Agenda: Rural Dislocated Worker Summit
September 2, 2004
North Raleigh Hilton
3415 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, North Carolina
- 8:30 Registration
- 9:00 Opening Remarks & Presentation:
- Economic Dislocation and the Rural Worker in North Carolina (Salons A-C)
Billy Ray Hall, President, N.C. Rural Center - 9:45 Beyond the Numbers (Salons A-C)
- Jackie Savage, President, Connectinc.
Louise Mack, Executive Director, Prosperity Unlimited, Inc. - 10:15 Break
- 10:30 Panel Discussion:
- Mobilizing for Response and Recovery: Challenges and Opportunities (Salons A-C)
Moderator: Leslie Boney, MDC, Inc.
Panelists:
Martin Lancaster, President, N.C. Community College System
Harry Payne, Chairman, Employment Security Commission
Roger Shackleford, Executive Director, N.C. Commission on Workforce Development-N.C. Department of Commerce - 11:45 Lunch (Grand Ballroom)
- Opening Remarks
Andy Anderson, President, Community Innovations, Inc.
When Layoffs Become Personal
Participant, Project New Start,
Dorothy Johnson,
Getting Serious About Helping Workers and Communities Adjust to Economic Change
Howard Rosen, Executive Director, Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Coalition
Planning For Response and Recovery:
An Action Agenda to Help Laid-Off Workers in Rural North Carolina
Anne Scharff, Senior Associate, N.C. Rural Center - 1:15 Break
- 1:30 Concurrent Working Sessions (See Attachment) (Salons A,B,D,E)
- 1:30-2:30- Panel discussions
2:30-2:45- Break
2:45-3:45- Participant brainstorming and discussion - 3:45 Break
- 4:00 Building on Working Sessions to Develop a Rural Dislocated Worker Action Agenda (Grand Ballroom)
- Robin Pulver, Vice President for Community & Human Resource Development, N.C. Rural Center
- 4:30 Adjourn
This event is sponsored in partnership with:
North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission
Employment Security Commission of North Carolina
North Carolina Commission on Workforce Development
North Carolina Community College System
North Carolina Department of Commerce
Michael and Laura Brader-Araje Foundation
North Carolina Community Foundation
