"Neighborhoods in Action:  Mobilizing, Organizing and Sustaining Success"

Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte Convention Center - 501 South College Street

8:00 a.m.     Registration/Sign In
                   Exhibits & Networking

8:45 a.m.     Opening Ceremony

9:15 am       Plenary Address: "Neighborhood &  Community Development"

9:30 a.m.     Community Forum: Neighborhoods in Action

10:30 am     Break

10:45 a.m.   Morning Workshops - Adults

Workshops will be lead by industry professionals and experienced neighborhoods leaders.  Hear about successes and strategies for mobilizing, organizing and sustaining neighborhoods.

• Neighborhood's Guide to Zoning in Charlotte Mecklenburg
• New Neighbors, New Opportunities:  Strengthening Your Neighborhood through Diversity
• The 3 R's of Neighborhood Organizing
• Keys to Maintaining Neighborhood Integrity
• Tips in Ten Mini – Workshop Series

12:30 p.m.   Luncheon and Keynote Speaker

2:00 p.m.      Break

2:15 p.m.     Afternoon Workshops - Adults

• Innovative Approaches to improving Neighborhood Quality of Life
• Organizing to Win:  Keeping Your Community Safe
• Neighborhood Advocacy:  The Power to Serve
• Gentrification:  Signs of the Time

4:00 p.m.   Closing & Networking Reception

8:45 a.m.  - 12:30 p.m.    Youth Track
2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Youth workshops will run concurrently with the morning and afternoon adult sessions.  The youth will have a separate opening session and will join the adults for the luncheon and keynote speaker.

• Diversity:  It's Not All About Me 
• Money, Money, Money:  How to Make It and Save It 
• Conflict Resolution:  Sometimes It's Better to be the Bigger Person

Register for the Symposium