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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - FF MEETING
INVITATION: Ford Foundation Forum - Metropolitan Opportunity and the Gulf Coast: Revitalizing America's Cities - June 19
| A New Metropolitan Vision:
Smart, Regional Solutions to Revitalizing
the Gulf Coast and America's Cities
The Ford Foundation invites you to a forum that will examine the potential of regional approaches to revitalizing cities across the United States.
The event will bring together leaders from the Gulf Coast and other regions across the country who are advancing integrated approaches to community planning, transportation, housing and land-use policy. Their work is building metropolitan communities where more families have access to good jobs and opportunities to build a better future.
Opening Address
The Honorable Mary Landrieu, U.S. Senator from Louisiana
Introductory Remarks
Derek R.B. Douglas, Special Assistant to the President on Urban Policy
Panel Discussion
Amy Liu, Deputy Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
Derrick Johnson, President, Mississippi NAACP
James Perry, Executive Director, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
Camille Manning-Broome, Director of Planning, Center for Planning Excellence
Moderated by George McCarthy, Director, Urban Opportunity, Ford Foundation
Closing Address
Adolfo Carrión, Director, White House Office of Urban Affairs
Friday, June 19, 2009
Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, New York City
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Light Breakfast/Coffee
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Opening Address and Panel Discussion
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Closing Address
RSVP to: fordevents@fordfound.org
For questions please call Christina Hong at (212) 573-5264
Please reply by Friday, June 12, 2009 |
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FORD FOUNDATION, 320 East 43rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10017
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