Social Changemakers: Combating Poverty in NYC through Innovation

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Social Changemakers: Combating Poverty in NYC through Innovation

April

24

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2017

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9:30am

Cost: Free

Advance Registration Suggested

Limited Seating

@fordhamgsb @fordhamgss

#endpovertynyc

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Introducing

Collaborative Changemaking:

The Intersection of Business & Social Work

Solving poverty in the greatest city in the world takes collaboration and community. On April 24, New York City change agents come together to share best practices, provide mutual support, and collaborate on initiatives.

Join dynamic change agents from social services and social entrepreneurship working to alleviate poverty in New York City on April 24. Together, we can do more than alone.

Meet Justine Zinkin, CEO of Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners and winner of

2017 Social Enterprise Leadership Award

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special Performance bY:

HIP-HOP social change ARTIST/ACTIVIST Ahmen

Artists striving to end Poverty (ASTEP)

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AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL SERVICE LEADERS, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS, FUNDERS, AND IMPACT INVESTORS TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, SHARE BEST PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH, AND COLLABORATE ON SOLUTIONS FOR CRITICAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN NEW YORK CITY.

This April 24 at the Lincoln Center campus, Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business and the Graduate School of Social Service bring together students (graduate and undergraduate), faculty, social work practitioners, nonprofit leaders, impact investors, social innovators, tech entrepreneurs, policymakers, activists, community advocates, and social changemakers just like you to share new innovations, best practices, and sustainable solutions for alleviating poverty in New York City.

Join us for a day of killer keynotes, innovative nonprofit leadership and entrepreneurial presentations, mobile technology for social change demos, artist performances, peer networking, and impact investing updates, and community activism to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. We’ve carefully crafted an incredible lineup of presenters who are prepared to arm you with new strategies, insights and know-how to take your changemaking to the next level.

Program: 9:30AM - 5:15PM - Advance Registration Suggested, Limited Seating Cost: Free

Sponsored by Fordham Gabell School of Business and the Graduate School of Social Service

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of GSB and GSS, the cost to attend for students, faculty, and social changemakers is free!

This April 24 at the Lincoln Center campus, Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business with the Graduate School of Social Service brings together social work professionals, nonprofit leaders, impact investors, social innovators, tech entrepreneurs, policymakers, activists, community advocates, and social changemakers just like you to share innovations and solutions for alleviating poverty in New York City.

Join us for a day of killer keynotes, innovative nonprofit leadership and entrepreneurial presentations, mobile technology for social change demos, artist performances, peer networking, and impact investing updates, and community activism to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. We’ve carefully crafted an incredible lineup of presenters who are prepared to arm you with new strategies, insights and know-how to take your changemaking to the next level.

Speakers (partial list)

michael zisser

university settlement/door

justine ziNkin

ceo, neighborhood trust

brandon parkes

founder, socialgive

antony bugg-levine

ceo, nonprofit finance fund

Rosanne Haggarty

ceo, community solutions

jeff kaiser

coo, propel

andra tomsa

founder, sparenyc

rondo moses

uncommon schools

patrick struebi

founder, fairtrasa

maria lizardo, lmsw

ED, Northern Manhattan Improvement Corp

josephine cochrane

fmr incarcerated activist

sris chatterjee, phd

fordham, business/finance

Robin hood f0undation

nonprofit finance

University settlement

uncommon schools

community solutions

fairtrasa

neighborhood trust

propel: freshebt

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Panel: Investing in Impact

Sris Chatterjee

Fordham prof:
Finance, Business Economics

susan epstein, JD

MD, Robin Hood Foundation

Antony bugg-levine

CEO, Nonprofit Finance Fund

justine zirkin

CEO, Neighborhood trust

monika mitchell

foundeer, TalkIMPact

brandon parkes

founder, social give

Jeff Kaiser

COO, Propel

Andra tomsa

founder, sparenyc

Panel: Poverty Solutions that Work

patrick struebi

founder, Fairtrasa

rondo moses

Uncommon schools, BoD

michael zisser

University Settlement

rosanne haggarty

CEO, Community solutions

Schedule

9:00-9:45am

Registration & Check-in Begins

Continental Breakfast Served

9:45 Program Begins

9:52-10:05am

Video presentation

Fordham Welcome- Social Innovation

MC: Monika Mitchell, TalkImpact

Presenters:

Donna Rapaccioli, Dean -Gabelli School of Business

Debra McPhee, Dean - Graduate School of Social Service

10:10-10:25

Keynote Presentation:

Artists Striving to End Poverty - ASTEP

Elisabeth "Lizzy" Rainer

Director of Programs & Evaluation

10:25-10:35

Audience Interactive

10:35

10:40 – 11:40 PM

1

Panel Intro by Lerzan Askoy

Assoc Dean of Undergraduate Studies

Panel: Investing for Social Impact

Audience Q&A

Moderator: Sris Chatterjee, PhD. Professor of Finance & Business at Fordham

Antony Bugg-Levine,CEO,NonprofitFinanceFund

Susan Epstein, MD, Robin Hood Foundation

Justine Zinkin, CEO, Neighborhood Trust

11:40-11:55pm

BREAK

11:55-12:10

Olivia Reiser: Undergraduate, Business School, Social Innovation

Conversation with Social Entrepreneur, Patrick Struebi, CEO of Fairtrasa, winner of the World Economic Forum's "New Champion" Award.

12:10

12:15-1:05pm

Introduction

Panel: Tech Innovation for Financial Inclusion

Audience Q & A

Carey Weiss, Director, Social Innovation Collaboratory at Fordham

Moderator: Lauri Goldkind, PhD

Adj Professor- Fordham GSS, Tech Innovation

Kelly Chan, KivaUS

Jeff Kaiser, COO, Propel

Om Kundo, Founder, InspirAVE

Brandon Parkes, Founder, Social Give

1:10PM-1:55PM

Lunch Provided by Fordham

2:00-2:05pm

Education as a Pipeline Out of Poverty

Karen Walker-Bryce, J.D.

Adjunct Professor-Graduate School of Social Services & Fordham Law

2:05-2:10pm

Josephine Cochrane:

Presentation:How Poverty Fills Our Jails

MS Nonprofit Leadership Candidate

Activist for Former Offenders

2:10-2:15

Br.Peter James Westall

Director, St Anthony's Shelter of Renewal

2:15PM-3:15PM

Panel: “Poverty Solutions That Work"

Audience Q&A

Moderator: Patrick Struebi, CEO, Fairtrasa/Adj. Prof, Fordham Business.

Panelists:

Maria Lizardo, Exec Dir, NMIC

Rosanne Haggerty, CEO, Community Solutions

Rondo Moses, BOD, Uncommon Schools

Michael Zisser, CEO (ret), University Settlement/Door - Adj Prof at Fordham GSS

3:15-3:25 Break

3:25-3:30

SPOKEN WORD

AHMEN: HipHop Artist & Social Activist

3:30-4:05PM

WorldCafe: Crowdsourcing Solutions

Table Discussions

Brainstorming Table Discussions:

Can Poverty Be Solved in NYC?

4:05-4:25pm

Audience Interactive - Sharing Action Steps

4:25-4:30

4:30-4:40

Dr Elaine Congress - Dean of M.S Nonprofit Leadership Program at Fordham, GSS

Audience Interactive & Wrap Up

Monika Mitchell

4:40-4:50pm

TALK & PERFORMANCE

AHMEN, Hip-Hop Artist/Activist:

Thank you to our Sponsors!

CoSponsors

Organizer:

The Center for Humanistic Management at Fordham

The Center for Humanistic Management (CHM) at Fordham is a global network of many of the world's leading changemakers for social change in business. Under the visionary ldirection of Michael Pirson, Phd, the center supports the organizational humanistic management principles of dignity and well-being.

Social Innovation Collaboratory at Fordham

The Fordham Social Innovation Collaboratory is a network of Fordham University students, faculty, administrators, alumni and community members working together to promote social innovation for the achievement of social entrepreneurship, social justice, and environmental sustainability.

Nonprofit Leadership Program at graduate School of Social Science

The Nonprofit Leadership program is a joint program between the Gabelli Graduate School of Business and the Graduate School of Social Service launched in 2014. The program combines nonprofit leadership modules with social innovation and entrepreneurship for social change.

TalKIMPACT: Closing the Gap in NYC

TalkIMPACT is an independent nonprofit media platform for social change founded by social innovator, Monika Mitchell, Fordham MS GSS,NPL (2017).Formerly known as GoodB-NY, TalkImpact's mission is to use media as an advocacy tool to close the inequality gap in New York City.

Partners

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Fordham's Gabelli School of Business was recently recognized by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) as one of the 2017 Innovations That Inspire, "an initiative that highlights ways that member schools are redefining the face of business education" for its "Engagement Across Disciplines" through the leadership of Gabelli's Social Innovation Collaboratory.

#FordhamSocialInnovationCombatingPovertyinNYCthroughInnovation

Hosted by Your Company

"Combating Poverty in NYC Through Innovation" will take place in the Constantino Room in Fordham's Law School, which is conveniently located near Lincoln Center. Columbus Circle subways are nearby. Photo ID needed to get ithrough building security.

About Social Innovation at Fordham

The Social Innovation Collaboratory at Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business is a network of Fordham University students, faculty, administrators, alumni and community members working together to promote social innovation for the achievement of social justice, social entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability.

Fordham University is an Ashoka Changemaker Campus since 2014, one of 37 colleges world-wide designated as a leader of social innovation in higher education. We are a community of diverse leaders and institutions "who work collectively to make social innovation and changemaking the new norm in higher education and beyond." Our goals include "modeling campus-wide excellence in social innovation and changemaking," and transforming "the field of higher education through collaboration and thought leadership."

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