates. Drawing on these strengths, we are well poised to engage with policymakers and present real solutions to issues facing our communities.

    Our progressive movement is presented today with the opportunity to profoundly impact the direction of our country. National CAPACD members and our allies have a strong history of innovative and effective community development strategies that can be a part of this new direction. This years convention is an opportunity for our community to play a leadership role in shaping policy not only for the AAPI community but for the country. Engage in roundtables with Congressional Staff, hear about the Presidents Initiatives, and learn about resources and opportunities for your local work. We look forward to working with you to set the stage for the next decade of National CAPACDs growth.

    Join us in Washington, DC at National CAPACDs 10th Annual Convention!

    Special Convention Highlights

    • Plenary Session: AAPI Neighborhood Leaders Going National: Seizing the Political Movement
    • Policy Working Groups: Engaging the New Administration!
    • Community Tours: AAPIs in the Capital!
    • Evening Reception on Capitol Hill: Network with National Advocacy Leaders
    • National CAPACD’s 10th Anniversary Gala
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  • 1st

    Reclaiming Vacant Properties: Building Leadership to Restore Commnities

    With the rising number of foreclosures, blight from vacant properties confronts communities across the country and severely threatens neighborhood stability. Cities of all shapes and sizes are searching for innovative, cost effective strategies to abate these public nuisances and transform vacant properties into catalysts for revitalization. As the new Obama Administration gets under way, what better time to join your vacant property colleagues to share successful initiatives taking place across the country and discuss the new opportunities to change the federal and state policies that affect our cities and towns.

    Reclaiming Vacant Properties: Building Leadership to Restore Communities is the only national conference focusing on building the knowledge, leadership, and momentum to reclaim vacant and abandoned properties for thriving neighborhoods.

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  • 1st

    America’s Future Now!

    Omni Shoreham Hotel

    We now have an organizer-in-chief in the White House. Community organizing helped get him there. Barack Obama’s election gives us new hope for the kind of values and policies we have sought for the last 3 decades.

    Can progressive forces use the lessons of organizing to mount grassroots campaigns to give Obama the room for maneuver to be a transformational president like FDR? Do you want to know more about what organizers are doing across the country? Did organizing help to bring about progressive change? Do you want to know more about ACORN, Americas largest community organizing group? How it compares to other organizing efforts?

    Hear several critical perspectives by seasoned, talented and creative organizers and activist authors, who’ve written books on ACORN and community organizing. We will share with you what’s working and what’s not.

    Who Will Be Speaking?

    Panelists include: organizers, activists, writers, as well as John Atlas, president of the National Housing Institute, former executive director of a legal services program, and tenant organizer, and Robert Fisher, professor of Community Organizing at the University of Connecticut—they just completed books on community organizing and ACORN; Heather Booth, founder of the Midwest Academy and one of Americans most prominent and successful organizers. She is presently organizing a national campaign to regulate the financial services industry.

    What is the America’s Future Now Conference?

    It’s the largest gathering of progressive activists and leaders from across the country. Join other progressives to discuss critically how we have worked together the first 100 days after Obamas election. And how we can mobilize a democratic majority to make progressive change that can shape Americas Future Now!

    Join the grassroots organizing networks, issue coalitions and national and local leadership organizations that make up the growing progressive movement—from students to women, to civil rights and environmental activists, to labor, elected officials and young visionaries.

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