8:45-9:30          Sign in, Coffee/Light Fare

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9:30-9: 50        Welcome/Keynote

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9:50-10:15         Convening Address: The Community Schools Model in Other States

                               Mary Kingston Roche, Director of Public Policy, Coalition for Community Schools

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10:15-10:35        Convening Address 2: The Current Environment for Community Schools in NJ

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10:35-10:50      Break-- Coffee

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10:50-11:40       Legislative Support & Strategy

                              Moderator: Jennifer Keyes-Maloney, Assistant Director of Government Relations, NJ Principals & Supervisors                                                                Association

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                              NJ State Senator Teresa Ruiz, 29th Legislative District; Chair, NJ Senate Education Committee; Member, Senate                                                            Budget & Appropriations Committee; Member, Select Committee on School Funding Fairness

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                              NJ Assemblywoman Marlene Caride, 36th Legislative District; Chair, NJ Assembly Education Committee

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                              NJ Assemblywoman Mila Jasey, 27th Legislative District; Chair, Higher Education Committee; Member, Assembly                                                            Education Committee; Member, Joint Committee on the Public Schools

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                              NJ Assemblywoman Angela McKnight, 31st Legislative District; Member, Assembly Education Committee

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                              NJ Assemblywoman Patricia Egan Jones, 5th Legislative District; Member, Assembly Education Committee

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11:40-12:30        Social Justice

                               Dr. Keith Benson, President, Camden Education Association

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                               Ronsha A. Dickerson, National Organizer, Journey for Justice Alliance and Co-Founder, Camden Parents Union

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12:30-1:00         Lunch/Networking

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1:00 - 2:00        Breakout Session (choose one)
                                Evaluation & the Most Appropriate Use of Data

                                   Andrea Hetling, Associate Professor and Director, Program in Public Policy, Rutgers University

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                                   Stuart Roe, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Counselor Education, The College of New Jersey

                           

                                Healthy Schools

                                   Moderator: Jerell Blakeley, Campaign Organizer Healthy Schools Now Coalition and Work Environment Council                                       of New Jersey

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                                   Diana Crowder, Industrial Hygiene Consultant, NJ Work Environment Council 

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                                   Deborah Cornavaca, Field Representative in Organizational Development, New Jersey Education Association

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                                   Michael Rollins, Organizational Development Consultant, New Jersey Education Association                             

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                               Parent & Community Involvement

                                    Gilman Choudhury, Community Outreach & Special Projects Coordinator, Department of Family & Community     

                                                             Engagement,  Paterson Public Schools 

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2:00-2:15           Break-- Coffee

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2:15-3:15             Funders' Perspective: Community Schools as Component of Placemaking and Community Development                                                         Moderator: Bryan Murdock, Director, Center for Community Engagement, Montclair State University

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                                Mateus Baptista, Program Officer, Victoria Foundation

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                                Diane Hagerman, Deputy Director of Programs, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's NJ Health Initiatives Program

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                                Melissa Litwin, Program Officer, The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation

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                                Liz Warner, Director, K-12 Education Initiatives, Co-Director, School Culture and Climate Initiative, Convener, New                                                        Jersey School Health and Climate Coalition, United Way of Northern New Jersey

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3:15-3:30           Break

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3:30-4:00         Next Steps for Community Schools in NJ

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4:00-5:00         Networking over wine & cheese