Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement

Come be part of the solution
for our communities!

2009 Hampton Roads
Civic Engagement Summit
“Our Region, Our Future”

(There is no cost to attend,
but registration is requested)

Check out the program schedule HERE

Help us answer these questions:

What are our action priorities?

Why and how can we work together to make a difference in the future of our region?

When:
Saturday, April 4, 2009
8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Where:
Old Dominion University’s Virginia Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Center

1030 University Blvd.
Suffolk, VA

(Easy to find, just off I-664)

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Guest Presenters:
(Click on the photos
for detailed biographies)

Suzette Denslow,
Chief of Staff for Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones

Chris Gates
Executive Director, PACE: The
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement

Dr. Quentin Kidd
Associate Professor, Christopher Newport University

You should attend if you are concerned about:

Having a high-achieving and well-governed region

Defining “high-achieving” and “well-governed”

Responsibility and accountability for our common future

Presentations and Small Group Dialogue facilitated by:

Chris Gates, Executive Director, PACE
Chris Gates, Executive Director of The Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement, is a national leader for promoting meaningful participation in community affairs and frequent speaker on the state of our democracy and the interaction between citizens and government.

Suzette Denslow, Chief of Staff for Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones
Suzette Denslow is Chief of Staff for Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones. She has extensive experience in local government having worked for the Virginia Municipal League for over a decade.

Dr. Quentin Kidd, Associate Professor, Christopher Newport University
Quentin Kidd is a frequent speaker and media commentator on politics and the author of multiple surveys organized by the University's political center, which he manages.

Hosted by:
Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement

With it's partners:
Future of Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads Partnership
The Planning Council
WHRO

PROGRAM

8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

Youth Civic Engagement Video – WHRO’s Be There, Be Counted
“Hampton Roads Performs” Video and Demonstration – Hampton Roads Partnership

9:00 a.m. Welcome – Jim Oliver
Message from Bob O’Neill

Summit Moderator - Suzette Denslow, Chief of Staff for Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones

9:20 a.m. Key Presentation - Chris Gates, Executive Director,
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE), Denver, Colorado

10:00 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m The Batten Surveys – Dr. Quentin Kidd, Christopher Newport University

Introductory “youth voices” video produced by Rebecca Miller

10:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions - Small Group Dialogue to Generate Recommendations

11:50 p.m. Reconvene and Vote – Suzette Denslow, Suzanne Puryear, David Campt

Technology-Aided Consideration of Recommendations from Small Groups

12:30 p.m. Adjournment – Suzette Denslow

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About the Videos

The Be There, Be Counted video being shown during the registration time and the break, features the voices of young Americans discussing how they engage in the political process and why they think it is important to build a more responsive government. It is from a project of the WHRO Center for Regional Citizenship to encourage more informed and active political participation, with a special focus on young citizens.

The video “Hampton Roads Performs” was produced to introduce the public to a new Internet-based information resource for the citizens of Hampton Roads to find data related to regional public concerns.

Rebecca Miller, Communication major from Virginia Wesleyan College, is an Intern at the WHRO Center for Regional Citizenship. She shot, directed and edited the Survey presentation introductory video.

Click HERE to download and print this program

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