Network Weaving Circle in Orlando November 18, 2010
Please join us for the Florida Asset Building Coalition (FABC) Regional Network Weaving Circle, Thursday, November 18th, from 1:00 - 4:30 pm at the Omni Hotel Champions Gate. There will be a networking event in partnership with the Florida Legislative Black Caucus and the Minority Supplier Development Council at 5:30 p.m on November 18th.
This is the fourth in a series of meetings aimed at engaging people and communities around a common vision of economic independence and economic security, defining asset building and assessing readiness, and identifying issues, strategies and priorities for the area. The anticipated outcome of these forums is a series of implementation and advocacy efforts focused on systemic change.
Complete the registration form and email or fax your completed registration to register for this Network Weaving Circle. Register before the close of business Monday November 15th. (Scholarship form is here.)
The Florida HBCU Asset Building Initiative meeting in Orlando is a continuation of Southern Regional Asset Building Coalition (SRABC) work. One of the results of the work has been to connect the HBCUs in Florida to identify and address assets and other resources to strengthen the underserved communities that our constituents call "home." The Florida HBCU Collaborative includes representatives from Florida A&M University, Bethune Cookman University, Florida Memorial College, and Edward Waters College with the purpose of assessing our own institutions to determine resources and established efforts targeted to asset building and community resource development.
Where:
Omni Orlando Resort at Champions Gate
1500 Masters Blvd
Champions Gate FL US 33896
Phone: 407-390-6664
Fax: 407-238-6555
About FABC:
FABC mission is to engage, expand and include grassroots and non traditional community-based groups, business owners, and emerging young leaders in closing the racial wealth gap among Florida's low to moderate income communities of color. FABC implements a broad based asset building agenda focused on savings, asset accumulation and asset leveraging.
The FABC Regional Network Weaving Circles connects diverse organizations and groups, individuals, legislators, community, HBCUs and Colleges, professional and trade associations, economic development organizations, small business owners and entrepreneurs to stimulate local and regional economic development. Engaging collaborative partnerships to implement strategies that promote savings, ownership, economic independence, financial education and equitable access to economic opportunities in low to moderate income communities of color.
Facilitators for the Network Weaving Circle:
Christine Robinson, Stillwaters Consultation, brings a wealth of experience from her work with the Ford Foundation and the Insight Center on the development of the Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative from 2004 through 2010. She developed and facilitated many of the forums, staffed the working group process. Robinson was also asked to conduct an evaluation of the Ford Foundation Asset Portfolio for the Vice President in 2008-2009. Robinson has worked on issues of health disparities and wealth disparities for more than 20 years. She helped the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation develop the national childhood obesity initiative, worked with The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida on their childhood obesity initiative.
Gena Gunn serves as Project Director and Director of Asset Building in States and Coalitions at the Center for Social Development (CSD) at Washington University's Brown School of Social Work. Through direct practice and research, Ms. Gunn focuses on creating inclusive, diverse, interdisciplinary, and multi-sector collaborative networks to improve the financial stability of families and communities. She leads efforts to identify systemic barriers experienced by vulnerable populations and to advance effective solutions through coalition building, advocacy, and legislative change.