 “When I was first elected Mayor, my job was to fix what was broken. Now my job is to build on our success. As I see it, Boston should be a city where every child gets a good education, every resident gets a good paying job, and every family is part of a strong neighborhood.”
Thomas Menino, Mayor of Boston MA
This conference was held in partnership with the National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education and Families and the National Association of Counties and provided an opportunity to work with a national audience of people committed to successful partnerships that support children, youth and families living, working and learning in America’s urban areas. Conference highlights included:
- “Boston Story” presentation on successful initiatives and partnerships underway in the Boston area by Mayor Thomas Menino, Superintendent of Boston Public Schools Tom Payzant, and Executive Director of the Boston Public Library, Bernard Margolis.
- Tours of exemplary Boston programs for children, youth and families.
- Strengthening Children and Families. Presentations on the programs of the Boston Children’s Museum, Read Boston, Success by Six, Grandfamilies House and the Boston Public Library.
- Youth as Assets. Presentations on programs provided by the Boston Community Centers, South End Settlements, the Mayor’s Technology Initiatives, and the Higher Education Counseling Center at the Boston Public Library.
- Out of School Learning. Presentations from Boston 2:00 to 6:00, Citizen Schools, Mayor’s Technology Initiatives, and the Boston Public Library’s After school Homework Help Program and Harvard Online Tutoring Project.
- Building Cities with Youth. Presentations on programs provided by the Codman Square Health Center, Mayor’s Youth Council, City Year, the Dudley Street Project, and the Boston Public Library.
- Conversations with local public officials and national experts working on early childhood, youth development, family support initiatives, including Charles Royer, National Program Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Urban Health Initiative, former Mayor of Seattle and former Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University; Mayor Anthony Williams, Washington, D.C.; Mayor John De Stephano, New Haven, CT; and First V. P., National League of Cities; County Commissioner Lisa Naito, Multnomah County, OR; and Mayor Rocky Anderson, Salt Lake City, UT; Douglas Duncan, County Executive of Montgomery County; Mary Dempsey, Commissioner of the Chicago Public Library; Carol W. West, Vice Mayor, City of Tucson, Agnes M. Griffen, Library Director of the Tucson-Pima Public Library, and youth representatives from the Wallace – Reader’s Digest “Public Libraries as Partners in Youth Development” project; Elliot L. Shelkrot, President and Director of the Free Library of Philadelphia; Carla Hayden, Executive Director, Enoch Pratt Free Library; Susan Hathaway, Executive Director, Baltimore Safe & Sound; and Karen Pittman, Executive Director of The Forum for Youth Investment, a U.S. initiative of the International Youth Foundation.
- Network-building opportunities for local public officials and library leaders.
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Conference hosts Chairman Jim Fish, Urban Libraries Council; Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino; Bernard Margolis, President of the Boston Public Library; Pamela J. Seigle, Boston Public Library Trustee and ULC Executive Board Member, and conference speaker, Tom Payzant, Supt. Boston Public Schools
[left to right front row]: Philadelphia Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds-Brown, Tucson Vice-Mayor Carol W. West, Salt Lake City Director of Youth Programs Janet Wolf, Stockton (CA) Vice Mayor Gloria Nomura,Multnomah County Commissioner Lisa Naito, Minneapolis Library Board Trustee Anita S. Duckor, Richmond (CA) Mayor Irma L. Anderson, and El Paso Mayor’s Assistant, Susannah Byrd.
[left to right back row]: Allegheny County Judge Frank Lucchino, Urban Health Inititiative Director Charles T. Royer, Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Topeka Mayor Butch Felker, and Salt Lake City Mayor Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson. |
