AITF CONFERENCE 2018 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session: ENGAGING BUSINESSES ACROSS SECTORS TO IMPROVE EMPLOYEE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
Room: Times Square Room, 7th floor
Overview:
Ensuring positive health outcomes for individuals and communities requires collaboration across a diverse set of actors, including those within the health sector and those outside of it. Among the key actors in the latter category are anchor institutions and businesses, who play an important role in influencing the health of both their employees and the communities they serve. This research panel will focus on issues relevant to engaging the business sector in the improvement of population health outcomes.
Speakers:
Mona Shah, Ph.D. (moderator)
Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Aaron Hipp, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Community Health and Sustainability
NC State University
Megan McHugh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Northwestern University
Eileen McNeely, Ph.D., M.S., RNC
Co-Director, Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (SHINE)
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Session Title: LOCALIZING INSTITUTIONAL SUPPLY CHAINS: HANDS-ON WORKSHOP
Room: Gotham Room, 7th floor
Session Overview:
The session will provide an opportunity to think creatively with your peers about ways to tackle local purchasing. The session will start by setting the baseline and discussing how institutions currently purchase, their major successes, as well as main barriers. Next, participants will break up into small groups to brainstorms ideas for increasing local spend; each group will focus on a different type of spend or contract (P-card, direct, supply chain integrators, GPO). The small groups will discuss the purchasing process, various local suppliers and develop creative ways to integrate local suppliers into the purchasing process. Finally, the participants will share their ideas in the large group and have the opportunity to provide feedback, generate additional approaches as a group or outline initial steps they could take to implement new purchasing strategies. The goal of this session is to enable each participant to develop at least one tangible idea to increase their institutional spend with local, diverse suppliers.
Speakers:
Mariya Khandros (moderator)
Director of Shared Solutions
Economy League of Greater Philadelphia
Jeff Hornstein
Executive Director
Economy League of Greater Philadelphia
Session Title: BUILDING CULTURAL AWARENESS IN TEACHER CANDIDATES THROUGH URBAN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Room: Harlem Room, 7th floor
Session Overview:
Equity in education is a core pillar of theory and all vested parties believe that all children, regardless of zip code, deserve and equal education that address the culture. The initiative is committed to social justice and building equity in education for all; the actions of each group involved in this initiative live the mission through daily actions of service. The university engages teacher candidates in authentic practices that are grounded in the mission of service to the community. The teacher candidates are empowered to think critically about the needs of the urban community and work with community mentors to find resources that improve the education for children of color that dwell in the Philadelphia neighborhood.
Speakers:
Dr. Ann Martinelli
Associate Teaching Professor
Program Chair of Education
Penn State University- Abington
Dr. Teri Wiedeman Rouse
Assistant Teaching Professor
Penn State University- Abington
Emily Campbell
Teacher Candidate- Senior
Penn State University- Abington
Stephanie Martine-Kull
Teacher Candidate- Senior
Penn State University- Abington
Session Title: WHERE WILL THE NEXT GENERATION OF ANCHOR UNIVERSITY LEADERS COME FROM? ACE FELLOWS (2017-18) ON ANCHOR UNIVERSITIES, ANCHOR LEADERSHIP, AND DEVELOPING THE ANCHOR LEADERS OF TOMORROW
Room: Empire Complex, 7th floor
Session Overview:
Several of the most recent class of ACE fellows (2017-2018) either hail from or were placed at anchor institutions. What did they observe about the state of the anchor movement in higher education? As leaders, what barriers do they see to implementing anchor initiatives? And what kind of support do interested leaders need to become the anchor leaders of tomorrow?
Speakers:
Rachel Bowser
Assistant Dean, School of Liberal Arts;
Associate Professor of English
Faculty Senate President
Georgia Gwinnett College
Monica Cowart
Vice Provost and Professor of Philosophy
Merrimack College (MA)
Claudia Nelson
Associate Professor of Political Science
President of the Faculty Senate
Coppin State University (MD)
Joseph Romero
Professor of Classics
University of Mary Washington (VA)
Michelle Curtain Stewart
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Lane College (TN)
Session Title: RETHINKING COMMUNITY SAFETY
Room: Gilbert Room, 4th floor
Session Overview:
Learn more about an initiative in San Francisco convening a diverse group of stakeholders to develop, implement and document a creative program that helps youth stay safe, gain skills and give back to their community. We will highlight a collaboration between academic institutions, local government and other stakeholders partnering to support young people as they address neighborhood challenges. Built around summer opportunities, understanding how providing summer jobs to youth can reduce violence, increase likelihood youth stay n school and help address issues of disparity. The Community Safety Initiative is a partnership that was built with the San Francisco Police Department, the University of San Francisco, Tech Partners and youth to provide internships for youth during the summer months. Over the last four years hundreds of youth have participated and the program has expanded to neighboring cities. Panelists will share the challenges and successes of the initiative.
Speakers:
Malik Henfield
Associate Dean and Professor
University of San Francisco
Suzy Loftus
Former President
SF Police Commission
suzyloftus@hotmail.com
Orlando White
Community Affairs Manager
Sheryl Davis
Executive Director
San Francisco Human Rights Commission