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Kansas Conference on Poverty |
| Conference Approach | Conference Agenda | Conference Speakers | Conference Exhibitors | Hotel Accommodations |
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Mark Your Calendars! 2008 Kansas Conference on Poverty May 13-14, 2008 Capital Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Topeka, KS |
~ Electing to End Poverty: Why It Impacts Us All ~
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RAISING AWARENESS and INSPIRING ACTION |
Focus Areas
Children, Youth and Poverty
Supporting Working Families
Advocacy Training
Bringing together an awesome mix of plenary sessions, workshops and advocate exhibitors, the 2008 Kansas Conference on Poverty is the place to be for social service and faith-based workers, low-income individuals, policy-makers and legislators, and others who are interested in ending Kansas' poverty. To learn more about this year's agenda, please click on the following link: 2008 Kansas Conference on Poverty Agenda.
Previous Kansas Conferences on Poverty have featured local, national and internationally renowned authors, researchers and anti-poverty poverty practitioners as keynote and workshop speakers. The 2008 Kansas Conference of Poverty will continue this great tradition!
KEYNOTE PRESENTERS
Dr. Gary Bass - Founder and Executive Director, OMB Watch
Dr. Lynn Davey -Vice President for Field Building, Frameworks Institute
Aaron Fowler - Executive Director, Hope Street Youth Development Program
Jodie Levin-Epstein - Deputy Director, Center for Law and Social Policy
Dr. Mark Rank - Author of One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All
WORKSHOP PRESENTERS
Jane Adams - KEYS for Networking
Kameelah Alexander - Kansas Department of Corrections
Julie Barber - Kansas Department of Corrections
Tammie Benham - Kansas Parent Information Resource Center
Jackie Blaesi-Freed - Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc.
Gary Brunk - Kansas Action for Children
Chris Bush - Kansas Legal Services
Shannon Cotsoradis - Kansas Action for Children
Kim Douglas - Mid Kansas Community Action Program
Scott Gates - State Treasurer's Office
Aaron Heckman - East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
April Holman - Kansas Action for Children
Marion Nichols - Mid Kansas Community Action Program
Richard Jackson - East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
Kimber Parks - Internal Revenue Service
Julie Riddle - The Family Conservancy
Lisa Rivers - East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
Elmer Robison - Community Action, Inc.
Dale Tower - Butler County CDDO
Lea Vincent -Kansas Legal Services
Cookie Wiebe - Peace Connections / Harvey County Health Department
The 2008 Kansas Conference on Poverty is a great way to share your advocacy message* with hundreds of Kansans. To learn more about this wonderful opportunity, please click on the links below.
*Business exhibitors also welcome!
KACAP and its conference partners are pleased to offer sleeping rooms at the Capitol Plaza Hotel for $89/night (with applicable lodging and sales taxes). Please contact the hotel at 785-431-7200 to make your reservations. Please remember to tell the hotel operator you are with the Kansas Conference on Poverty. All hotel reservations need to be made by April 21, 2008.
