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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
The University of Massachusetts-Dartmout (UMD) brought over two hundred and fifty community leaders, faculty, and students together on May 6, 2009, to consider ways of strengthening social capital in the Southcoast. Social capital refers to stocks of social trust, norms and networks that people can draw upon to solve common problems. Planned by the Center for Civic Engagement at UMD, the summit included a keynote address by Tom Sander, Director of the Saguaro Seminar at Harvard University, a presentation of social capital indicators in the Southcoast by Dr. Clyde Barrow, Director of the Center for Policy Analysis at UMD, and comments from Maureen Curley, the president of the Campus Compact, New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang, and others for the afternoon event. Workshops were offered on recruiting volunteers, improving social capital through service-learning, and improving social capital through alternative media. Click here for the Herald News article about the event. For more information about the event, contact Deirdre Healy, Director of Service-Learning in the Center for Civic Engagement, at 508-999-8641.(Bottom center photo courtesy Nate Byrnes) |
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(Top row, left) Dr. Clyde Barrow, Director of the Center for Policy Analysis, meets with Deirdre Healy, Director of Service-Learning in the Center for Civic Engagement, prior to the beginning of the conference. (Top row, center) Keynote speaker Dr. Tom Sander talks with UMD Chancellor Jean F. MacCormack. (Top row, right) Center for Civic Engagement Assistant Provost Matthew Roy welcomes participants to the conference. (Middle row, left) Michael Metzler, Executive Director of Leadership SouthCoast and former CEO of Saint Anne's Hospital, poses a question to the panel. (Middle row, right) Tom Khoury of B.M.C. Durfee High School poses a question about the engagement of youth in communities as Community-Development Recreation Program Director Jamison Souza, Fall River City Councilor Steven Camara, Fall River Housing Authority Director of Family and Youth Services Joseph DaSilva and B.O.L.D. staff member listen. (Bottom row, left) Elizabeth Clay of the Governor's Office of Civic Engagement, David Magnani of MassNonprofitNet, and New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang. (Bottom row, center and right) Dr. David Weed, coordinator of Healthy City Fall River, listens as David Crowley of Social Capital, Inc., describes the technology that enables people in Fall River to engage in social connections through the new www.MyFallRiver.org and www.FallRiverYOUthZone.com web sites. |
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