Marin Equity Summit | Summit Information

Summit Information

Conference: Thursday, November 9th

at The Marin Center

The Marin Equity Summit is a convening conference in the North Bay on Youth Development. Participants will walk away with action steps in each of the topic areas as we work together to build the bones of a Living Equity Agenda for Marin County.

Keynote Speakers include:

john a. powell

Director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Professor of Law, African American, and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He previously served as the Executive Director at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University and the Institute for Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota. He was formerly the National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He is a co-founder of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council and serves on the board of several national organizations. john led the development of an “opportunity-based” model that connects affordable housing to education, health, health care, and employment. He has taught at numerous law schools including Harvard and Columbia University. His latest book is Racing to Justice: Transforming our Concepts of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society.

Kaila Love

Musician, Spoken Word Poet, Activist, 10,000 Degrees Graduate and MUCH MORE...

Entertainment Includes:

Sylvie Kneplers

Drake High School Graduate, She has earned a BS in Health Services Administration with a double minor in Business and Gender and Diversity Studies.

Topic Areas, with working breakout sessions:

Education
Employment & Economics
Food Security
Housing & Homelessness
Race & Segregation
Community Cohesion for a Safe Marin
Immigrant Rights
Health
Environmental Protection
Transportation
LGBTQ

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