Nashville’s Poverty Symposium Video
- Part 1
Welcome- Howard Gentry, CEO of the Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation
Challenge and Purpose-
The Honorable Karl Dean, Mayor of Nashville and Davidson County Cynthia Croom, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Action Commission, and Ralph Schulz, President and CEO of the Nashville Chamber of Commerce - Part 2
Overview of the Face of Poverty-
Professor Dan Cornfield, Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies and Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University and Father Charles Strobel, Founding Director of the Campus for Human Development.
- Part 3
Overview of the Face of Poverty (Continued)
Why We Should Address Issues of Poverty Economic Perspective- Ralph Schultz, Nashville Chamber of Commerce
Social Justice/Moral Perspective-Father Charles Strobel, Director of the Campus for Human Development - Part 4
Why We Should Address Issues of Poverty (continued)
- Part 5
Why We Should Address Issues of Poverty (continued)
- Part 6
Excerpts from “Urban Assault,” produced by Rob McDonald Media
(a documentary on poverty in Nashville)Questions and Answer Period (Audience and Morning Presenters)
- Part 7
Questions and Answer Period (Audience and Morning Presenters)-Continued
The Realities of Poverty, Moderated by the Honorable Jerry Maynard (Councilman at Large, Metro Nashville Council)
Panelists
(Housing)Chris McCarthy, CEO Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity
(Healthcare) Dr. Wayne Riley, President and CEO of Meharry Medical College
(Food) Matthew Bourlakas, COO of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, Inc
(Child Care) Joyce Searcy, President and CEO of Bethlehem Centers of Nashville
(Economic Opportunity) Mike Hodge, Programs Manager of the Neighborhood Resource Center
(Workforce Development) Paul Haynes, Executive Director of the Nashville Career Advancement Center - Part 8
The Realities of Poverty-continued
- Part 9
The Realities of Poverty-continued
- Part 10
The Realities of Poverty-continued
- Part 11
The Realities of Poverty-Continued
Perspective Panel, moderated by Brenda Wynn, Director of Community Outreach for U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper
Panelists:
Monroe Simmons, Small Business Owner
Carlotta Davis, Student completing Aircraft Mechanics Certification
Wynona Lurie, Retired Homemaker, Community Advocate
Jennifer Milam, Part-time employee at local food program
Sharon Greer, Long time employee at local printer - Part 12
Perspective Panel (Continued)
- Part 13
Perspective Panel (Continued)
- Part 14
ACCESS Miami, presented by William Porro, Special Projects Administrator for the City of Miami
- Part 15
ACCESS Miami, presented by William Porro (continued)
- Part 16
ACCESS Miami, presented by William Porro (continued)
Questions and Answers (Audience and Morning Presenters)
Call to Action -Howard Gentry, Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation and Robert McNeilly, Chairman of the Metropolitan Action Commission Board of Commissioners
- Part 17
Call to Action (continued)
Organizing the Call-Avi Poster, Member of the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Nashville