OUP 2012 National Conference, "Strategies for Strengthening Communities"
New Orleans, Louisiana
April 23-26, 2012

• Conference Program
• Conference Participants List
• PowerPoint Presentations (converted to PDFs to reduce file size)
• Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• General Session: "The Role of Anchor Institutions"
• Dick Cook, Director, Social Work Community Outreach Service, University of Maryland at Baltimore (1.39 MB)
• Ken Feske, Project Director, Service Learning Institute, California State University—Monterey Bay (1.78 MB)
• Luncheon Kenyote Address
• Paul Kealey, Acting Chief Operating Officer, NeighborWorks America (3.79 MB)
• Wednesday, April 25, 2012
• General Session: "Strengthening Communities"
• Luke Tate, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD (840 KB)
• William Gilchrist, Director of Place-Based Planning, City of New Orleans (3.1 MB)
• Anice Schervish Chenault, Program Manager, Community Solutions Team, Strong Cities Strong Communities Initiative, HUD (120 KB)
• General Session: "Accessing Private Resources Through Foundations and Private Partnerships"
• Sherrill Hampton, Director for Applied Leadership and Community Development, Johnson C. Smith University (704 KB)
• General Session: "Accessing Federal Resources"
• Miki Kim, Senior Advisor, Office of Community Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (725 KB)
• General Session: "Investing in the Future: Colleges Working With K–12 Schools is a Community Benefit"
• Dante De Tablan, Community Schools Coordinator, University of Maryland at Baltimore (2.72 MB)
• Dr. Hassan Minor, Senior Vice President/Chief Strategy Officer, Howard University (305 KB)
• Dr. Henry Taylor, Jr., Director, Center for Urban Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo (3.85 MB)
• General Session: "Housing Counseling and Foreclosure Prevention"
• Morris Autry, Community Development Program Director, and Linda Barrett, Housing Counselor, Elizabeth City State University (0.99 MB)
• General Session: "Workforce Development"
• Pauline Harvey, Director, and Jane Winzer, Grants Manager, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Chukchi Campus (5.82 MB)
• Janice Sneed, Vice Chancellor, Community and Workforce Development, Southern University at Shreveport (8.4 MB)
• General Session: "Tribal Colleges and Universities: Telling Their Story"
• Carrie Billy, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Indian Higher Education Consortium (5.34 MB)
• Dave Oreiro, Vice President for Campus Development, Northwest Indian College (2.33 MB)
• Craig Smith, Vice President of Institutional Development, Fort Peck Community College (1.85 MB)
• Thursday, April 26, 2012
• General Session: "Anti-Bullying"
• Dr. Cynthia Reed, Director, Truman Pierce Institute, Auburn University (864 KB)
• General Session: "Tools Designed to Serve Youth and Communities"
• Maria Queen, Public Housing Revitalization Specialist, HUD (1.73 MB)
• General Session: "HUD's Research Roadmap"
• Kinnard Wright, Grant Specialist, OUP, HUD (188 KB)