Plan Your Experience

If you are attending the Pre-Conference for Community Quarterback leaders and staff, click here for agenda.

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
6:00 AM - 7:00 AM
Walk/Run at Memorial Park (optional)
7:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Conference Registration & Badge Pick-Up
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Fireside Chat: Advancing Neighborhood, Child, and Family Well-Being
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break and transition
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Serving on a Purpose Built Community Quarterback Board
The Role of Healthcare Institutions in Supporting Holistic Community Development
Rewriting the Narrative: Affirming Communities of Color Through Asset-Based Storytelling
Understanding How Lending Circles Build Wealth in Communities
Children, Climate Change, and Community Development: Considering Results from a New Mapping and Policymaking Framework in Houston
Community Ownership Models: Centering the Neighbor in Neighborhood Transformation
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Break and transition
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Lunch
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
Fireside Chat Celebrating 30 years of East Lake Foundation
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Discover Gulfton/Sharpstown: A Community on the Rise
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Load Buses for the Neighborhood Tour and Block Party
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Gulfton/Sharpstown Neighborhood Tour and Block Party
6:00 PM
Explore Houston’s Culinary Scene with Small Group Dinners!
Thursday, May 1, 2025
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Conference Registration & Badge Pick-Up
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Morning Plenary with Michele Norris: The Race Card Project – Eavesdropping on America’s Conversation on Race
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break and transition
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Staying the Course: Community Development Practices That Keep People at the Center
Simple Strategies to Bring Data into your Work
Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trusts: A Model to Create Community Governed Real Estate
Building Foundations: Exploring Effective Strategies for Co-locating Early Learning and Affordable Housing
Community Data, Community Impact: Bolstering Early Care and Family Well-Being
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Break and transition
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Closing Fireside Chat with Soledad O’Brien - The Power of Storytelling: Shaping Narratives, Inspiring Change

Scenes from the 2024 Prosperity Starts With PlaceTM Conference