April 1: Downtown Phoenix Campus Dialogue Presentation Line Up

Arizona Indicators: Partnering to Connect with Key Audiences

Presenter Name: Andrea Whitsett

Arizona Indicators is a centralized data resource and analysis tool that promotes civic engagement and informed decision-making. Collaboration is vital to the project’s success since data is compiled from numerous sources and outreach is best facilitated through community partnerships. The Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) has been a strategic partner since the project’s inception and has enabled statewide outreach to nonprofit leaders through ACF affiliate sites. Arizona Indicators has also partnered with The Arizona Republic, the Arizona Department of Commerce, Valley of the Sun United Way, St. Luke’s Health Initiatives, and the Urban Land Institute’s Center for Balanced Development in the West.

“Figuring out what the local Phoenix-metro community (and world) needs now”

Presenter Name: Tomas Carrillo

For more than 25 years, the TED Conference has been bringing together great minds to help solve the world’s problems through great ideas worth spreading.  This is not a conference on how to increase your ROI or create high impact marketing plans; it’s a conference on how to solve the real problems faced by our local and global communities.

In 2009, TED they created the TEDx program to help bring a TED-like experience to cities around the globe.  TEDxPhoenix’s mission is simple — we aim to bring together Phoenix’s best and brightest thinkers and doers to make our local communities a better place through great ideas worth spreading, sharing, and executing.

ASU Civil Justice Clinic

Presenter Name: Patrick Camuñez

The presentation will describe the mission of the ASU Civil Justice Clinic and its role within the community.  It will highlight the type of cases accepted and clients served.  While the Civil Justice Clinic works on a variety of civil issues, this presentation will mainly focus on two types of cases.  First, the presentation will highlight the collaborative relationship between the ASU Civil Justice Clinic and ABA Military Pro Bono Project, Luke AFB, and the AZ National Guard in helping deployed servicemembers and their families.  In a variety of situations there is a need for legal assistance based around the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and other federal and state laws where the Civil Justice Clinic can and does help.  Second, the presentation will highlight the assistance the Civil Justice Clinic is providing to unemployed individuals in unemployment appeal hearings.  When a person is denied unemployment benefits the Clinic is able to provide representation for hearings and appeals.  This will also focus on the collaborative effort between Community Legal Services and the ASU Civil Justice Clinic.

Collaboration for the Arts and Arts Education

Presenter Names: Brenda Sperduti, Michael Soto

The presentation will be a look at the collaborative approach that AzCA/AA utilizes in our work to build the arts, culture and arts education communities of Arizona. We will use the Arts Education Advocacy Outreach program as a model for our collaborative approach to the work that our organization as a whole conducts in every aspect. The AEAO program works in collaboration with the state of Arizona, a national program, businesses, community organizations and school districts throughout the state. This program seeks to build state wide support for Arts Education in K-12 schools and we know that this mission can only be accomplished through a collaborative approach. Collaboration is deeply rooted in the AEAO program beginning with the planning stages for the program, continued in community involvement through the committee that oversees the program and in the everyday work with educators and school districts.

Fleischer Summer Scholars

Presenter Name: Susan Eckman

The Fleischer Summer Scholars Program is a comprehensive residential experience for selected underrepresented and economically disadvantaged high school students who are interested in pursuing a career in business. Over the course of four days, students will be exposed to academic and career opportunities, interact with current W. P. Carey students, faculty, staff, and alumni, become familiar with the steps to achieving admission and financial assistance, and learn the keys to academic and professional success.

The Fleischer Summer Scholars Program has been designed to accomplish the following:

• Create a level of familiarity and enthusiasm about careers in business
• Prepare participants for success in business studies and careers
• Foster an entrepreneurial spirit in future business majors
• Increase the number of underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students enrolled in the W. P. Carey School of Business

Susan Eckman’s presentation will focus on the development of the program, which is in its inaugural year, and how collaboration will enable the Fleischer Summer Scholar Program to become a model that other summer bridge programs will be able to emulate to achieve measurable participant results.

We Share Because We Care

Presenter Name: Patti Rowe, Cher Mikkelsen

Each year Arizona State Credit Union contributes time and funds to support causes that make a difference in our community. Our values are reflected in our commitment to helping Arizonans of all ages achieve financial success, which is not always dependent on income; in fact, many people earning an impressive salary struggle to make ends meet because they haven’t followed the basic steps discussed in our workshops.  We offer free financial presentations and interactive workshops to groups of all sizes that cover the core concepts necessary to develop and maintain personal financial control.

American Dream Academy

Presenter Name: Maria Luisa Ramos

The American Dream Academy’s (ADA) educational focus starts with the beginning of life, helping parents to instill the value of education within themselves and their children.  Through ADA, parents are given the tools to guide their children through K-12th grades and into higher education.  This type of school based intervention empowers and trains parents to become effective advocates and partners in their children’s education

Maria Luisa Ramos is the Director of the American Dream Academy a program developed by the Center for Community Development and Civil Rights at Arizona State University.  Founded in 2005 by internationally recognized civil rights leader, Raul Yzaguirre the Center for Community Development and Civil Rights builds bridges between the university and the community as catalysts for transformation. The American Dream Academy partners with underserved schools and districts to train parents to become advocates of their children by promoting education.  She is responsible for the management, administration, and marketing of the academic program.

Real-world learning opportunities in sustainability – From classroom into the real-world

Presenter Names: Katja Brundiers

The presentation will briefly introduce Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability (SOS), the first school of sustainability in the Nation. The academic program of the SOS addresses sustainability challenges of our time. Thereby, the program strives on the one hand to educate students in sustainability regarding content and problem-solving skills. On the other hand SOS wants to be socially embedded in the community. With the emerging Real-world Learning Experiences Program (RWLE), SOS tries to combine education, research, and collaboration with the community to respond to the sustainability challenges that our society faces. Therefore, the RWLE Program promotes and supports collaboration between students, their faculty mentors, and community partners. The collaborative project-teams address sustainability challenges and strive to jointly develop solution approaches that can be considered scientifically sound as well as socially robust and useful. This presentation will present the emerging program, using recent real-world learning examples.