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National Summit on Your City's Families
About the National Summit on Your City's Families
The National Summit on Your City’s Families is the nation’s largest gathering of municipal leaders who are working to improve the lives of children, youth, and families in their communities.
Hundreds of mayors, city councilmembers, and senior municipal staff – along with their local school and community partners – from cities and towns across America gather every two years at this National Summit for two days of learning, networking, and team-building.
Summit participants learn about innovative strategies in a wide range of areas, such as improving public schools, expanding afterschool opportunities, keeping young people safe and out of trouble, promoting youth development, combating childhood obesity, improving school readiness, and promoting family economic success.
Highlights from the 2007 Summit
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September 30 - October 2, 2007
San Antonio, Texas
Westin Riverwalk Hotel |
 Nearly 450 City Leaders from Over 150 Cities Attend 2007 National Summit on Your City's Families
From Sept. 30-Oct. 2, nearly 450 mayors, city councilmembers, senior municipal staff, school district and law enforcement officials, United Way executives, and other community partners from cities and towns across America gathered in San Antonio, Texas, for the 2007 National Summit on Your City's Families.
The Summit is the nation's largest gathering of municipal leaders who are working to improve the lives of children, youth, and families in their communities.
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 Resources from the 2007 Summit
Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007
Special Session for Community Teams
- What Makes Coalitions Work, document prepared by John Calhoun, former president/CEO, National Crime Prevention Council
Monday, Oct. 1, 2007 - Morning Sessions and Workshops
Enhancing School Readiness: A Showcase of San Antonio's Early On! Initiative
It Takes a City: How Municipal Leaders are Improving Public Schools
- Indianapolis School Improvement Initiatives, presentation by Nicole Wiltrout, director of special projects, The Mind Trust
- City of Tualatin Facilities Visioning Project, presentation by Tualatin, Ore., Mayor Lou Ogden
Youth Perspectives on Way to Promote Youth Voice and Civic Engagement
Building Citywide Systems of Out-of-School Time Programs
- Boise After3 program, presentation by Theresa McLeod, Assistant to the Mayor, Boise, Idaho
- Boise City Leaders Engaged in Afterschool Reform initiative, presentation by Theresa McLeod, assistant to the mayor, Boise, Idaho
- Mayor's Coalition to Prevent Juvenile Crime, presentation by James Shaw, coalition director, City of Florence, S.C.
- The Development of New York City's Out-of-School Time System, presentation by Christopher Caruso, assistant commissioner, Department of Youth and Community Development, City of New York, N.Y.
Vital Partnerships: Collaborating to Reduce Youth Violence
- San Jose Mayor's Gang Prevention Task Force, presentation by Esther Mota, community services supervisor, City of San Jose, Calif.
Building Financially Stable Communities, One Family at a Time
- Reaching the Unbanked in San Francisco, presentation by Leigh Phillips, Office of the Treasurer, City and County of San Francisco
Monday, Oct. 1, 2007 - Afternoon Sessions and Workshops
Youth Master Plans: A Strategic Approach to Youth Development
How Do We Pay for This? Tapping New Financing Sources
- Strengthening Families in America's Cities: Municipal Finance for Child and Family Services
Creating a Children's Budget and Scorecard to Assess Progress
- Indicators Report on the Conditions of Children, Youth, and Families in Irvine, presentation by Sid Gardner, president, Children and Family Futures, Inc.
Adapting Effective Models that Work for Small Cities
- Poly Partners: A Coalition for Quality of Life, Powerpoint by Mayor Steve Larson on New Brighton, Minn., public safety initiatives
- Section 154 of New Brighton Housing Code on Provisional Licenses for Apartment Complexes
Experiencing Poverty: A Simulation to Illustrate the Challenges Facing Poor Families
- Powerpoint Slides from the Simulation
Peer Networking Sessions
- Childhood Obesity
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007
Preparing Students for the 21st Century: How San Antonio is Expanding Access to College
- San Antonio Education Partnership, presentation by Gilberto Ramon, executive director of the partnership
Getting Reconnected: City Partnerships to Support Youth in Transition
- Disconnected Youth in San Francisco: A Road Map to Improve the Life Chances of San Francisco's Most Vulnerable Young Adults, report prepared by Mayor's Transitional Youth Task Force
- Chicago Department of Children and Youth Services, presentation by Mary Ellen Caron, commissioner of the Department of Children and Youth Services, City of Chicago
- Growing Our People, Supporting Our Youth, presentation by Mishaela Duran, special assistant to the director, Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, Washington, D.C.
Powerful Partners: Cities Working with Local Chambers of Commerce and United Ways
- Richmond Early Childhood Development Initiative, presentation by Barbara Newlin, early childhood development manager, City of Richmond, Va.
- Richmond Early Childhood Development - Executive Summary
- Richmond Success by Six Economic Vitality Booklet
Forging City-School-Community Partnerships for Education
Stepping It Up: City Strategies for Combating Childhood Obesity
Six Reasons to Attend the Summit
1. LEARN new skills, ideas, and innovative strategies from national experts and from other communities that are taking action to improve public schools, expand afterschool opportunities, improve school readiness, keep young people safe and out of trouble, support youth development and leadership, combat childhood obesity, and promote family economic success.
2. NETWORK with peers and colleagues grappling with the same questions and problems facing your city or town, share your experience and knowledge, and build relationships that can strengthen and enhance your future work.
3. CONNECT with the National League of Cities and its Institute for Youth, Education, and Families - a vital resource for information, technical assistance, training, and cross-city exchange that has strengthened the capacity of hundreds of cities since 2000.
4. PARTNER with school and community leaders from your city to set priorities, sharpen your focus, and determine next steps for taking action on behalf of the children, youth, and families in your community.
5. ENGAGE with other participants in high-quality workshop sessions that offer tools and tips for involving key stakeholders, building community-wide collaborations, communicating effectively with local residents, and measuring your progress over time.
6. INSPIRE local action when you return home with a collection of great ideas, an enhanced plan of action, an energized group of partners, and a new network of peers in cities and towns throughout the country to whom you can turn for advice and support.
Opportunities for Teams
Local teams of municipal, school, and community leaders had the chance to participate in a special session at the 2007 Summit to help strengthen citywide collaboration and advance local efforts. Bonnie Politz, vice president and co-director of the Academy for Educational Development's Center for Youth Development and Policy Research, joined the YEF Institute's Leon Andrews and senior consultant John Calhoun, former president and CEO of the National Crime Prevention Council, in leading the pre-conference session on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007.
This pre-conference session, which was open to Summit participants who were part of city teams with three or more attendees, highlighted effective strategies for developing local action plans. Brief presentations described successful approaches utilized by a wide range of NLC member cities in a highly interactive format designed to encourage questions and discussion.
Participating teams also engaged in a series of exercises designed to sharpen their focus on key opportunities and challenges within their own communities and to ensure that they got the most out of their Summit experiences.
Previous Conferences
The 2007 Summit builds on previous biennial events that have been held in San Antonio, Portland, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and Atlanta.
Learn More About Previous Conferences »
Questions?
Contact Sharie Wood at 202-626-3087 or wood@nlc.org.
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