RCCL Community Conversations Resources
Community Conversations Resources
As our community continues its recovery from the pandemic, the Robinson Center for Civic Leadership is focused on some of the most pressing issues and needs such as mental health, housing and homelessness, racial equity and economic mobility.
Register for upcoming Community Conversations at fftc.org/upcomingevents. Video recordings of each session and additional resources are available in the drop-down menu below.
resources
Lean in: The State of Black Women in Corporate America
Speakers
- Moderator: Elizabeth Trotman, Senior Vice President of Civic Leadership Programs and Initiatives, Foundation For The Carolinas
- Kieth Cockrell, President, Bank of America Charlotte
- Malcomb Coley, Managing Partner, EY
- Jada Grandy-Mock, Chief Community Impact Banking Officer, Fifth Third Bank
- JT Saunders, Chief Diversity Officer, Korn Ferry, Study Project Lead
Event photos
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video
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resources
Mental Health America - Youth Mental Health
Youth.Gov - Youth Mental Health
The Adolescent Brain with Dan Siegel
Coping with COVID-19: How Young People Use Digital Media to Manage Their Mental Health - Common Sense Media
video
If you would like to view this session or share it, the recording is available here.
resources
Click here for a copy of the presentation shared by panelist Vernisha Crawford, CEO of Bringing You Excellence (BYE), LLC.
video
If you were unable to attend or would like to view this session again and/or share it, it is available here.
Resources
BMA Legacy Collection: Compilation of more than 250 research reports and strategy papers related to the field of Black male achievement and young men of color.
Beyond Plight Report by Association of Black Foundation Executives which provides evidence-based pathways for optimal development for Black boys and young men across the life course.
Promise of Place Report: Strategies for increasing Black male achievement engagement on the city level
Our America by Lealan Jones
Profound Gentlemen: Building communities of male educators of color across the country to impact education for boys of color.
PowerUP USA: The leader in providing art, media, science and technology education to in and out of school youth and low-income adults
E2D: The mission of E2D is to ensure that every student in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has essential, at home access to computer technology and digital literacy support to achieve academic success.
Achieving Success on Purpose, Inc. was founded to help underserved youth develop the emotional and social intelligence needed to counteract delinquency and refute negative social narratives.
Self Talk Counseling & Consulting: Providing counseling, coaching and consulting services to help people overcome life challenges and roadblocks.
Where Do We Go From Here? Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys
Brotherly Love: Health of Black Boys and Men in Philadelphia
Speakers
This session was moderated by Mark Jerrell, Mecklenburg County Commissioner, District 4. Panelists included:
- Dr. Frank D. Barnes, Chief Accountability Officer, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
- Shawn Dove, Founder, Corporation for Black Male Achievement, Author, I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys
- Timothy Fowler, President and CEO, Boys To Men Foundation
- Righteous Keitt, Student, UNC-Chapel Hill, GenerationNation Board Member
- Dr. James L. Moore III, Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer, Executive Director of the Bell National Resource Center, The Ohio State University
A special organization spotlight was presented by Don M. Thomas Jr., M.A.R.L, Executive Director, My Brother's Keeper Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
video
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Resources
How We Rise Report: How social networks in Charlotte impact economic mobility
Speakers
For this session, panelists included:
- Bob McKinnon, Executive Director, Moving Up Media Lab, Adjunct Professor, Colin Powell School of Civic and Global Leadership
- Dr. Michelle Meggs, Executive Director, UNC Charlotte Women + Girls Research Alliance
- Richard V. Reeves, John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair and Senior Fellow, Economic Studies; Director, Future of the Middle Class Initiative, Brookings Institution
- Harold Rice, Chief Executive Officer, Ada Jenkins Center; Founder and Director, Black Social Capital Initiative
video
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Resources
Jones Valley Teaching Farm:
Download their app and share their lessons with your family and friends: https://goodschoolfood.jvtf.app/
Donate at jvtf.org/donate
Volunteer by emailing volunteer@jvtf.org
The Bulb:
Recipes are available at www.thebulbgallery.org
Sign up for volunteer opportunities by clicking here.
Loaves and Fishes:
Learn ways to get involved at loavesandfishes.org/get-involved
Mid-Ohio Food Collective:
Get involved at mofc.org/get-involved
Advocate at mofc.org/advocacy
speakers
Panelists included:
- Ebonee Bailey, Executive Director, The Bulb
- Matt Habash, CEO, Mid-Ohio Food Collective
- Tina Postel, CEO, Loaves & Fishes/Friendship Trays
- Amanda Storey, Executive Director, Jones Valley Teaching Farm
video
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resources
Research:
Community Shelter Board Homelessness Prevention Network Screening Tool
Columbus Foundation's report Examination of FamilyHomelessness in Columbus/Franklin County, OH 2010 to 2014
Events:
Bringing It Home Conference on Ending Homelessness in North Carolina
Ending Hunger in America: Examining the Reality of Benefit Cliffs
Local Efforts:
2020 Statistics from Charlotte Family Housing
speakers
- Peter Brodsky, Chair, Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance, Owner and Developer, Reimagine RedBird
- Michelle Heritage, Executive Director, Community Shelter Board
- Cathryn Marchman, CEO, Partners for Home
- Tomiquia Moss, Founder and CEO, All Home
Local Spotlight: A Way Home Housing Endowment
- Deronda Metz, Director of Social Services, Salvation Army Center of Hope
- Pedro Perez, Executive Director, Charlotte Family Housing
video
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resources
- Freedom School 2021 Impact Report
- Learn more about the Freedom School
- Ways to get involved with Freedom School
Ways Care Ring utilizes telehealth services:
- Increasing Equity in Healthcare
- Amid Pandemic, Uninsured Patients Benefiting from Emergence of Telemedicine
- Charlotte Nonprofit Services Were In High Demand In Pandemic - Now Their Recovery Begins
Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance:
- Support the Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance
- Learn More about the Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance
- United Neighborhood
Urban League of Central Carolinas
Mental Health America of Central Carolinas
Speakers
- Glenda Bernhardt, CEO, Freedom School Partners
- L. Jamall Kinard, Executive Director, Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance
- W. Teddy McDaniel, III, President & CEO, Urban League of Central Carolinas
- Tchernavia Montgomery, Executive Director, Care Ring
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