Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity presents
Public Will and Poverty Reduction: New Partners and New Lessons
Council on Foundations-Advanced Practices Institute
To learn more about the panels and presenters, click here.
Introduction:
Michael Laracy, coordinator for public policy, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Andrea Silbert, president, Eos Foundation
Panel One:
Poverty is too Expensive: What Happens if the Chamber of Commerce Says Poverty is Unaffordable?Moderator:
Jodie Levin-Epstein, deputy director, Center for Law and Social Policy
Presenters:
Daniel Dodd, project director, Step Up, Savannah’s Poverty Reduction Initiative
Anne Doss, co-chair, Southern Business Leadership Council,
and executive vice-president, Wachovia
Nicole Ravenell, president, and CEO, Southern Business Institute on Children and
Families
Panel Two: Poverty Among Us: What Happens if Evangelical Christians Bring Their Fervor from the Front Lines into the National Policy Debate?
Moderator: David Kuo, CEO and Managing Member, LibertyWire.com
Presenters: Charles E. Blake, presiding Bishop and Pastor, Church of God in Christ
Lee de Leon, president and CEO, Templo Calvario Development Corporation
Ronald Foreman, national social services secretary, The Salvation Army
Daniel Vestal, executive coordinator, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Panel Three:
Poverty in the Gulf: What Lessons Have Emerged on Sustaining Partnerships?
Moderator:
Ashley Shelton, vice president of programs, Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
Presenters:
Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and CEO PolicyLink
Gloria Johnson-Cusack, senior vice president, Greer, Margolis, Mitchell, Burns &
Associates, former White House Office of National Service