To get a feel for what our conferences are like, here is the schedule from our 7th Annual Conference that took place on Wednesday, April 16, 2017. Click here for our detailed agenda.

8:45 am - 9:15 am        Breakfast & Networking

9:15 am - 9:20 am        Introductory Remarks

9:20 am - 9:30 am        Polling the Audience

9:30 am - 10:00 am      Maria T. Vullo, Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services Keynote

10:10 am - 11:25 am    Workshop Track 1

• Building Power in the Age of Trump
• Predatory Equity in 2017
• New Opportunities for Mission-Driven Developers
• Supporting Immigrant Small Business in a Time of Anti-Immigrant Attacks

11:35 am - 12:50 pm    Workshop Track 2

• Coalition Building for Urban Resistance
• The Truth is Out There: Measuring the Reality of Tenant Displacement
• Mission-Driven Development's Next Frontier: Industrial & Commercial Space
• Small Business Lending: The Need, The Challenges, The Opportunities

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm        Plated Lunch

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm        Afternoon Policy Plenary: National Perspectives/National Alliances on Key Struggles for the NYC Housing Activist Community

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm        Afternoon Workshop Track

• Future of Bank Regulation and the Fight for Community Equity
• Communications Tool Box for Effective Activism
• Becoming a True Sanctuary City
• Federal Threats to Local Housing
• Local and Targeted Hire Policies: Lessons Learned from the Fight for Local Jobs

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm       Cocktail Reception