The Center sponsored four summer institutes focused on African American parental involvement in education, child welfare, food insecurity and racial diversity in corporate America in the summer of 2009. The institutes examined explanations, consequences, model programs, and new policy and program options. These institutes were generously funded by The Pittsburgh Foundation.
May 21 African American Parental Involvement in Public Education
- Public School Strategies to Improve African American Parental Involvement
M. Ann Levett, Executive Director, School Development Program, Yale University Comer School Development Program - Interventions to Enhance Parental Involvement in Literacy
Patricia Edwards, Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State University College of Education - Community Support for African American Parental Involvement in Education
Mavis Sanders, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Education
Panelists
- Mark Conner, Director of Family and Community Engagement, Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Pam Little-Poole, Director of Parent Education, Beginning with Books
- Deb Tucker, Vice President of Programs and Services, Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh
July 10 Aging Out of the Child Welfare System: Experiences, Outcomes,and Interventions for Youth of Color
- System Change that Works for Children of All Races
David Sanders, Executive Vice President of Systems Improvement, Casey Family Programs - Disproportionality in Education and Employment Outcomes of Adult Foster Care Alumni
Marian Harris, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Washington at Tacoma - Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Developmental Outcomes and Intervention Approaches
Paul Toro, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Wayne State University - Aging Out of the Child Welfare System in Allegheny County: Race, Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol, and Justice System Involvement
Sara Goodkind, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, and Jeffrey Shook, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
Panelists
- JoAnn Hannah, Transition Programs Manager, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
- Deileta M. Buckner, Intern, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
- Dexter F., Intern, allegheny county Department of Human Services
- Ashley Hartman, Youth Support Partner, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
- Stacy Johnson, Youth Support Specialist, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
- John P. Ray, Youth Support Partner, Allegheny Coutny Department of Human Services
- LaToya Steadman, Intern, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
July 21 Race, Hunger, and Food Insecurity
- A Blueprint to End Hunger in America
George Braley, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Public Policy, Feeding America - Hunger, Food Insecurity, and Race in Pennsylvania
Joyce Rothermel, Chief Executive Officer, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank - Hunger in the Pittsburgh Region and a Prescription for Change
Cynthia Moore, Community Outreach Director, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Panelists
- James Guffey, Executive Director, South Hills Interfaith Ministries
- Marla McCreary, Former Recipient, St. James Foodbank
- Fay Morgan, MEd, Executive Director, North Hills Community Outreach
- Richard Morris, Director, Resident Self-Sufficiency Program, Pittsburgh Housing Authority
August 5 Racial Diversity Management in Corporate America
- Effectiveness of Corporate Diversity Programs
Frank Dobbin, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Harvard University Department of Sociology - Responses to Diversity Performance Evaluations and Policies
Emilio Castilla, Assistant Professor of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management - Unfinished Business: The Impact of Race on Mentoring Relationships in Corporate America
Audrey J. Murrell, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business - Small Group Sessions moderated by Frank Dobbin and Larry Davis