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THE SYSTEM MEETS THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Penn futures roundtable REGISTRATION

 

Wednesday, september 23, 2020

12 PM-1 PM

Registration is limited to the first 100 people. We look forward to seeing you in the room!

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Stronger Together: System Change Summit RECAP
Stronger Together: System Change Summit RECAP
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Philadelphia CeaseFire
Philadelphia CeaseFire

CeaseFire is a structured, deliberate and disciplined violence intervention that was developed in Chicago based on the premise that violence is a public health issue and can be prevented. The program in Philadelphia is one of the national replication sites of Cure Violence (formerly known as Chicago Ceasefire) public health model and focuses its efforts to stop shootings and killings in hot spots in the 22nd and 39th Police Districts in North Philadelphia. The approach includes efforts to heighten community awareness about gun violence and encourage area residents, community, business and faith based leaders to work together and get involved.

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Philadelphia Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence Network
Philadelphia Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence Network

CCIP combats violence by intervening where the violence is most prevalent. We use credible messengers who are products of Philadelphia's most violent neighborhoods as outreach workers to foster meaningful relationships with would be perpetrators as well as law-abiding residents. CCIP works to provide those involved in criminal activities with positive alternatives.  We respond to neighborhood crisis with mediation and resources and a willingness to support anyone looking for a peaceful alternative. 

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Family Training and Advocacy Center for Mental Illness
Family Training and Advocacy Center for Mental Illness

FTAC maintains its 20-year tradition of providing a family perspective to advocacy, by serving on all DHB/IDS committees dealing with services and/or policy where we are invited.  This has included providing support to the DBH Legislative Work Group.  On a continuing basis, we also provide policy and advocacy updates to families and family serving agencies, especially at regular Family Resource Network Meetings (FRN).  Also, legislative alerts and policy updates are shared with FRN members, DBH staff, and other interested parties in the City and across the Commonwealth on a regular, meeting by meeting, basis.

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Juvenile Justice Center (JJC)
Juvenile Justice Center (JJC)

Since 1976, JJC provided serval thousands of children and youth programming through an array of in-home, out of home, community and school based services focusing on intervention, prevention, and community based services. JJC is a non-profit, multi-service organization dedicated to the safety and welfare of  vulnerablechildren, youth and families in Philadelphia. 

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PMHCC- A Human Service Systems Management Company
PMHCC- A Human Service Systems Management Company

The mission of PMHCC is to improve service and recovery opportunities for persons who are challenged by serious and/or prolonged mental illness, drug and alcohol misuse and/or other barriers to self-sufficiency, in support of those citizens most in need and served by the City of Philadelphia and other counties of Southeast Pennsylvania.‍

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Penn Futures Roundtable: Collecting Neighborhood Strategies
Penn Futures Roundtable: Collecting Neighborhood Strategies

The conversation doesn’t stop at the end of the virtual event. We look forward to you continuing down this path with us as we strive to address systemic and structural inequities by uncovering neighborhood strategies. Although we are not always able to hear every voice during our virtual events, your voice is important to us. Please share your neighborhood strategies and other thoughts in the comments of this blog post and we’ll be sure to incorporate them into our findings.

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Sustainable, Long-lasting Social Change
Sustainable, Long-lasting Social Change

In the span of one week, we went from the city burning to a world lit with the flame for social justice. The streets, once haunted by the empty, charred husks of police K-9 unit vehicles lifeless on Vine and torched in front of City Hall North, replaced by the sea of people pouring in from the one way roads, onto the Ben Franklin Parkway, like streams and rivers making their way to the sea of collective human desire for a better tomorrow. 

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Upcoming Virtual Events

We are in discussions to host some exciting co-branded virtual events for maximum impact for the community. While we love having fun, we can’t ignore the challenges that many of us are facing as a result of the physical, social, and economic challenges resulting from COVID-19.

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Parable of the Missing Cork Screw
Parable of the Missing Cork Screw

Then I wonder how many other hidden gems, forgotten gifts, and untapped resources I have at my disposal that I never leveraged to achieve my wildest dreams.

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Quentin Charles Williams

Executive Director

Storyteller

Poet

Instagram @quentinthepoet

The role of the artist is to add voice to that which is emergent and Quentin Williams does exactly that as a poet, documentarian and event host. He graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Marketing and minor in Managing Information Systems while focusing his attention on digital, print and broadcast media. As Founder and Executive Director of We The People Stage,

Quentin engages diverse communities for large brands and local artists by connecting community members, influencers and key stakeholders through dynamic virtual and traditional events.

His was one of the top four businesses to come out of the Google sponsored business accelerator City Startup Labs. With over 15 years of experience in the media and advertising industry, Quentin was named one of the top 40 Leaders Under 40 by Community Building Initiative. He managed the brands and events for four FM radio stations as Marketing Director of Radio One Philadelphia before dedicating himself full-time to WeThePeopleStage.com.

Quentin is a certified culturally inclusive dialogue facilitator with training from the Levine Museum of the New South. Purpose driven work has always been front and center in his career. The New York Times quoted him for his efforts to raise awareness on the achievement gap while president of the local Martin Luther King Jr. Association in the 2005 article The Segregated Classrooms of a Proudly Diverse School. He raised over $230,000 in partnership with Geraldo Rivera, Katherine McPhee and The Salvation Army of the Greater New York area by creating a radiothon to benefit those affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Quentin is a columnist for the Philly Ad News where he writes industry spotlights and editorials on diversity and inclusion. He’s performed as a spoken word artist with national recording artists like Talib Kweli, acclaimed poet Ursala Rucker, New York Times notable author Darnell L. Moore and on stages like Wawa Welcome America Independence Festival. Quentin is the voice of the #OurTurnToTourist regional commercial campaigns for the tourism board Visit Philly. When he is not performing, he spends his free time volunteering for the Philly Ad Club Diversity & Inclusion Recruitment Taskforce, Philly Counts 2020 Census Bureau and other initiatives like Philly Culture United to help strengthen the local arts and culture ecosystem to create a more equitable tomorrow.

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Cvsket Pretty

Music Director

Instagram @cvsket_pretty_