Sponsored by the Interaction Institute for Social Change

Date:  Tuesday, November 16 – Thursday, November 18
Time:  8:30am – 5:00pm
Location: Interaction Institute for Social Change (70 Fargo St, Suite 908 Boston, MA 02210)

The Intersection of Sustainability, Revitalization, and Policy Reform

Date:  October 13-15, 2010
Location:  Cleveland, Ohio

Help your community realize its potential by participating in the Reclaiming Vacant Properties conference!

This past year has proven that by working together, communities can overcome the immense challenges caused by vacant and abandoned properties. While waves of foreclosures and a strained economy have ravaged neighborhoods throughout the country, public agencies, private companies, and residents banded together to develop solutions to preserve their communities and make sure they would come back stronger than ever.

Join hundreds of your peers from communities from the Sunbelt to the Rustbelt, to learn about the policies, tools, and strategies to catalyze long-term, sustainable revitalization. Share your experiences and insights, and become a part of the only national network focused on building the knowledge, leadership, and momentum to reclaim vacant and abandoned properties to foster thriving neighborhoods.

http://reclaimingvacantproperties.org/

A workshop for emerging individual artists and art organizations. Presented by Artmorpheus and Fractured Atlas.

Date:  Friday, March 19, 2010
Time:  5:30pm – 7:00pm
Location:  Boston Center for the Arts, Calderwood Pavilion (527 Tremont Street)
Speaker: Diane Debicella, Program Director, Fractured Atlas

Suggested Donations: $10
Max Capacity: 25
RSVP:  beer@artmorpheus.org

Date: Friday, February 26, 2010
Time: 8:30am – 10:30am
Location: The Boston Foundation (75 Arlington Street)

On Friday, February 26th, LISC, MACDC and the Non Profit Finance Fund will be releasing the CDC Sector Financial Health Study at an event at The Boston Foundation, from 8:30 to 10:30 am. Bill Pinakiewicz from NFF will briefly present the findings of the study, followed by a panel discussion. Please join.

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Marilyn Sanchez ( msanchez@lisc.org ) by 2/24. If you have any questions about the event, please contact Kristin Blum (kblum@lisc.org ).

This event is an opportunity for Boston’s professionals of color to learn about nonprofit board leadership experiences, and to meet staff and board members from a variety of local nonprofits, including those in the arts, healthcare, education, sustainable agriculture and social service sectors.

The evening will feature:

• brief remarks from three professionals of color describing their experiences in nonprofit board

  service

• additional prominent business and community leaders of color with extensive nonprofit board

  service serving as “ambassadors” for the evening

• an hour for guests to visit nonprofit board tables and learn about each organization’s mission, board structure and volunteer engagement opportunities

  State Street Financial Center, 1 Lincoln Street (downtown Boston)
  September 24th — 6 pm – 8:30 pm

  Please send RSVP information to
  tammy@tdbgroup.com.
  
  

The next quarterly Business Strategy Group and Networking Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 30, 2009.  The purpose of convening this network is to foster connections, strengthen relationships and encourage partnerships and referrals among business resource leaders and business assistance providers from non-profit, government and financial institutions for improved services to entrepreneurs and the small business community.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
8:30 am to 10:30 am
Northeastern University
Eagan Research Center
Raytheon Ampotheater

Please RSVP to Ms Bik Ng, at bng.dnd@cityofboston.gov

The Massachusetts Financial Education Collaborative is hosting
A Summit on Financial Education

Wednesday October 28, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
New England Room
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
600 Atlantic Ave, Boston MA

An opportunity for community-based organizations, financial institutions and public officials to:

• Network with other stakeholders, practitioners and potential financial education partners

• Share efforts to enhance coordination among existing financial education programs

• Explore new ideas to help build a more coordinated financial education delivery system

• Begin to build a road map for additional public and private investment in financial education, including the consideration of a statewide office

The program will include:

• An update on the work of the Massachusetts Financial Education Collaborative

• Morning breakout sessions on program information, coordination and delivery of financial education for young people (K-16), adults and seniors

• Open discussion on policy and program proposals and potential next steps

• Informational and exhibit tables on current financial education programs

Attendance at the Financial Education Summit is limited to the first 125 registrants.  Please register online no later than Friday, October 16, 2009.

Summit Registration

The Center for Co-operatives and CED at Southern New Hampshire University’s School of Community Economic Development is hosting a Series of four webinars discussing the theme “Co-operatives in Troubles Times”.  This Series, sponsored by the CHS Foundation, will examine a different pertinent topic during each of the webinars.  Each event will offer opportunities for interactive dialogs between the panelists and audience.  The cost to participate in all four webinars is just a one-time fee of US$25.

4 Interactive Webinars include:
””Co-operatives in Periods of Economic Crisis”
September 16th 1:30 – 3:00 pm”

“Preserving ‘Main Streets’ Through Co-operatives”
September 17th 1:30 – 3:00pm

“How are Credit Unions Performing in the Current Banking Crisis?”
October 14th 1:30 – 3:00pm

“Housing Co-operatives in a Time of Foreclosure”
October 21st 1:30 – 3:00pm

Information and Registration: http://www.snhu.edu/615.asp