Community Leaders Meeting
November 6, 2008, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, Providence

The Community Leaders Forum was held at the Annenberg Institute on November 6, 2009. The forum was attended by 49 community and civic leaders from Rhode Island's core urban communities, representing a wide range of sectors such as community-based nonprofits, teachers unions, youth organizations, district and school administrations, state and city government, community development groups, volunteer organizations, universities, and parent-teacher organizations.

Attendance: approx. 50

Constituency:
Leadership of community and reform support organizations and civic leaders from the five core cities

Organizations Represented:

Americorps VISTA

BCOG Planning Associates

Brown University

Central Falls School District

Channel One

City Solicitor’s Office, City of Providence

City Year

Classical High School PTO

Destiny House Rhode Island

Dorcas Place Adult and Family Learning Center

Education Development Center, Inc.

Global Dreams

Grow Smart Rhode Island

Mt. Hope Learning Center

National Education Association Rhode Island

NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley

Northern Rhode Island Collaborative

Pawtucket School Department

Providence After School Alliance

Providence YMCA

Regional Educational Laboratory — Northeast & Islands

Rhode Island College

Rhode Island Foundation

Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island Special Education Advisory Committee

Rhode Island State Department of Health

Rhode Island State Department of Labor and Training

Rhode Island State House of Representatives

Roger Williams University

Tolman High School (principal)

Urban League of Rhode Island

Vartan Gregorian Elementary School PTO

Volunteers in Providence Schools

Young Voices

Speakers:

Warren Simmons, executive director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, and chair, RI Urban Education Task Force

Jonny Skye Njie, public engagement consultant, Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Power point presentation [PDF: 14 pages]

Sponsors:

RI Urban Education Task Force

Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University

Nellie Mae Education Foundation

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