Dear Colleagues:
The Anchor Institutions Task Force (AITF) is a growing network of
over 400 members, which serves as an ongoing think tank promoting the role of
anchor institutions in community and economic development. Ira Harkavy,
Director of the University of Pennsylvania's Netter Center for Community
Partnerships is the Chair of the AITF's Steering Committee. David
Maurrasse, Founder and President of Marga Incorporated, is the AITF's Director.
Marga coordinates the AITF's activities.
The
anchor institutions field continues to grow throughout the U.S., with an
increasingly number of institutions of various shapes and sizes identifying as
anchor institutions and envisioning ways to leverage their commitment to place
to strengthen their local democratic participation.
The AITF is holding its annual conference November 17 and 18 in
Chicago, hosted by the University of Chicago, and co-hosted by the Chicago
Community Trust and the University of Illinois at Chicago. The conference
opens with a reception in the late afternoon on November 17 and should end by 4
pm on the 18th.
You can view the agenda and register here: http://www.margainc.com/initiatives/aitf/2014_aitf_conference
We hope to see you in Chicago!
Joann Weeks
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NOTE NEW ADDRESS:
Joann M. Weeks
Associate Director
Netter Center for Community Partnerships
and Penn Program for Public Service,
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
111 South 38th Street, Second Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3465
Phone: 215-898-0872
FAX: 215-573-2799
Web site: www.nettercenter.upenn.edu
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