Strategies to Ensure the Continued Success of Large-Scale Initiatives,
Decmeber 5-6, 2002

Agenda

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

Urban Health Initiative Site Director's Panel Discussion

• Hathaway Ferebee, Baltimore
• Veronica Templteon, Richmond
• Grenae Dudley, Detroit
• JoAnn Lawer, Philadelphia
• Laura Pinkney, Oakland

Session I: Effective Leadership and Adaptive Change
Moderator: Charles Royer, Urban Health Initiative

Presenter: Martin Linsky, Harvard Unversity

Session II: Strategies for Influencing State and Local Policies
Moderator: William Julius Wilson, Harvard University

"Community mobilization to improve financing for community and family services", Cheryl Hayes, The Finance Project

Session III: The Impact of Evaluation Research
Moderator: William Julius Wilson, Harvard University

"Evaluation's Role in supporting initiative sustainability", Heather Weiss, Harvard Family Research Project
Discussant: Beth Weitzman, New York University

Session IV: Sustaining Systems Change
Moderator: M. Katherine Kraft, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Author: Ronald Ferguson, Harvard University
Discussant: Naomi Post, Urban Health Initiative