Building Pathways Out of Intergenerational Poverty in Cities

Skyline of Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Where
Online and In-Person at Bloomberg Center for Cities, Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building Third Floor
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How can cities break the cycle of poverty and expand opportunity for every child and family? 

Join a conversation about how local governments, in collaboration with schools, nonprofits, and community partners, are reimagining systems to promote economic mobility and educational success. Drawing from emerging models, the conversation will highlight how the cities of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Orlando, Florida, in collaboration with community-based partners, are confronting intergenerational poverty, transforming neighborhoods, and driving cradle-to-career place-based efforts through coordinated systems of supports, opportunities, and data-informed decision-making. We will feature the transformative work of the City of Orlando’s Orlando Kidz Zones, the City of Tulsa’s Office of Children, Youth and Families, and ImpactTulsa. 

Speakers:

  • Mayor Monroe Nichols, City of Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Ashley Harris Philippsen, Executive Director, ImpactTulsa; Director, Mayor’s Office of Children, Youth and Families, City of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Cradle-to-Career Partnership Leader Fellow, The EdRedesign Lab
  • Abraham Morris, Children, Youth and Families Division Manager, City of Orlando

Moderator: Rob Watson, Executive Director, The EdRedesign Lab; Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Faculty Affiliate, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University

Co-sponsored with the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard Kennedy School.

In-person event open to Harvard ID holders. Virtual event open to all.

Doors will open and lunch will be available at 11:45 a.m. for in-person attendees.

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