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May 5, 2004 - WEDNESDAY
Time Session Title Room
8:00 AM REGISTRATIOn

Edgewater Foyer
9:00 AM Opening Session

Central Valley-On the Map! A special video presentation by KVIE Channel 6

Playing to Strength, Mark R. Drabenstott, Director, Center for the Study of Fural America, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Superstore or Big Box , Panel

Edgewater AB
10:30 AM BREAK

10:45 AM Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
Room
Water Flows. Where Does It Go?
301
Healthcare: Social Service or Economic Engine?
302
The Struggle Over Land: Rights and Responsibility
303
Dirty Air: Is There Anything We Can Do?
304
It's Our Environment Too!
305
Budget Education and Action for Reform
306
Buildings of the Future
307
Leadership and Capacity-building
308
Hip Cities: The Creative Community Movement
309
   
NOON LUNCH SESSION

Melting Pot, Crazy Quilt or Tossed Salad: Diversity in the Valley
, Kenji Hakuta, Ph.D. Dean, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, University of California Merced


Edgewater AB
2:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
Room
Tools for Citizen Engagement
301
Agricultural Innovation: Business Models to Sustain Profitability
302
Storytelling for Grantseekers
303
GIS 101 for the Policymaker-Why & What You Need to Know
304
Waste Not, Get More
305
Kitchen Table: Ask the Speakers
306
CATAPULT! Young People Taking Action
307
Voices from the California Delta
308
Part One: Community Building for Community Health
309
   
3:30 PM SODA BREAK

Conference Plaza Courtyard
3:45 PM Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
Room
Food, Habitat, Open Space -- Compliments of Farmers & Ranchers
301
Civic Venture Capital
302
Blueprint: A Plan and a Process
303
Healthy Parks, Healthy Communities
304
Art Among the Dust and Dirt - Can Murals Save Small Towns?
305
Kitchen Table Discussion: Funders
306
Big$
307
Little-known Treasures: Discovering and Preserving Valley Architecture
308
Part Two: Community Building for Community Health
309
   
5:00 PM Cinco de Mayo Fiesta RECEPTION in the REGIONAL MALL
Edgewater CDEF
 
May 6, 2004 - THURSDAY
Time Session Title Room
7:00 AM CALIFORNIA ISSUES BREAKFAST

Edgewater B
9:00 AM MORNING PLENARY SESSION

 
Health in the Central Valley, Richard H. Carmona, United States Surgeon General

Building Communities
, Edward J. Blakely, Ph.D., Author, Fortress America

Edgewater AB
10:30 AM BREAK

10:45 AM Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
Room
Structures of Utility: The Influence of Valley Agriculture
301
How Prepared are Central Valley Youth?
302
Asthma Relief in the Valley
303
Community Technology: The New Town Square
304
Mitigating Factors
305
The San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Journey
306
Building Business and Capacity in Underserved Areas
307
From Ranches to Rivers: River Restoration
308
Hands Across the Valley, Open or Closed?
309
   
NOON LUNCH SESSION

Leadership Now—More than Ever
, Frances Hesselbein, Chair, Leader to Leader Institute 


Edgewater AB
2:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
Room
Safe and Secure: It's our Food
301
Front Door on the Corridor: Interchanges, Gateways & Community Identity
302
Socially Sustainable Communities
303
Seeing the Future
304
Rural Migrations through the San Joaquin Valley
305
Latinos and Environmental Health
306
Youth Programs that Help Communities -- Cool!
307
Long-Term Care: The Retirement Protection Concept
308
Guestworker: New and Improved Bracero Program?
309
   
3:30 PM SODA BREAK

Conference Plaza Courtyard
3:45 PM Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
Room
Healthy Children: Is Insurance Coverage the Solution?
301
GAIN-Great Valley Asset Improvement Network
302
Looking to the Future: Communities Taking Charge
303
Tales of the San Joaquin
304
SIM Valley
308
   
5:00 PM CSUF Extended Education Class
(for those who registered to receive credit)
Basil's Den



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