[CED/CD/EAT] Invitation to the Arizona Community Prosperity Virtual Summit | Thursday, September 3, 2020 – 9:00 A.M.

[Orr, Ethan R - (eorr)]

Jeff
This looks like it will be a great discussion I’m looking forward to watching you speak.

They always put together a pretty in-depth analysis when it comes to all the dynamics of economic development.
Ethan

Ethan Orr
Associate Director
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Arizona Cooperative Extension


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On Aug 27, 2020, at 10:37 AM, Silvertooth, Jeffrey C - (silverto) <Silver at ag.arizona.edu> wrote:


FYI….

Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Director of Extension and Economic Development
Division of Agriculture, Life, & Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension
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We are looking forward to the Arizona Community Prosperity Virtual Summit.  We hope that you and your colleagues along with other strategic partners and key collaborators will be able to join us for this special convening.  If you and your colleagues have not yet registered, please see below.

From: Gonzalez Jr., Roberto - OPPE, Calexico, CA
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Subject: Invitation to the Arizona Community Prosperity Virtual Summit | Thursday, September 3, 2020 – 9:00 A.M.

Arizona Community Prosperity Virtual Summit, to connect with local, county, statewide, and regional stakeholders in Arizona interested in workforce development and quality of life, and community prosperity for economic development, identifying its needs, and addressing challenges and opportunities for community prosperity and collaborative partnership opportunities among partaking stakeholders and the community it serves, geared toward educational, professional, and capacity-building opportunities.

Registration Link: https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NZwU5YRsSFOzK2fZH8u2Xg

We would like to invite you and your colleagues to a special convening along with The University of Arizona, as a springboard for collaborative partnership opportunities among partaking stakeholders regarding initiatives, projects, and/or programs throughout Arizona with Asset-based Mapping conversations/discussions and group insights for collaborative partnership thinking with a locally-driven, bottom-up approach, to foster hope and opportunity, wealth creation, and asset building.

If you and your colleagues could also please widely/broadly share with other strategic partners and key collaborators, such as: public/private entities (local, county, statewide, and regional stakeholders in Arizona), community-based/non-profit organizations, higher education institutions, career technical education, superintendents/principals, etc.  Thanks!

Speakers
Dr. Robert Robbins - President, The University of Arizona

Dr. Elizabeth Cantwell - Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation, The University of Arizona

Dr. Jeffrey Silvertooth - Associate Dean and Director, Economic Development & Extension

Dr. Marla Franco - Assistant Vice Provost, HSI Initiatives, The University of Arizona

Mike Beatty - Director, USDA-Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE)

Snapshots by Arizona State Food and Agriculture Council – SFAC
  Jack Smith - Arizona State Director, USDA-Rural Development (RD)
  Keisha Tatem - Arizona State Conservationist, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
  James Mago - Arizona State Executive Director, USDA-Farm Service Agency (FSA)

Dr. Irma Lawrence - National Program Leader, USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
   Overview of K-12, 2-Year, and 4-Year USDA-NIFA Pipeline Grants:
USDA-NIFA Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields Grants Program (WAMS)
   https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/women-and-minorities-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-fields

USDA-NIFA HSI Education Grants Program [Regular Grant/Bridge Grant, Collaboration Grant, Conference Grant]
   https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/hispanic-serving-institutions-education-grants-program-hsi

USDA-NIFA Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program (SPECA)
   https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/secondary-education-two-year-postsecondary-education-and-agriculture-k-12

USDA-NIFA Higher Education Challenge Grants Program (HEC)
   https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/higher-education-challenge-hec-grants-program

USDA-NIFA Food and Agriculture Service Learning Grants Program
   https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/food-and-agriculture-service-learning-program

USDA-NIFA Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Grants Program (MSP)
   https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/higher-education-multicultural-scholars-program-msp

Dan Wueste - Program Lead, USDA-HSI
   USDA Lincoln Leaders Fellowship Program

Federal Agencies: SBA/EDA/HUD Programs, Services, and Resources
   U.S. Small Business Administration
   Stephen Hart - Senior Area Manager, District Office, SBA

   U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration
   Cindi Ptak - Economic Development Representative, Regional Office, EDA

   U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
   Stephanie Smelnick - Director, Field Office, HUD

Dr. Ian Roark - Vice President of Workforce Development and Strategic Partnerships, Pima Community College District

Ashley Wilhelm - Workforce Arizona Council Manager, Arizona at Work, Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity – Arizona Commerce Authority

Lisa James - Grant Program Manager, Arizona Department of Agriculture, Specialty Crop Block Grant Program by USDA-AMS

Kimber Lanning - Executive Director, Local First Arizona Foundation

Leah Landrum Taylor - Assistant Director of Community Engagement, Arizona Department of Economic Security




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