14 ~ 16 June 2007
Building Trust in America: IofC-USA National Forum, University of Dayton, June 14-16
Come to Dayton, OH to explore how to build trust, transform relationships and create healthy inclusive communities.
Learn about Initiatives of Change's vision and program for a just and inclusive American community
Discover how you can engage
Meet the leaders of the remarkable Dayton Dialogue on Race Relations
Network with other change agents
Take home inspiration, tools, and strategies
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Program highlights
Thursday June 14 Registration from 4 pm
Friday June 15 Telling our stories, Sharing our Tools
9:30 Welcome and introduction to the forum
Setting the context, locally and nationally. Stories of hope and challenge from the IofC national network. Discussion with leaders of the Dayton Dialogue on Race Relations.
2:00 Skills building:How to tell one's story
4:30 Workshop: How to use films as conversation starters
The Imam and the Pastor- the remarkable story from Nigeria of two bitter antagonists who became a reconciling team. Civic Life International presents excerpts from the PBS Mystery of Love project, sponsored by the Fetzer Institute, which invites everyone to consider how love and forgiveness can change our lives and communities. A third film, The Long Walk Home explores issues of racism.
6:30 Dinner, keynote speaker Dr. Leon Boothe, President Emeritus Northern Kentucky University, and Trustbuilder Awards-honoring individuals who have led the way in building bridges across the divides.
Saturday June 16 From Personal to Social Change
9:00 Panel: Voices from Dayton and the nation.
10:00 The Tools at Work: exploring the Initiatives of Change approach to building trust
1:30 Panels and group discussions on how trust building impacts key areas in community life:
Education for the 21st century - creating healthy integrated public schools
Business leaders and Grassroots leaders - Partners in building community
Public-private partnerships- building shared visions for communities
Different faiths - finding strength in common ground
4:30 Panel: Distilling our Learning. Looking ahead. Closing
Southern Ohio Host Committee
Wayel & Ramzieh Azmeh, Physicians, Dayton Mercy Society Board Members
Richard Biehl, Executive Director, Community Police Partnering Center, Cincinnati
Dick Ferguson, Executive Director, Fitz Center for Leadership in Community, University of Dayton
Amy E. Jones, Local Coordinator, Dayton Forum
Robert E. Jones, Senior Pastor, College Hill Community Church
Valerie Lemmie, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Marc R. Levy, President and CEO United Way of the Greater Dayton Area
Dean Lovelace, Commissioner, City of Dayton
John Moore, Chair, Dayton Foundation Workforce Diversity Committee
Roxanne Qualls, Director, Public Leadership Initiative, Northern Kentucky University
Margaret Rahn, Xavier University; facilitator National Underground Railroad Freedom Center of Ohio
Walter H. Rice, US District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Mike Robinette,Director, Grassroots Greater Dayton
Cathy Shanklin, Director, Recreation and Youth, City of Dayton
Patricia Hicks Smith, Interim Program Mgr. Dayton Dialogue on Race Relations
Jerald L.Steed, Executive Director, Human Relations Council, City of Dayton
Brad Tillson, former President and CEO of Cox Ohio Publishing
Cecil Thomas, Cincinnati City Council
Sarah Wallis, Director, Education Programs, OH Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
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