Building Coalitions to Bring About Change,
April 23-24 1999

Agenda

William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
James Knickman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Charles Royer, Urban Health Initiative

Session I: Maintaining Collaborations: The How's and Why's
Moderator: William Julius Wilson, Harvard University

"Metropolitan coalition-building strategies", Margaret Weir, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant: Margaret Blood, Founder, Strategies for Children

Session II: Coalition Building for Political Leverage
Moderator: Charles Royer, Urban Health Initiative

"Bridging the regional divide", Bruce Katz, Director of the Urban and Metropolitan Policy Center

"The politics of building regional multi-racial political coalitions", J. Phillip Thompson, Columbia University

Discussant: Hillary Pennington, President, Jobs for the Future

Session III: Building Political Will and Capacity
Moderator: James Knickman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

"The will and the way: Local partnerships, political strategy and the well-being of America's children and youth", Xavier de Souza Briggs, Harvard University
Discussant: Angela Blackwell, Founder, Policy Link

Session IV: UHI Site Director Wrap-up Session
Moderator: Charles Royer, Urban Health Initiative