December 8, 2009
The Community Action Partnership is in the 2009 Combined Federal Campaign.
Our CFC number for designating donations is 80371.
2010 MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING CONFERENCE
JANUARY
13-15, 2010, IN NEW ORLEANS — REGISTER NOW!
Register now for the 2010 Community Action Partnership Management and Leadership Training Conference. Reserve your room today at the New Orleans Marriott — they are going fast! Great rates of $159 single and $169 double are guaranteed until Friday, December 11, based upon availability. The New Orleans Marriott is on Canal Street just steps from the famed French Quarter. Call 1 (800) 228-9290 or (504) 581-1000 and ask for the special Community Action Partnership rate.
Begin the New Year with in-depth learning and sharing of ideas with your colleagues. Our 2010 Management and Leadership Conference will take place at the New Orleans Marriott and will include sessions on Head Start, Green Jobs, Job Creation, Board Training, and the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. Please visit our website regularly for more information as it becomes available.
Click here to download a pdf of the Conference flyer; click here to download
the Conference Registration Form.
LACAP TRAINING CENTER — LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE!
Don't miss this!On Tuesday, January 12th (the day before our conference officially begins), Jane Killen, Executive Director of the Louisiana Association of Community Action Partnerships (LACAP), is working with us on a high-visibility, special public education/media event that will showcase LACAP’s Weatherization training and certification programs in Baton Rouge.
We have contracted with The Hatcher Group in DC to work with us to draw a wide range of media coverage to audiences across America. Jane has arranged for two buses from New Orleans to her Baton Rouge training center for a 2 hour special event. We will be offering slots for up to 60 of our conference attendees to participate in this event, for example, be available to answer questions and describe Community Action’s successes and achievements with Weatherization, with a special focus on ARRA funds. Those of you who administer Weatherization programs have the opportunity to be a proactive part of this event. If this whets your media/marketing appetites, please let me know ASAP, at dmathis@communityactionpartnership.com or
202-449-9774.
Anna Bonelli, a Senior Analyst on Education, Workforce, and Income Security at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) will convene two focus groups of 10-12 participants each whose Community Action Agencies received Head Start or Early Head Start expansion or who received such funds for the first time as a result of the ARRA (Recovery Act). These 1 1⁄2- 2 hour sessions will be scheduled during Wednesday, Jan 13th and Thursday Jan 14th. If you want to be considered, please e-mail dmathis@communityactionpartnership.com your name, CAA, area & state served, whether your funds are first-time or expansion of an existing program and whether you’re serving regular head Start, Early Head Start or both. GAO will make the final selection of participants to insure the integrity of its process.Your information must be received by close-of-business, Monday, Dec 21st. If you have any questions or want more information, call Don Mathis directly at the Partnership office, 202-449-9774.
Join
the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights for our national grassroots
webinar on
Friday, December 11, 2009 at 3 p.m. EST
Making Your Communities Count: 100 Days
Out from Census 2010
Click
here to RSVP!
Because the accuracy of the census directly affects our nation’s ability to provide equal representation and equal access to important governmental resources for all Americans, ensuring a fair and accurate census must be regarded as one of the most significant civil rights issues facing the country today.
This webinar will focus on how local organizations are incorporating faith-based messaging into their census outreach efforts; identify best practices for strategies that have been successful in educating and engaging traditionally hard-to-count populations on the importance of the census; and highlight what you can do to integrate census outreach into your existing programs and activities during the week of December 22, 100 days out from the 2010 census.
Please RSVP now to receive the dial-in number and information for the webinar. There is limited space, so please RSVP as soon as possible.
Thank you for all of the work you are doing to make sure that your community is not left without a voice in the 2010 census. We look forward to your participation. Please contact grassroots@civilrights.org with any questions.
Registration Information:
When:
December 18, 2009
12 pm -1:30 pm Eastern Time
Fees and Event Summary:
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December 16, 2009
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A day after President Obama hosted his “Jobs and Economic Growth Forum” at the White House, Wider Opportunities issued its “A Women’s Agenda for Job Creation.” The Partnership will continue to monitor and share various job creation proposals from the Obama Administration, Congress, and other groups.
F.J. Pollak, President and CEO of TracFone Wireless, Inc. presents a $50,000 check to Don Mathis, President and CEO of Community Action Partnership and Avril Weisman, Vice President of the Partnership to kick off the SafeLink Program for Community Action. Raquel Ortiz, Director of Public Relations at Amplify Public Affairs will work with TracFone and the Partnership to promote the program to our Community Action Network.
“We are delighted to partner with TracFone Wireless on this important program. We know that TracFone has a strong commitment to help the low-income community,” said Don Mathis.
"We're about helping people save money," said F.J.Pollak. TracFone is the largest and fastest growing no-contract phone plan in America and recently was named by Consumer Reports as the best no-contract plan in America.Eligible participants who sign up for the program through Community Action will receive a free wireless phone and 60 free minutes a month. The hosting CAA will receive a small payment for each person who signs up and is approved for the program. Information packets will be mailed to CAAs in the nineteen states where TracFone is licensed. Watch your mail and eNews for additional information.
From left: Avril Weisman, Vice President, Community Action Partnership; Don Mathis, President/CEO,
Community Action Partnership; F.J. Pollak, President of TracFone; and Raquel Ortiz, Director of Public Relations,
Amplify Public Affairs
PARTNERSHIP'S EDWARDS AND MATHIS WILL ADVOCATE AT
HILL PUBLIC POLICY FORUM
Partnership board chair John Edwards, Jr., and president/CEO Don Mathis will be on a panel this Friday at a "Working for Change" public policy forum for Congressional staff. "Working for Change is a monthly policy briefing with the goal of developing a consensus on an economic mobility and economic security agenda for low-wage workers. This series of hill briefings is sponsored by the Community Service Society of New York in partnership with the Coalition on Human Needs. A major focus of Friday's forum will be a discussion on President Obama's recent Jobs Summit and the need for specific policy interventions to stimulate training and hiring of low-wage workers. John Edwards is the executive director of Northeast Florida Community Action Agency in Jacksonville. A report on this forum will appear in next week's eNews.
John Edwards, Jr.