Spring 2009 Panel Discussions with the Region’s Non-Profit Leaders

The Community-Based Learning Program of the Weissman Center for Leadership is offering a series of discussions exploring the nature and impact of non-profit organizations in the region, and presenting opportunities for students, faculty and staff to get involved in learning, action, and social change.

ENVIRONMENT - February 9, 7pm
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Environment

• Julia Rivera, Organizing Director
  Nuestras Raices
• Tina Clarke, Campaign Director
  Clean Water Action
• John Grossman, Manager
  The ReStore
• Kristin DeBoer, Executive Director
  The Kestrel Trust

 

HUMAN SERVICES - February 23, 7pm

• Betty Medina Lichtenstein, Executive Director
  Enlace de Familias
• Anne Teschner, Executive Director
  The Care Center
• Renee Moss, Director
  Big Brothers Big Sisters Hampshire County
• Caroline Gear, Executive Director
  International Language Institute
• Andrew Morehouse, Executive Director
  Food Bank of Western MA

 

ARTS & CULTURE - March 9, 7pm

• Margo Whitt, Director, Prelude Pre-School
  Community Music School of Springfield
• Priscilla Hellweg, Executive/Artistic Director
  Enchanted Circle Theatre
• Stacey Lennard, Executive Director
  The Youth Action Coalition
• Vanessa Pabon, Director
  The Latino Media Initiative and TOLD— Telling Our Legacies Digitally

 

HEALTH - March 23, 7pm

• Jay Breines, Executive Director
  Holyoke Health Center
• Betsy Neisner, Executive Director
  Cancer Connection
• Hutson Inniss, Vice President of Community and Organizational Development
  Tapestry Health

 

EDUCATION - April 13, 7pm

• Paul Hyry, Principal
  William R. Peck Elementary School
• Stephen Mahoney, Principal
  The Springfield Renaissance School
• Irma Medina, Pathways Coordinator
  Holyoke Community College
• Isolda Ortega-Bustamante, Director
  Engaging Latino Communities for Education

 

ADVOCACY - April 27, 7pm

• Carlos Vega, Board of Directors
  Nueva Esperanza
• Jo Comerford, Director
  National Priorities Project
• Suzanne Beck, Executive Director
  Northampton Chamber of Commerce and co-founder, Leadership Hampshire County
• Lisa Roberts, ’06, Head Campaign Director/Boston
  Grassroots Campaigns