Schedule: Purpose Built 2024 Conference

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Conference Registration Opens
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	Prosperity Starts with Place: Welcome to Birmingham!
2:30 PM - 3:40 PM	The Purpose Built Model: Paving the way to Prosperity
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM	Break
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Creating a Field to be a Catalyst for Change
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Networking Reception
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Dinner Reception and Celebration of New Purpose Built Network Members
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
6:00 AM - 7:00 AM	Walk/Run (optional)
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Conference Registration
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote Address feat. Bakari Sellers, CNN Correspondent
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Break and transition
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Serving on a Purpose Built Community Quarterback Board	Embracing Data for a Learning and Results-Driven Culture		Using the Science of Early Childhood Development to Strengthen the Front End of the Cradle to College Pipeline		It Takes a Village: Building a Network of Early Learning Providers		Racial Equity in Neighborhood Planning: Putting the Community in Community Development		Place-Based Racial Equity: Mapping the Road to Prosperity and Parity
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Break and transition
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch and Keynote Address with Dr. Janelle Williams, Co-founder and CEO, Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Deepening our Roots: Getting Grounded in Woodlawn
2:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Woodlawn Neighborhood Tour and Block Party
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM	Community of Practice Happy Hours (Invite Only)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Dinner in small groups at leisure
Thursday, April 25, 2024
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Conference Registration
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Creating High-Opportunity Neighborhoods: Evidence from the HOPE VI Program
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Break and transition
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Innovative Approaches to Financing the Purpose Built Model		Moving at the Speed of Trust: Building an Action-Oriented Coalition with Affirmations and Showing Up		Mixed-Income Homeownership: Strategies for Supporting Legacy Residents and Welcoming New Residents		Where We Thrive: Communicating a New Narrative that “Prosperity Starts with Place”		The Art and Science of Community Development Finance
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM	Break and transition
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch and Fireside Chat