Pathways of Hope and Opportunity: Out of Poverty Action Summit

Celebrating 60 Years of Inspiring Innovation for Change

Pathways of Hope and Opportunity
Out of Poverty Action Summit

Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Downtown San Jose
The Tech Museum of Innovation

We live in one of the wealthiest and most innovative regions on the planet. And yet one in seven children is poor. We have one of the country's largest homeless populations, and 380,000 people struggle to make ends meet. With a renewed focus on alleviating, preventing, and reducing poverty, our Hope and Opportunity Summit celebrates Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County's 60 years of Changing Lives for Good. The research shows that it is possible to address poverty. But we need the public will, policy reform and social innovation to make an impact. Our Summit will engage community leaders in a three-part conversation to create a shared action agenda that moves people out of poverty in Santa Clara County.


Schedule of Events

7:00 - 9:00 AM
Public Policy Breakfast Forum: Finding Policy Solutions to Poverty
KEYNOTE: Emmett Carson, PhD, President and CEO, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Moving the Needle on Poverty

9:15 - 10:45 AM and 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Morning Breakout Sessions - Scaling What Works: Anti-Poverty Innovation

12:45 - 1:45 PM
Connecting the Dots: A Working Lunch Reflection and Synthesis Session

2:00 - 2:30 PM
KEYNOTE: Miriam Rivera, JD, Managing Director, Bay Area Growth Fund
Making Change Real: Community Transformation for Our Times

2:30 - 4:00 PM
An Out of Poverty Agenda: A Call to Action

4:00 PM
Tour of The Tech Museum of Innovation (Optional)

Evening

5:00 PM
Celebratory Mass
Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, 80 South Market Street, San Jose

7:00 PM
Dinner and Program
Marriott Hotel, 301 South Market Street, San Jose

Register by October 7 on Eventbrite:
http://bit.ly/hope-and-opportunity

For more information, email to info [at] catholiccharitiesscc.org.