Anchor Institutions and Communities: Sharing a Common Goal

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Pre-conference “Hot Topic”

HBCUs and Food Security/Healthy Food Initiatives

8:00 am – 9:30 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30 am – 10:00 am

Welcome

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the HBCU Community Development Action Coalition

10:00 am – 10:45 am

Overview U.S. HUD’s Investment in HBCUs

11:00 am – 11:45 am

HBCU Presidents and Chancellors

Leading the Way to Community Transformation

11:45 am – 12:30 pm

White House Initiative on HBCUs and NAFEO

Supporting Campus and Community Transformation

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Luncheon with Special Guest Speaker

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

Public and Private Partners

Investing in Community and Economic Development Projects that transform communities

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

HBCU Community Development Leaders Share Community Transformation Success Stories

4:30 pm – 4:45 pm

Wrap up

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Conference Reception at local restaurant.

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 10:30 am

Innovative Economic Development Strategies at HBCUs

10:30 am – 11:45 am

Telling Our Stories

Effective and Creative Ways to Market Your Community Transformation Projects – (Creative Place-Making, Cultural Tourism and Marketing)

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch On Your Own

1:40 pm – 4:30 pm

Community Bus Tour

Visiting Successful Community Transformation Projects and the Atlanta University Center with a Presentation on Anchor Institutions and Community Wealth Building

4:30 pm – 4:45 pm

Wrap Up

5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Networking Reception

8:00 am – 9:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:30 am – 11:45 am

Anchor Institutions and Comprehensive Community Transformation Initiatives

11:45 am – 12:00 pm

Conference Closeout