Milan and Kurt are at the Community Development Society's 41st Annual International Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. We arrived in Memphis on Saturday and the first few days of the conference have been outstanding! Our session on Sunday, July 26th was intensive and included thought provoking conversation and strategy sharing an attracting people to rural areas. See the previous post for detailed information about this session. If you are interested, get in touch with us at the Center and we can provide the session materials.
Once our session was over, it was time to start enjoying what other people were sharing in the field of community development. A sampling of the sessions include titles such as "Engaging Youth in Making Communities Better Places for Young People," "Know Your Region," "A Community Capitals Analysis of Regional Change Initiatives: The South East Alberta Technology Strategy" and "Making Community Visioning Programs More Effective."
Tonight's venue includes and evening at the national Civil Rights Museum, located at the Lorraine Motel, the assassination site of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This museum chronicles key episodes of the American Civil Rights movement and the legacy of this movement to inspire participation in civil human rights efforts globally, through the museum's collections, exhibitions and educational programs. The keynote speaker is Dr. Robert P. Moses, a pivotal organizer for the civil rights movement.
On tomorrow's agenda, we will be attending sessions until 10:30 a.m. At 11:00, buses will be taking people out to the Arkansas Delta for an interactive tour of this unique area that has world class agriculture, vast outdoor recreational activities and is one of the nation's leading logistical centers and producers of steel.
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