| MAY
14, 2003 - WEDNESDAY |
| Time |
Room |
Session
Description |
| 10:45 AM |
302 |
Valley
Futures Project: Sacramento Metro: 2025
Hear from the Valley's future. Discuss possible
futures based on four alternative stories based
in the year 2025. Interactive sessions focus on
strategic options for the San Joaquin Valley,
the Sacramento Metropolitan Area, and the North
Valley.
|
| 10:45 AM |
303 |
Workforce
Investment: Connecting People to Economic Opportunity
How can the San Joaquin Valley work together as
a region to ensure benefits for all? New economic
opportunities for workforce investment are presented.
|
| 10:45 AM |
304 |
Valley
Futures Project: North Valley: 2025
Hear from the Valley's future. Discuss
possible futures based on four alternative stories
based in the year 2025. Interactive sessions focus
on strategic options for the San Joaquin Valley,
the Sacramento Metropolitan Area, and the North
Valley.
|
| 10:45 AM |
305 |
Cashing
in on the 2002 Farm Bill
The 2002 federal farm bill covers USDA programs
now and into 2007. What's in the conservation
programs for the Central Valley? Learn how local
growers and communities can reap the rewards.
|
| 10:45 AM |
306 |
Youth
& Gangs: Upstream from the falls
Youth crime grabs the headlines, but the good
news often goes unreported. Community and neighborhood
leaders share local success stories you may not
have heard about.
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Lucy Baldon,
Fresno Barrios Unidos |
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Lawrence
Fernandez, Madera Unified School District
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Kathy Garabed,
Stone Soup |
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Maggie Navarro, Fresno Barrios
Unidos |
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|
| 10:45 AM |
308 |
Value-Added
Data: From Raw to Well-Done
Putting statistics to work is an art, going beyond
the integrity of the data, especially when setting
standards or identifying needs. Make the numbers
work for you.
|
| 10:45 AM |
Petit Palm |
Valley
Futures Project: San Joaquin Valley: 2025
Hear from the Valley's future. Discuss
possible futures based on four alternative stories
based in the year 2025. Interactive sessions focus
on strategic options for the San Joaquin Valley,
the Sacramento Metropolitan Area, and the North
Valley.
|
| 1:45
PM |
302 |
Reaching
Out and Reaching In
In some organizations outreach is not a means
to an end. It is central to their mission and
an explicit program goal.
|
| 1:45 PM |
303 |
Renewable
Energy, an Economic Opportunity in the Central
Valley
Tap into economic and environmental benefits of
renewable energy. Demonstrations of specific options
are presented in this two-part session.
|
| 1:45 PM |
304 |
Where
will we live? Modeling Urbanization in the San
Joaquin Valley
Researchers demonstrate modeling techniques and
projections for future urban development and different
transportation alternatives.
|
| 1:45 PM |
305 |
The
History of the Valley
Outlaws and highway robbery made the occupation
of stagecoach driver an adventure in the days
following the discovery of gold. By railroad and
water, immigrants arrived to settle the Valley.
Follow the famous and infamous into the Valley’s
past.
|
| 1:45 PM |
306 |
Valley Youth Speak
Out!
Youth leaders throughout the Valley express their
findings from youth led action research projects
on issues of educational equity, healthy, and
employment.
|
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Victor Manuel Perez, Youth in
Focus |
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Alison Young, Youth in Focus |
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Inertia Dewitt, La Familia Counseling
Center |
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Monika Pinkston, Freedom Bound
Center |
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|
| 1:45 PM |
307 |
Ad
Hoc Regionalism
Regions can emerge from a variety of forces, mobilizing
people to act in unison toward a common goal.
Leadership is a key factor for success.
|
| 1:45 PM |
308 |
College,
What Do You Expect?
Making the grades is not the key for many young
students. Motivation and cross-generational support
are prerequisites.
|
|
Lupe Delgado,
San Joaquin Valley Center for Worker &
Immigration Rights |
| |
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Alejandra
Juarez, GEAR UP Fresno |
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Geri Yang,
Fresno County Employment & Temporary Assistance |
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|
| 1:45 PM |
309 |
Smart
Growth and Affordable Housing: Building the Connection
Housing advocates and environmental leaders are
joining forces to address the need for affordable
housing while considering resources. Learn more.
|
| 1:45 PM |
Petit Palm |
Partnering
for Health: Growers and Farmworkers
Growers can be valuable partners in strategies
to improve health for farmworkers. Learn the latest
research and outreach efforts that support a healthy
Valley.
|
| 3:30 PM |
302 |
The
Transformation of Highway 99
Imagine Highway 99 transformed into the Main Street
of the San Joaquin Valley. Plans are underway
to create a scenic and economic corridor.
|
| 3:30 PM |
303 |
Renewable
Energy, the Opportunity Continues in Part II
|
| 3:30 PM |
304 |
Youth
Funders for Youth Projects
Youth committees in three Valley counties are
getting hands-on philanthropic experience by evaluating
and awarding $30,000 in grants to youth-driven
projects.
|
| 3:30 PM |
305 |
Fireplace
Wars: Views from the Hearth
Can we keep the home fires burning while helping
clean the air? Air quality and industry representatives
discuss pending rule changes affecting wood-burning
fireplaces.
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Chris Caron,
Duraflame |
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Tom Jordan,
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
|
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Ron Kingston,
California Association of Realtors |
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|
| 3:30 PM |
306 |
Central
Valley Health Indicators
Get a handle on the state of public health and
access to health care in the Central Valley and
in your county. Discuss strategies to address
the issues.
|
| 3:30 PM |
307 |
Faith-Based
Initiatives - Think Locally, Act Locally
Community service takes different forms, and people
of faith often take the lead by responding to
community needs.
|
| 3:30 PM |
308 |
The
Promise of Diversity: Harvesting Community Wisdom
Creative approaches to tap into the wisdom of
the whole community help cultivate a sustainable
future. Interactive workshop provides methods
for change.
|
| 3:30 PM |
309 |
Survival
Training for Tough Economic Times
How can small nonprofits survive in a weak economy?
Lessons learned from past down cycles. Insights
and techniques that can ease the pinch.
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Anushka Fernandopulle, CompassPoint
Nonprofit Services |
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Kathy Garabed,
Stone Soup |
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Sharon
Gillies, Galt Community Concilio |
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Nancy Woodbury,
Galt Community Concilio |
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|
| 3:30 PM |
Petit Palm |
San Joaquin Valley, Provence
of America
The Provence region of southeastern
France conjures romantic images of fine wine, cuisine
and hospitality. Wine experts uncork ideas for creating
an image for the Valley.
|
| |
| MAY
15, 2003 - THURSDAY |
| Time |
Room |
Session Description |
| 10:45 AM |
302 |
Big
Water
Serious water issues loom on the horizon. Water
marketing, land retirement and household meters
are among this year's big topics.
|
| 10:45 AM |
303 |
Innovation
in the Sacramento Valley
Efforts to build on the distinctiveness of the
Sacramento Valley can serve as a springboard for
a high road approach to regional economic development.
|
| 10:45 AM |
304 |
City
& County Finance Primer
A primer on the essential ingredients of city
and county budgeting, this lesson on mandates
and discretionary spending adds up to the current
state of local government.
|
|
Michael
Coleman, League of California Cities |
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|
| 10:45 AM |
305 |
SIFE
Teen Entrepreneurs
Teens at the Central Valley Entrepreneur Business
Academy are creating their own businesses and
designing a business mall run entirely by youth.
|
| 10:45 AM |
306 |
Great
Valley Books, Literature of the Region
Writers who share deep roots and ethnic histories
in the Central Valley capture complex relationships
between culture and landscape in literary form.
|
| 10:45 AM |
307 |
State
Budget impacts on the Valley
|
| 10:45 AM |
308 |
Building
Community Consensus in Difficult Times
Shared goals and objectives need to drive community
planning and action. Appreciative methods can
build toward constructive consensus.
|
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Rosalinda
Avitia, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Fresno |
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Keith
Bergthold, Relational Culture Institute |
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|
| 10:45 AM |
309 |
Ethanol
Production in the Central Valley
Valley crops and ag by-products might supply raw
material to a growing ethanol market. Learn more
from three researchers working on a statewide
feasibility assessment.
|
| 10:45 AM |
Petit Palm |
Citizens
Make the Difference
Taxes, growth, the environment. Whatever the cause,
citizen-led groups can make a difference in every
community.
|
| 1:45 PM |
302 |
Workforce
Magic
Attracting and keeping high-quality workers requires
no illusions. A creative workforce can be cultivated,
as if from thin air.
|
| 1:45 PM |
303 |
What
is Fuel Cell and how will it change the world?
|
| 1:45 PM |
304 |
Active
Living Through Design: The Health, Land Use &
Transportation Connection
Plans are afoot to increase transportation choices,
encourage physical activity and improve air quality.
Health care and PEDESTRIAN advocacy experts address
strategies.
|
| 1:45 PM |
305 |
You
& Me and the Air We Breathe
The symptoms are familiar-headache, hot lungs,
persistent cough. But what causes bad air? Learn
about particles, microns, ozone and smog, and
what we can do about them.
|
| 1:45 PM |
306 |
Farming 101: How does
it happen down on the farm?
Real farmers employ innovation
and technology to plant the seeds of change. Growers
reveal how 21st century innovations help them grow
and process food and fiber.
|
| 1:45 PM |
307 |
Out of Harm's Way Saves
Money
It is possible to reduce flood risk and protect
farmland. By integrating floodplain management
and private farmland stewardship, owners in flood-prone
areas get an added bonus-reduced insurance premiums.
|
| 1:45 PM |
308 |
Urban
Runoff
Changes in regulations for urban runoff will soon
be affecting Valley communities. Learn more about
the issue and strategies for implementation.
|
| 1:45 PM |
309 |
The
Q-House
Praised by housing advocates and architects, the
award-winning Q-House offers comfort, style and
affordability to communities desiring to meet
low-income housing needs.
|
|
Heddie Chu,
Naylor & Chu Architects |
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Russell
Naylor, Naylor & Chu Architects |
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Rollie
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