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2010 Conference Session Detail:
CommunityMatters '10

Strong Communities

Engaging Citizens, Strengthening Place, Inspiring Change (Plenary Session, Competition Finalists)

Date:

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Time:

8:30am-10:00am

Location:

Capitol Peak, 38th Floor

CommunityMatters and Ashoka’s Changemakers partnered to offer the Strong Communities: Engaging Citizens, Strengthening Place, Inspiring Change competition, which was open for entries through the summer of 2010. Citizens and practitioners entered innovative, replicable, sustainable projects and ideas to steer change and take charge of the future of their communities. The eight finalists are at CommunityMatters'10 to tell you about their achievements and why you should vote for them. We'll announce three $5,000 grand prize winners on Friday. Winners will be selected by YOU via online public voting, open September 22, 2010 - October 7, 2010.

All eight finalists will have the opportunity to share their groundbreaking social innovations and solutions for community change in this fast-paced plenary session, which is sure to leave you with great ideas to bring home and try out on the ground.

This session will be moderated by Bonnie Shaw.

Speaker(s):

Bonnie Shaw
Bonnie Shaw

Founder and Director, BYO Consulting

Learn more about BYO Consulting
Christopher Markuson
Christopher Markuson

GIS Manager for Pueblo County, Colorado

Read the Pueblo County Economic Gardening competition entry and VOTE!
Visit Pueblo County online
Read more about Pueblo County's business development work
Follow Chris on Twitter
Dana Jackson Thompson
Dana Jackson Thompson

Executive Director of the Network Center for Community Change

Read the Network Organizing competition entry and VOTE!
Check out the Making Connections Network online
Follow Making Connections on Twitter
Find Making Connections on Facebook
See the Making Connections channel on YouTube
Elissa Thomann Mitchell
Elissa Thomann Mitchell

Director of Network and Outreach for the Generations of Hope Development Corporation

Read the Transformational Power of Intergenerational Community Living competition entry and VOTE!
Visit GHDC online
Find GHDC on Facebook
Watch a video of the Hope Meadows story on YouTube
Watch a YouTube clip about Hope Meadows from the Illinois Times
Hamilton Simons-Jones
Hamilton Simons-Jones

Chief Development Officer for Operation REACH, Inc.

Read the Gulfsouth Youth Biodisel Project competition entry and VOTE!
Visit Operation REACH online
Watch a YouTube video about the Gulfsouth Youth Biodiesel Project
Follow Operation REACH on Twitter
Find Operation REACH on Facebook
Jean Symington Zouck
Jean Symington Zouck

Project Manager for the Lancaster Stock Exchange (LanX)

Read the LanX competition entry and VOTE!
Visit the Lancaster Stock Exchange online
Follow LanX on Twitter
Find LanX on Facebook
Joshua Arnold
Joshua Arnold

Founding Director of Global Awareness Local Action

Read the Sustain-A-Raisers competition entry and VOTE!
Visit G.A.L.A. online
Read the G.A.L.A. blog
Follow G.A.L.A. on Twitter
Find G.A.L.A. on Facebook
Lottie Gatewood
Lottie Gatewood

Vice President of Resource Development at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County

Read the Rise & Shine Food Co-Op competition entry and VOTE!
Visit the Rise & Shine Food Co-Op online
Watch a clip about Rise & Shine on the Nightly News with Brian Williams
Watch a promo for the Rise & Shine Food Co-Op
Find the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County on Facebook
Randall Solomon
Randall Solomon

Co-Founder of the Sustainable Jersey Program, Municipal Land Use Center at the College of NJ

Read the Sustainable Jersey competition entry and VOTE!
Visit Sustainable Jersey online

Comments: 2

Comments

KIMSCOTT (not verified)
Friday, May 18, 2012

WINS BIG

Making Connections does ALOT for tha community so I think that they need an AWARD for ALL THEIR HARD WORK!!!!! GOOD LUCK DANA

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Tonia Nolden (not verified)
Friday, May 18, 2012

Loving our Network!

Hope you come home with good news Dana! It's an honor to be recognized in this competition.

Thank you Community Matters and Changemakers!

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