Third Annual Chicagoland Green Collar Jobs Summit

On Friday April 30, 2010 the Chicagoland Green Collar Jobs Initiative presented its annual Summit at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The day’s agenda is below. Please click presenter names for contact information; organization names for their websites; and PPT, where applicable, for copies of the Powerpoint presentations.

AGENDA

TIME	ACTIVITY
8:00-9:00	Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:10	Welcome and Overview Jen Keeling, Director, Chicagoland Green Collar Jobs Initiative Kindy Kruller, Steering Committee Chair
9:10-9:20	Introduction by IIT Joseph Clair, IIT, Director of Campus Energy and Sustainability
9:20-9:45	Opening Speaker Melissa Bradley, Green for All, Senior Strategist, Capital Access Program
9:45-11:00	Plenary I – Green Entrepreneurship/Social Ventures (moderated by David Thompson, Integrated Sustainability Solutions) John Rush – CleanSlate Walter Bush – Bronzeville Green Christine Poorman – Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Jay Marhoefer – Intelligent Generation, LLC
11:00-11:10	Break
11:10-11:30	Featured Speaker Raquel Rivera Pinderhughes, San Francisco State University, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning
11:30-12:45	Plenary II – Sustainable Urban Development (moderated by Peter Skosey, Metropolitan Planning Council) Michael DiRamio – Corporation for a Skilled Workforce – PPT Blacks in Green (BIG) New Orleans Food and Farm Network
12:45-1:45	Lunch
1:45-3:00	The State of Green Jobs (moderated by Jack Darin, Sierra Club-Illinois) Sarah White – Center on Wisconsin Strategy Meghann Moses – Chicago Jobs Council
	Green Community Development, Part 1 Peter Skosey – Metropolitan Planning Council – PPT Chinwe Onyeagoro – O-H Community Partners Michael DiRamio – Corporation for a Skilled Workforce – PPT
	Green Economic Development, Part 1 Chris Slattery – Delta Institute – PPT
	Green Education and Training, Part 1 (moderated by Victoria Cooper, Wilbur Wright College) Leith Sharp – Illinois Community College Sustainability Network Peter Ruff – Chicagoland Laborers’ District Council Training & Apprentice Fund Pete Baker – St. Leonard’s Ministries
	Entrepreneurship Workshop E.dali Pollard – Chicago Urban League Melissa Bradley – Green for All
	Roots of Success Workshop Raquel Rivera Pinderhughes, San Francisco State University, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning

3:15-4:30	BREAKOUT SESSIONS – Round Two
	Green Workforce Development Initiatives for Youth (moderated by Jamie Roth, Central States SER) Mary Ellen Messner – Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, Youth Ready Chicago Kerry Knodle – Illinois YouthBuild Coalition Jay Readey – NeighborScapes – PPT
	Green Community Development, Part 2 (moderated by Veronica Kyle, Faith in Place) Chad Bliss – Cob Connection Jennifer Smith – Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County (CEDA) – Energy Action Network Christian Mitchell – Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL)
	Green Economic Development, Part 2 (moderated by Paige Finnegan, e-One) Dave Chandler – Center for Neighborhood Technology Dylan Tuttle – Jane Adams Resource Corporation Claire Woolley – Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
	Education and Training, Part 2 (moderated by Patrick Brown, OAI) Featuring program graduates from: OAI, Inc. LEED Council North Lawndale Employment Network
	Emerging Local Environmental-Labor Coalitions (moderated by Jack Darin, Sierra Club-Illinois Martin D. Turek – Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 Patrick Hosty – Chicago Area Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust Tom Conway – Blue Green Alliance – IL/IN Labor Climate Project
	Roots of Success Workshop Raquel Rivera Pinderhughes, San Francisco State University, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning