Join the Center for Cities and Schools for the PLUS Leadership Initiative Fall Forum: Innovative Policy Strategies to Align Public Education and Neighborhood Transformation.

October 13, 2009
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Toll Room, Alumni House, UC Berkeley
$35 registration fee

For more information, and to register:
http://www.regonline.com/PLUS2009
http://citiesandschools.berkeley.edu/

Innovative Bay Area Collaborations: PLUS Leadership Initiative City-School Team Presentations
• Emeryville: Emeryville Center of Community Life
• San Francisco: HOPE SF Neighborhood and School Revitalization
• Rich mond: Nystrom United ReVitalization Effort (NURVE)

Luncheon Keynote: How Federal Policy Is Setting the Stage for Local Innovation
Carol Galante, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

State and Regional Policy Discussion: Supporting Local Innovation
• California Department of Education: Vision for future innovative school facilities
• Association of Bay Area Governments: Regional efforts for complete communities
• Graduate School of Education: Building aligned systems for childcare through college

Closing Keynote
Dr. Anthony Smith, Superintendent, Oakland Unified School District

The PLUS Leadership Initiative, funded by the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, is designed to prepare civic and educational leaders in the Bay Area to develop collaborative, mutually beneficial policies and practices that are child- and family-centered, and lead to improved public education quality and more vibrant, healthy neighborhoods.

Sponsored by the Institute of Urban and Regional Development, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, the Stuart Foundation, and the Association of Bay Area Governments.