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Affirmative Action and Higher Education Held on Thursday, May 1, 2003, the Forum discussed the role of affirmative action in higher education, and examined the critical challenges of maintaining equal and equitable access for minority and non-traditional students. The keynote address was given by Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger, followed by two, eighty-minute panels. Related Links:
The Economic Rebuilding of New York City The Eighth Annual Forum, organized by Columbia's Center for Urban Research and Policy (CURP), hosted a national conference on the critical economic challenges facing New York City since the September 11, 2001 tragedy. Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the keynote address. Related Links:
Urban Education: Making New York City Public The 2001 Forum fostered an open dialogue among public, private and community based leaders focusing on the critical challenges facing urban public schools. The Forum examined governing issues and resource distribution, local community initiatives to improve NYC schools, and the public interest in public education. In this seventh annual Forum, participants shared their ideas in the format of three panel sessions and a keynote address. The keynote address was given by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Related Links:
Livable Urban Communities: The Environmental The sixth annual Dinkins Forum brought together experts from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors to discuss the role the environmental movement plays in fostering community building. Through four panel sessions and a keynote address, the Forum examined community transformation, including issues of social justice and equity; the re-development of brownfields; new visions of transportation and the environment; and innovative models of environmentally sound urban development. The Keynote address was given by Honorable Rodney E. Slater, US Secretary of Transportation. Related Links:
Labor and Community Building The fifth annual David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum explored the role of labor in community building, specifically in the areas of education, economic development and housing. The event brought labor leaders and community development professionals together with policymakers and academics to explore the growth of labor-community coalitions, the past successes and failures of labor-community efforts, new methods and tools for investment in community development, and ways to develop and strengthen partnerships between the labor movement and local communities. Participants shared their ideas in the format of three panel sessions and a keynote address, given by Dennis Rivera, President of Local 1199. Related Links:
Culture and Tourism: Tools for Urban Economic Development The fourth annual Dinkins Forum explored the role and value of the tourism industry as a revenue generator for cities across the United States. Fourteen participants on three panels addressed how the economic benefits of culture and tourism extend beyond large institutions and well-known attractions to smaller institutions and historic neighborhoods, and what more cities can do to develop the mainstream tourism sector. Panelists also addressed the role of historical and cultural resources as vehicles toward economic rejuvenation of inner-city neighborhoods. The keynote address was given by Charlie Rangle, Congressman from New York State's 15th District. Related Links:
Welfare to Work: Can the Business - Monday March 31, 1997 Purpose: Focused on the private sector's role in welfare reform and included former Mayor David Dinkins, Mayor Edward Rendell (Philadelphia), and former Mayor Norman Rice (Seattle). Related Links:
An Urban Agenda for Election '96 The second annual forum featured a panel discussion between former governors Jim Florio of New Jersey, Ann Richards of Texas and Lowell Weicker of Connecticut, as well as Hugh Price, President of the National Urban League. Jeff Greenfield, political and media analyst for ABC News moderated the panel, which offered a means to highlight urban issues and concerns for the presidential election. Related Links:
Empowering America's Cities In March 1995, the first Dinkins Forum, hosted by the Barnard-Columbia Center for Urban Policy hosted the first national forum on the urban Empowerment Zone (EZ) program, the federal government's first major community revitalization initiative in nearly twenty years. This event featured Vice-President Albert Gore and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Henry Cisneros. Leaders from the six major EZ cities - New York, Philadelphia - Camden, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, and Atlanta - as well as by representatives from foundations, businesses, government, and academia. Among the EZ representatives were Mayors Arnold Webster of Camden, and Bill Campbell of Atlanta. Vice-President Gore and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo addresses the first plenary session of the conference. The forum was the first in an annual series of forums planned by the Center and named in honor of Center Advisory Board member, Senior Fellow, and newly appointed Columbia University professor, former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins. "We believed the time was right to try to raise the level of the public debate on the future of urban America - that's the mission of the Center," said Dinkins in addressing the conference. "The Empowerment Zone program signals a renewed concern by the federal government for conditions of life in the cities. It deserves our immediate attention." |
