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White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhoood Partnerships Convening Conference

 
TOGETHER FOR TOMORROW
FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2016
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016
9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Harrisburg Hilton Hotel
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Officials from the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Education will join local education and business leaders for a 1 ½-day education conference in Harrisburg on:

“Building Capacity and Community through Sustaining Partnerships”
 
The event is part of the Together for Tomorrow (TFT) - a national initiative to spotlight and foster partnerships among schools, families, national service programs, and community-based organizations in order to propel improvement of our lowest-performing schools.
 
Opening Speakers Include:
 
KEN BEDELL
Senior Advisor in the White House Faith-Based
and Neighborhood Partnerships 
Center       
                                                          
                                                                                  MAX FINBERG      
                                                                                                                                     
       
                
    U.S. Department of Education     
Director of AmeriCorps VISTA , Corporation for National Community Service
                                           
PEDRO CORTES 
Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania    
           
          
                                   THE HONORABLE ERIC PAPENFUSE                                        
                                                   Mayor, City of Harrisburg
 
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PLUS -  PANELS OF EXPERTS!
10:45 a.m. - Noon Friday

Chad Frey, Agape Center, Messiah College - Moderator
 

Dr. Sybil Knight Burney, Superintendent of Harrisburg School District
 
Travis Peck, Principal, Downey Elementary School, Harrisburg

Don Murk, Messiah College





 Rev. Nate Gadsden, United Way of the Capital Region

Shaina Higgs-Carter, Downey Elementary 

CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS
http://www.messiah.edu/info/22290/building
9 a.m.- 12 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 2016

Executive Business Panel

Regional business leaders discuss whether American students are being prepared for the Globalized Marketplace . . . and how business can help!
 

Moderator: Joyce M. Davis

Director of Communications, City of Harrisburg
President/CEO World Affairs Council of Harrisburg

 
Jonathan Bowser, Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation
      Shaun Donovan, CREDC International   


Kara Eppley, Harsco Corporation 


Bradley Jones, Harristown Enterprises
 
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  Presidents Panel:
Featuring  leaders of colleges and universities in Central Pennsylvania on the challenges and obstacles to better collaboration with K-12, business and government!


Dr. Carl Strikwerda, President, Elizabethtown College
 
Dr. Karen Scolforo, President, Central Penn College 
         
 
Dr. John Sygielski, President, Harrisburg Area Community College
 
 
Dr. Eric  Darr, President, Harrisburg University   
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