Milano and the Center for NYC Affairs present:
URBAN CONVERSATIONS:
Strengthening the Middle Class
Session II: Creating Jobs & Raising Incomes
On Tuesday, September 25, 2007, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy and the Center for New York City Affairs convened activist political leaders and leading opinion makers for part two in our series, “Urban Conversations: Strengthening the Middle Class.”
 The program featured Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania, Govern Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, Diane Baillargeon of Seedco, David Jones of the Community Service Society and Rick McGahey of The Ford Foundation. The morning’s conversations were moderated by Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post.
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Urban Conversations: Strengthening the Middle Class
As income disparity between wealthy and working-class families becomes more pronounced, middle-class neighborhoods are disappearing from many American cities. How are today’s urban leaders trying to ensure their cities remain—or become—livable for middle-income families and affordable for the millions of working people aspiring to gain a foothold in the middle class?
Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Arnhold Hall
Theresa Lang Community & Student Center
55 West 13th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues)
New York City
PROGRAM
9:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:30 a.m.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Dean Fred P. Hochberg, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
10:00 a.m.
CONVERSATION I:
Workforce Development and NYC’s Labor Market
The Bloomberg administration has won accolades for creating a workforce support and training system that assists workers and meets the needs of the business community. Yet this city remains barely affordable for millions of its residents. What can local and state leaders do to improve job opportunities, increase incomes and help more people move into the middle class?
SPEAKERS:
Diane Baillargeon, President and CEO, Seedco
David Jones, President, Community Service Society of New York
Rick McGahey, Program Officer, The Ford Foundation
MODERATOR:
Jonathan Capehart, Editorial Board Member, The Washington Post
11:00 a.m.
CONVERSATION II:
Creating Jobs and Raising Incomes in American Cities
Many American cities are becoming less and less affordable for middle- and working-class families. Others can barely sustain a middle-class labor market. Attracting new jobs, training workers, assuring livable wages … how can city and state leaders strengthen employment opportunities, boost incomes and strengthen their middle-class workforce?
SPEAKERS:
Hon. Edward Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania
Hon. Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas
MODERATOR:
Jonathan Capehart, Editorial Board Member, The Washington Post
Urban Conversations is co-sponsored by Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy and the Center for New York City Affairs. The project brings together local and state elected officials and leading thinkers from across the nation to foster fresh perspectives and new insights into the key challenges facing urban America, and to discuss strategies for addressing them. This conversation is the second in our Strengthening the Middle Class series.
To learn more about the first session in the series, which took place on June 1 with Washington, DC, Mayor Adrian Fenty and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, click here.
The 2007 Urban Conversations conference and scholarship fund have been made possible thanks to the generous support of:
Allen & Company, Lillian Vernon, James A. Torrey, Bill and Sheila Lambert, The May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, The Philip D. and Tammy S. Murphy Foundation, and Booz Allen Hamilton.
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