Newport, RI Nonprofit Hosts Free, Nov 5 Conference with Community Leader Geoffery Canada
The Newport Initiative for Nonprofit Leadership, a program of Child & Family, will be hosting the free conference “Extending The Zone: Creating Positive Opportunities for Families and Communities” on November 5, 2007 at the Hotel Viking Ballroom in Newport, Rhode Island. The conference features renowned nonprofit, community leader Geoffrey Canada and senior staff from the Harlem Children’s Zone.
Newport, RI, October 15, 2007 --(PR.com)-- The Newport Initiative for Nonprofit Leadership, a program of Child & Family, today announced it will host the conference “Extending The Zone: Creating Positive Opportunities for Families and Communities” on November 5, 2007 at the Hotel Viking Ballroom in Newport, Rhode Island. The conference features renowned nonprofit, community leader Geoffrey Canada and senior staff from the Harlem Children’s Zone.
This one day conference in Newport, Rhode Island will focus on youth, family and community challenges that present opportunities for creative and effective solutions as offered by the senior management team of the Harlem Children’s Zone. Attendance to the seminar is limited to 250 and is free and open to all members of the community, including nonprofits and faith-based organizations working with children and families.
“We’re really excited and honored that Geoffrey Canada will be presenting at this conference. The material will be valuable not only to nonprofits trying to improve the lives of children and families but also to members from the business community because we all benefit from strong families and communities” said Jill Pfitzenmayer, Ph.D., Child & Family’s VP Organizational Performance & Training.
Workshops featured at the seminar:
• How do we develop a new social service?
• How can youth and families find supportive programs in their community?
• What can providers do to help families in their homes and neighborhoods
• How can we meet the needs of families in crisis
• What can a community center and charter school bring to a community in need?
• How can we help families together, even when they are dealing with substance abuse issues?
For Journalists - VIP Breakfast
Members of the press interested in covering the VIP breakfast at the Hotel Viking in Newport, Rhode Island should contact Keith Tavares, Director of Institutional Advancement at Child & Family at ktavares@cfsnewport.org or 401-848-4150. Guests attending the VIP breakfast include Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Roberts, Attorney General Patrick Lynch, Speaker of the State House Teresa Paiva-Weed and other key Rhode Island government and business leaders.
Conference Information:
Contact Naomi Ingersoll at ningersoll@cfsnewport.org or 401-849-2300.
Online Registration: http://registration.newportinitiative.org/
Brochure: http://registration.newportinitiative.org/ConferenceQuadfold_Final.pdf
About Geoffrey Canada & The Harlem Children’s Zone
Mr. Canada was named one of “ America ’s Best Leaders” in 2005 by U.S. News and World Report. The work of Mr. Canada and Harlem Children’s Zone has become a national model and has been the subject of many profiles in the media. Their work has been featured on "60 Minutes," “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” “Nightline,” “CBS This Morning,” “The Charlie Rose Show,” National Public Radio’s “On Point,” as well as in articles in The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Daily News , USA Today, Newsday, The Boston Globe and Town and Country magazine. In a June 2004 cover story in The New York Times Magazine, the agency's Zone Project was called “one of the most ambitious social experiments of our time.” The Project offers an interlocking network of social service, education and community-building programs to thousands of children and families in a 60-block area of Central Harlem .
About The Newport Initiative for Nonprofit Leadership
Founded in 2007 by Child & Family, The Newport Initiative for Nonprofit Leadership is an interagency program designed to provide best practice information, technical assistance, training and development and resource sharing opportunities to the Newport, Rhode Island community providers working with children and families. All programs are free and open to all members of the community, including faith-based organizations working with children and families. The Newport Initiative for Nonprofit Leadership is located at 24 School Street, Newport , Rhode Island and can be reached at 401-848-4109 or www.newportinitiative.org.
Press Contact:
Keith Tavares
Director of Institutional Advancement at Child & Family
Email: ktavares@cfsnewport.org
Phone: 401-848-4150
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This one day conference in Newport, Rhode Island will focus on youth, family and community challenges that present opportunities for creative and effective solutions as offered by the senior management team of the Harlem Children’s Zone. Attendance to the seminar is limited to 250 and is free and open to all members of the community, including nonprofits and faith-based organizations working with children and families.
“We’re really excited and honored that Geoffrey Canada will be presenting at this conference. The material will be valuable not only to nonprofits trying to improve the lives of children and families but also to members from the business community because we all benefit from strong families and communities” said Jill Pfitzenmayer, Ph.D., Child & Family’s VP Organizational Performance & Training.
Workshops featured at the seminar:
• How do we develop a new social service?
• How can youth and families find supportive programs in their community?
• What can providers do to help families in their homes and neighborhoods
• How can we meet the needs of families in crisis
• What can a community center and charter school bring to a community in need?
• How can we help families together, even when they are dealing with substance abuse issues?
For Journalists - VIP Breakfast
Members of the press interested in covering the VIP breakfast at the Hotel Viking in Newport, Rhode Island should contact Keith Tavares, Director of Institutional Advancement at Child & Family at ktavares@cfsnewport.org or 401-848-4150. Guests attending the VIP breakfast include Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Roberts, Attorney General Patrick Lynch, Speaker of the State House Teresa Paiva-Weed and other key Rhode Island government and business leaders.
Conference Information:
Contact Naomi Ingersoll at ningersoll@cfsnewport.org or 401-849-2300.
Online Registration: http://registration.newportinitiative.org/
Brochure: http://registration.newportinitiative.org/ConferenceQuadfold_Final.pdf
About Geoffrey Canada & The Harlem Children’s Zone
Mr. Canada was named one of “ America ’s Best Leaders” in 2005 by U.S. News and World Report. The work of Mr. Canada and Harlem Children’s Zone has become a national model and has been the subject of many profiles in the media. Their work has been featured on "60 Minutes," “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” “Nightline,” “CBS This Morning,” “The Charlie Rose Show,” National Public Radio’s “On Point,” as well as in articles in The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Daily News , USA Today, Newsday, The Boston Globe and Town and Country magazine. In a June 2004 cover story in The New York Times Magazine, the agency's Zone Project was called “one of the most ambitious social experiments of our time.” The Project offers an interlocking network of social service, education and community-building programs to thousands of children and families in a 60-block area of Central Harlem .
About The Newport Initiative for Nonprofit Leadership
Founded in 2007 by Child & Family, The Newport Initiative for Nonprofit Leadership is an interagency program designed to provide best practice information, technical assistance, training and development and resource sharing opportunities to the Newport, Rhode Island community providers working with children and families. All programs are free and open to all members of the community, including faith-based organizations working with children and families. The Newport Initiative for Nonprofit Leadership is located at 24 School Street, Newport , Rhode Island and can be reached at 401-848-4109 or www.newportinitiative.org.
Press Contact:
Keith Tavares
Director of Institutional Advancement at Child & Family
Email: ktavares@cfsnewport.org
Phone: 401-848-4150
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