Promoting Community Wealth
Symposium advances growth in communities of color
老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs will host a community symposium focused on promoting wealth building and growth in communities of color in Ohio. The event will bring together notable national and local scholars and practitioners in the field of asset building and community economic development for the start of an ongoing dialogue on how to promote true growth in all communities.
鈥淲ealth Building in Northeast Ohio's Communities of Color鈥 will be held Thursday, February 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Levin College of Urban Affairs on the 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 campus.
The symposium will feature presentations by noted community development experts, including Roland Anglin, dean of the Levin College of Urban Affairs, Jeremie Greer, vice president of policy and research at Prosperity Now, Darrick Hamilton, professor of economics and urban policy at The New School and Tom Shapiro, director of the Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis University. The event will also include talks by representatives from numerous local community organizations, including the Greater Cleveland Partnership, the Fund for Our Economic Future and the Hispanic Business Center.
The symposium is co-sponsored by Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Growth Opportunity Partners, the Hispanic Business Center, PolicyBridge, The Ohio State University Extension and the Urban League of Greater Cleveland.
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