Neighborhoods, USA 2021 Conference

About

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Agenda

Prize-Winning NUSA 2020 Programs

Workshops will highlight prize winning NUSA programs from the past. Workshops include award recipients from the Best Neighborhood Program (BNP) and Neighborhood Program of the Year (NOTY) category.

BNP recognizes outstanding programs implemented to improve neighborhoods by a government entity in physical or social revitalizations.

NOTY recognizes exceptional accomplishments by neighborhood organizations in physical or social revitalizations and for multi-neighborhood projects.

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2:00 PM

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5:00 PM

Running for the NUSA Board Workshop

Are you ready to make a difference by helping to build stronger, healthier, and safer neighborhoods and communities? Attend this workshop to meet current officers, hear about the time commitments involved, benefits and opportunities to use your skill sets.

Faciltated by the NUSA 2021 Board Development Committee

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2:00 PM

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3:00 PM

Still have questions about what to do during the conference? Click here and choose "viewer" for a short tutorial. Remember to download the Conference at a Glance and Workshops at a Glance!

If you have additional questions, this chat room will also be monitored by Team NUSA 2021 from 2-3 p.m. (CST) on May 19.

Be sure to download the Conference at a Glance and the Workshops at a Glance documents in the right-hand corner under "files"!

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2:00 PM

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5:00 PM

Hosting a NUSA Conference Workshop

Is your city ready to consider hosting a future NUSA Conference? Attend this workshop to learn hosting requirements, how to submit a bid proposal and tips from board members who have been a part of it all!

Facilitated by the NUSA 2021 Program Development Committee

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3:00 PM

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4:00 PM

Welcome from Mayor Betsy Price & Meet the Community Engagement Team!

Mayor Betsy Price, a Fort Worth native, was elected in 2011 as the 44th mayor of the City of Fort Worth. In 2017, Price was re-elected for her fourth two-year term. Along with her focus on promoting jobs, strengthening education, fighting crime and improving mobility, Price has made significant strides along the path toward her vision of a healthy, engaged and fiscally responsible city.

https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/government/elected-officials/betsy-price

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5:00 PM

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5:30 PM

Networking Session - City Pride: How do you think residents describe your city when they visit with people outside your area? (Host: Bollinger)

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5:30 PM

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6:30 PM

Networking Session - City Pride: What is a restaurant in your city that would help visitors get an idea of the diversity of the city? (Host: Bowers)

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5:30 PM

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6:30 PM

Networking Session: City Pride - What are your top 3 sites on a driving tour of your city? (Host: Pratt)

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5:30 PM

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6:30 PM

Networking Session: City Pride - What has been the most contentious issue in your city over the past couple of years, and what was one positive thing you learned from it? (Host: Hudspeth)

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5:30 PM

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6:30 PM

Networking Session: City Pride - What is one positive word that residents who love your city would use to describe it? (Host: Sloane)

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5:30 PM

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6:30 PM

Networking Session: City Pride - Where do you go for an afternoon of peace in your city? (Host: Allen)

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5:30 PM

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6:30 PM

Networking Session: Conservation, Preservation & Revitalization - How can we reduce our ecological footprint? Question (Host: Doyle)

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7:00 AM

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7:45 AM

Networking Session: Conservation, Preservation & Revitalization - How does your city/neighborhood work with developers? (Host: Allen)

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7:00 AM

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7:45 AM

Networking Session: Conservation, Preservation & Revitalization - Let’s talk about historical preservation! (Host: Tyler)

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7:00 AM

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7:45 AM

Networking Session: Conservation, Preservation & Revitalization - What is the best way to ensure your neighborhood becomes involved in the development or revitalization process? (Host: Bollinger)

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7:00 AM

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7:45 AM

Opening NUSA 2021 Session & The Art of Neighboring

Keynote Speaker - Chris Freeland

Pastor Chris Freeland has been the Lead Pastor at Doxology Church in Fort Worth, TX since 2011. Originally from Columbia, MO, Chris has a music degree from Oklahoma State University, and ThM and Doctorate of Ministry degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary. Together, he and his wife Kari have three young children.

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8:00 AM

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9:30 AM

Employing the Homeless for the Beautification of our City and Neighborhoods

The City of Fort Worth currently employs homeless or previous homeless individuals to pick up litter in targeted neighborhoods and along city right-of-ways. The program goal is to decrease litter and homelessness and create a pathway to potential full-time employment. Hear success stories and how to deploy this type of program in your city.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

From Vision to Reality: Dumping Ground to Community Park

The need for beautification efforts and routine clean-up exists in many neighborhoods. How can communities move beyond quick fixes to long-term solutions that address the root cause of the issue? Learn how the City of Boise is changing a canal bank from dumping ground to community park with visioning events, resident feedback, project identification while tackling external barriers and leveraging inter-agency coordination.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

FWISD Community Collaborations and Strategic Initiatives: Empowering the Community to Make Positive Changes in Their Lives

The Fort Worth ISD Community Collaborations and Strategic Initiatives Team fosters an environment of community empowerment in historically underperforming and underserved areas of Fort Worth. Learn how three departments within the FWISD Division of Equity and Excellence help achieve this: the Family Action Center, Adult Education and Literacy, and Student Engagement and School Completion. (APA logo)

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Partnering with Municipal Government for Neighborhood Equity

Neighborhood Equity efforts are well-meaning, but unless carefully planned and executed alongside local government, they can cause more discord than harmony. This workshop will give participants an understanding of how to define equity from a local government perspective and an overview of how municipal equity policy and law that affects city resource allocation to your neighborhood. Hear practical advice and strategies for partnering with cities to develop an Equity Plan for your neighborhood that includes the authentic voice of your unique community.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Re-Envisioning Services: Evolving Programming During Covid 19

Learn about a virtual programming model the Fort Worth Public Library quickly adopted and embraced over a year ago that developed a support structure putting a premium on collaboration and innovation during the pandemic.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

The Art of Adulting

Learn how to develop a personalized program for your city to help young adults better understand how cities provide public services. The Art of Adulting is a series designed by the City of Rowlett to educate ages 17- 20 about local government and their responsibilities as members of our democracy.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Turn Social Distancing into Distant Socializing – Building Community During a Pandemic

Like many counties across the nation, the pandemic forced neighbors in Orange County to withdraw from the social groups they typically relied upon. This workshop outlines four key principles of community building leaders can use to maintain personal well-being and group success when working to improve their community. Includes creative ways to engage with neighbors and strengthen social networks to make neighborhoods stronger than ever.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Before Disaster Strikes

Learn how to help your neighbors after a disaster by starting a Community Organizations Active in Disaster Alliance. We help communities make the best of local resources in a disaster by creating effective relationships prior before disasters strike.

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

Building Safe Neighborhoods with Crime Stoppers

The Crime Stoppers program has an extensive history of giving neighbors the opportunity to provide anonymous tips to report information about serious crimes in through community. Discover how to implement this program, ways to provide anonymous tips and the proven value of Crime Stoppers.

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

Crafting Community through Public Arts

Looking to engage neighbors, encourage vibrant change, build emotional connections, develop shared places and instill pride? Public Art projects creatively improve the places people call home, engage diverse audiences and provide opportunities for communities to share talents and resources. The City of Garland’s Office of Neighborhood Vitality shares their experience, walking through project phases and steps from public engagement, ideation and installation.

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

Fort Worth's Urban Village Development Program

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

Lasting Stability! One Neighborhood at a Time

The Texarkana Neighborhoods Stabilization Plan looks to revitalize, facilitate, and support vibrant, thriving neighborhoods and provide a high quality of life for its residents. The program helps empower communities by giving them a united, collective voice as they work with the city on their issues, concerns, and needs. This workshop will help other cities find methods to collect information, identify the needs of their community to create educational workshops and focus groups to empower their residents.

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

Neighborhood Leadership Academy: Increasing the Knowledge-base of Community Leaders

Resident leaders are often on the front line of neighborhood organizing, addressing concerns, and connecting neighbors with information about community programs and services. Tallahassee’s Neighborhood Leadership Academy and Neighborhood Leadership Roundtable programs give community leaders a broad understanding of the inner-workings of their city government, while empowering them to be effective leaders through networking and community engagement.

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

Uplifting our Community - Volunteers & Law Enforcement Working Together

The Vancouver Police Department’s Neighbors on Watch (NOW) program is an effective collaboration between community members and Neighborhood Police Officers (NPOs). NPOs act as liaisons to our community to work closely on a multitude of projects. Together, they open doors to community- based policing. This workshop includes an overview of NOW and stories about their unique partnership with NPOs.

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

NUSA 2021 Awards Finalists Presentations - Best Neighborhood Program

Workshops will highlight the NUSA 2021 Best Neighborhood Program (BNP) finalists. BNP recognizes outstanding programs implemented to improve neighborhoods by a government entity in physical or social revitalizations.

Finalists include:

MAP Virtual Youth & Audt Academies	Monrovia, CA
Promise of Peace Gardens	Dallas, TX
Fort Lauderdale Cares Project	Fort Lauderdale, FL
Neighborhood Leadership Academy	Plano, TX
Little Free Pantry Progam	Riverside, CA
Beltline Place	Balch Springs, TX

MAP Virtual Youth & Audt Academies	Monrovia, CA
Promise of Peace Gardens	Dallas, TX
Fort Lauderdale Cares Project	Fort Lauderdale, FL
Neighborhood Leadership Academy	Plano, TX
Little Free Pantry Progam	Riverside, CA
Beltline Place	Balch Springs, TX

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12:30 PM

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2:00 PM

Networking Session - Building Relationships: How can we improve relationships between police and community? (Host: Carter)

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1:00 PM

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1:45 PM

Networking Session - Building Relationships: How did COVID-19 change the role of faith-based organizations? (Host: Turman)

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1:00 PM

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1:45 PM

Networking Session - Building Relationships: How does your organization cultivate new and younger leaders? (Host: Pratt)

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1:00 PM

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1:45 PM

Networking Session - Building Relationships: How does your organization cultivate new and younger leaders? (Host: Sloane)

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1:00 PM

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1:45 PM

Networking Session - Building Relationships: How has your city improved relationships between neighbors and municipal courts? (Host: Thompson)

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1:00 PM

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1:45 PM

Networking Session - Building Relationships: What do you think about the role of faith-based organizations moving forward? (Host: Bowers)

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1:00 PM

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1:45 PM

Can You Hear Me Now? How to Make Sure your Presentation to a Council, Board or Commission is Heard and Received.

How do you make every second count when you only have three minutes to get your case in front of your city’s Council, Board or Commission? This presentation provides practical advice from a presenter who’s witnessed thousands of public presentations during her tenure as the City Secretary of Fort Worth. Learn to make your best presentation within a short time frame and what you can do before the presentation to bolster your case.

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2:00 PM

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3:15 PM

Connect and Empower Your Residents through a Neighborhood Registry

The Raleigh Neighborhood Registry opens a line of communication between the city and its neighborhoods, community watch groups, and garden clubs. See how they have accomplished this through community engagement, registration, training, mapping, and other benefits. This workshop will show their online tools and their benefits.

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2:00 PM

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3:15 PM

Creating More Equitable Communities: Fort Worth’s Task Force on Race and Culture

In response to strained police-community relations in 2017, the City of Fort Worth appointed a task force of diverse community leaders to plan a set of practical strategies for addressing these issues. Unlike many similar efforts, Fort Worth’s race and culture initiative has enjoyed broad community support and produced positive results. Learn how your community can benefit from current successes.

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2:00 PM

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3:15 PM

Neighborhood Improvement Strategy: A Comprehensive Community Initiative

The Neighborhood Improvement Program (NIP) is a data-driven community improvement program leveraging neighborhood assets and deficits to create strategies that lead toward improving community vitality. Discover how Fort Worth monitors the program’s effect on residents and identifies opportunities for targeted public investment to improve safety, aesthetics and quality of life for neighborhoods.

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2:00 PM

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3:15 PM

Neighborhood Partnerships: Building Support for Affordable Housing

This workshop highlights how effective, small group community meetings can be in educating and combatting NIMBY.

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2:00 PM

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3:15 PM

Supporting Residents’ Bulky Disposal Needs in COVID Times

For over twenty years, neighborhood associations in the City of Vancouver have organized cleanup events, where residents come together to dispose of unwanted items while strengthening community relationships. Although they had to cancel many planned events, learn how the city pivoted during the pandemic to offer a onetime alternative curbside program to deliver essential services to neighbors while disposing of bulky items.

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2:00 PM

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3:15 PM

They Got What You Want. You Got What They Need.

Don’t be taken advantage of and don’t miss out on the exposure your organization needs. In every community relationship there are mutual benefits to discover that are not always in the form of a monetary ask. Learn how to audit your organization’s offerings to create a valuable menu of appealing options for your targeted partner list.

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2:00 PM

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3:15 PM

A Different Kind of National Night Out

Learn how the Fircrest neighborhood association partnered with the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Police Department to provide an educational and entertaining activity for National Night Out 2020, while keeping the community safe from exposure to COVID-19.

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Engaging the Community through the FWISD's Racial Equity Committee.

The Fort Worth ISD Racial Equity committee is working to address inequity and disproportionality by examining policies and procedures and recommending changes to achieve the district’s mission of preparing ALL students for success in college, career and community leadership. Learn about the work required to achieve district-wide equity transformation, including challenges and lessons learned in a large urban district. Hear how the committee includes community voice when developing policy and procedural changes.

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Lessons Learned: Reinventing Law Enforcement in the 21st Century

Panelists will present a list of current challenges to law enforcement and provide options for agencies to increase positive interactions with the public. Panelists will discuss the role of re-entry and reintegration programs to build community trust and productive engagement.

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Navigating Equity Work at the Community Level

Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) is a national network of governments working to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all. To fulfil the vision of pursuing a world class quality of life and an inspired future for the City of Raleigh, it is necessary to be intentional in transforming policies and practices that have historically led to systemic disparities. Also, to have a shared understanding of what those disparities look like in day-to-day city business. This workshop will discuss effective tools, strategies, and approaches used by the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE).

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Neighborhood Revitalization through Preservation, Design and Advocacy

Over the past 20 years, historic neighborhoods and commercial districts throughout Fort Worth have seen a resurgence. This workshop will focus on how to use strategic city polices, historic preservation tools, design district guidelines, and community advocacy to revitalize neighborhoods and commercial districts, using successful examples from Fort Worth. (APA logo)

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Parliamentary Procedure – One of the Best Ways to Save Time and Have an Efficient, Productive Meeting.

Learn how to use Parliamentary Procedures to host deliberate and intentional meetings. Discover tools to run effective meetings, get more done in less time, and ensure everyone gets a fair shake in the decision-making process.

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

The Importance of Volunteerism in the Face of COVID-19

COVID-19 has impacted the world in so many ways. Many people face new challenges as they lose jobs, gain new employment, adjust to virtual lifestyles, and more. Volunteerism in communities has taken a new face in many ways. Join us to learn ways that communities can still support those in need while additionally facing the challenges that COVID presents.

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Neighborhood Pride Tour: Cowboys, Culture & Compromise

As Fort Worth’s world-class cultural district grows and thrives, protecting nearby neighborhoods proves equally important as economic development, the arts and tourism.

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5:00 PM

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6:30 PM

Neighborhood Pride Tour: Neighborhoods in Transition: Tools for Positive Change

As older neighborhoods decline, a variety of tools can help transform blight to bright. This tour features three west side success stories— an enclave of high-density, low-income apartments; a highly engaged, historically Black neighborhood; and aging suburbs flanking a premier commercial corridor.

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5:00 PM

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6:30 PM

Neighborhood Pride Tour: One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Approaches to Neighborhood Improvement

Fort Worth’s Neighborhood Services Department finds that identifying community members’ needs and wants upfront leads to greater success in the end, when tackling neighborhood improvements. See how this pilot program has evolved over time.

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5:00 PM

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6:30 PM

Neighborhood Pride Tour: Preserving Neighborhood History through Urban Villages

See how historic preservation and adaptive reuse can bring neighborhoods back to life. Tour three artsy, tasty and funky urban villages located in Fort Worth’s central city medical district.

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5:00 PM

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6:30 PM

Networking Session: We are asking thought-provoking questions about "Diversity, Equity & Health" during this session. Join the conversation to listen in, chat, or share your ideas. (Host: Allen & Doyle)

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7:00 AM

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7:45 AM

Networking Session: We are asking thought-provoking questions about "Diversity, Equity & Health" during this session. Join the conversation to listen in, chat, or share your ideas. (Host: Hudspeth)

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7:00 AM

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7:45 AM

Networking Session: We are asking thought-provoking questions about "Diversity, Equity & Health" during this session. Join the conversation to listen in, chat, or share your ideas. (Host: Tyler)

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7:00 AM

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7:45 AM

How Neighbors Inspire the City of Fort Worth

Keynote Speakers will include:

Daniel “Guido” Guido currently serves as vice president of a railroad engineering design firm. Guido and his wife of 20 years, Chelsea, are parents to four children. Guido was named the 2020 Fort Worth Neighbor of the Year for his outstanding service and positive effect on the lives of families with the Bike Gangs of Fort Worth.

Jakayla Dixon is a student at Texas Christian University and the founder and CEO of Feel the Color, which merges fashion, technology, and accessibility. She is a passionate about creating a world where individuals with disabilities know no limits. Jakayla’s heart is to showcase the importance of connecting both innovation and disability while creating a more just and inclusive world. At 15, Dixon won the Fort Worth Danny Scarth Trailblazer Award for her company’s work in raising awareness and improving life opportunities for persons with disabilities.

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8:00 AM

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9:30 AM

Accelerating Community Engagement Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities: A Neighborhood Case Study

Individuals with disabilities face health inequities and exclusion from key public health programming, due to lack of accommodations. Despite the health inequities, limited research exists examining how grass-roots partnerships among academia and neighborhoods via community micro-grants can facilitate communities where all members can live, work, and play. This workshop will focus on the partnership among the 99 Neighborhoods of Birmingham, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the National Center on Health Physical Activity and Disability, to implement a virtual program for individuals with disabilities.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Engagement Starts with Us

Discover how the Community Engagement Office created an internal Hispanic employee workgroup to help the city focus on the needs of Hispanic employees and residents. Learn how the office is expanding their outreach efforts, creating new goals and building stronger relationships with the help of this newly created team.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Expanding Housing that Addresses Homelessness Through Public-Private Partnerships

Representatives from the City of Fort Worth, First Presbyterian Church, the Paulos Foundation, and private developers will present a unique partnership that is producing new housing and helping to revitalize mixed-use and commercial neighborhoods while helping to end homelessness for people with disabilities using innovative neighborhood friendly designs.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Healthy Neighbors – Healthy Community

The North Texas Area Community Health Centers provides education and health necessities to the neighborhoods they serve. Hear how they are creating healthier communities by understanding their needs and developing stronger partnerships.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Innovation & Impact: A Whole-Community Approach

Learn how the 13th largest city in the country mobilized a “whole-community” approach during the COVID-19 pandemic and served families by launching a quality child care search tool and partnered with business leaders to provide solutions and critical support for working parents.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Prioritize and Revitalize: Learn What Goes into Community Development and Revitalization with UrbanPlan!

Has your neighborhood experienced recent development or revitalization? Did you understand all the changes and have a voice in decisions? Did you have effective tools and knowledge to make your opinions heard? Join the Urban Land Institute’s Urban Plan Workshop and gain a deeper understanding of your role in shaping your community.

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Simple Approaches to Neighborhood Improvements

The workshop assists residents in planning and implementing neighborhood improvements by using simple steps that are inclusive and representative of neighbors. Hear ways to help neighbors mobilize, organize, and sustain a neighborhood organization to carry-out the improvements. (APA logo)

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Volunteer Recruitment & Retention - How to Find and Keep your Most Valuable Assets

Learn how to tackle the most challenging tasks for community groups. This workshop will share easy steps to attract new members, keep them involved, and create a plan to keep them engaged. Participants will develop a “elevator pitch” for their organization and leave prepared for action!

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9:45 AM

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11:00 AM

Build It and They Will Come

Promise of Peace Gardens establishes practical and sustainable gathering spaces that engage diversity while creating equity!

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

How Parties, Parking and Port-a-Potties led to Good Neighbor Program and Partnerships

The TCU Neighbor to Neighbor program is a partnership between the City of Fort Worth, Texas Christian University (TCU), Fort Worth City Council, and nine neighborhood associations surrounding the campus. These partners make up a working committee dedicated to providing resources and building positive relationships with TCU neighbors, homeowners and student renters.

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

How to In-Vest in your Neighborhood!

Join the Garden of Eden Neighborhood Association as they showcase four types of investment they use in their community: Health and Safety, Neighborhood Pride, Collaboration, and Generation Next. Learn how these investments have helped them organize, increase participation, and educate their neighbors.

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

Leveraging Public Participation to Create Thriving Communities.

The mission and vision of the City of Raleigh focuses on creating and sustaining thriving communities by enhancing the way they engage with residents. In a growing city with over 450,000 residents, successful community engagement meets important needs for community members, decision-makers and stakeholders. Learn how to use International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) to leverage relationships with external partners to create a paradigm shift in the way you communicate and engage neighbors. (APA logo)

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

Real Talk with the Office of the Police Oversight Monitor

Formed to enhance positive community-police relations, the Police Oversight Monitor has encountered many successes and challenges in its first year of operations in the City of Fort Worth. Through effective collaborations and partnerships with community stakeholders and law enforcement, the OPOM seeks to make local law enforcement more transparent, accountable, and responsive to the community.

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

The Six Tenets of Grant Writing

The world of grant writing can be frustrating. Attend this workshop to learn the basics of grant writing and create a solid strategy.

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

When the Gown Supports the Town: Fostering Mutually Beneficial Relationships Between College Students and Neighborhoods

Each semester, universities introduce hundreds of students to their host communities, adding diversity in race, age, and ethnicity to the local culture. The relationship between year-around residents and incoming students is often a challenging one. This session will highlight how the City of Tallahassee has involved students in community building, providing win-win scenarios for students and the community.

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11:15 AM

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12:30 PM

NUSA 2021 Awards Finalists - Neighborhood of the Year

Workshops will highlight the NUSA 2021 Neighborhood of the Year (NOTY) finalists. NOTY recognizes exceptional accomplishments by neighborhood organizations in physical or social revitalizations and for multi-neighborhood projects.

Finalists include:

Fairmount Neighborhood Association	Fort Worth, TX
Camelot Neighborhood Association	Garland, TX
Whiffletree V, VI, VII	Plano, TX
Jubilee Gardens Neighborhood Watch	Nassau, New Providence
Pathways Over Pogue's	Indianapolis, IN
Congress Field Neighborhood Association	Oshkosh, WI

Fairmount Neighborhood Association	Fort Worth, TX
Camelot Neighborhood Association	Garland, TX
Whiffletree V, VI, VII	Plano, TX
Jubilee Gardens Neighborhood Watch	Nassau, New Providence
Pathways Over Pogue's	Indianapolis, IN
Congress Field Neighborhood Association	Oshkosh, WI

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12:30 PM

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2:00 PM

Networking Session: Last year was tough & hindsight is 20/20. What are some "Lessons Learned" that you can share? Join the conversation to listen or contribute. (Host: Carter)

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1:00 PM

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1:45 PM

Networking Session: Last year was tough & hindsight is 20/20. What are some "Lessons Learned" that you can share? Join the conversation to listen or contribute. (Host: Edwards)

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1:00 PM

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1:45 PM

Networking Session: Last year was tough & hindsight is 20/20. What are some "Lessons Learned" that you can share? Join the conversation to listen or contribute. (Host: Sloane)

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1:00 PM

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1:45 PM

Networking Session: Last year was tough & hindsight is 20/20. What are some "Lessons Learned" that you can share? Join the conversation to listen or contribute. (Host: Thompson & Bowers)

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1:00 PM

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1:45 PM

Networking Session: Last year was tough & hindsight is 20/20. What are some "Lessons Learned" that you can share? Join the conversation to listen or contribute. (Host: Turman)

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1:00 PM

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1:45 PM

NUSA 2021 Neighborhood of the Year Awards Ceremony

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2:00 PM

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3:15 PM

A Coffee Milk Shake

Working with ethnic communities can help build strong, collaborative neighborhoods! This class will uncover ways to expand your network by learning how to reach out to the Vietnamese families in your city.

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Color Me Collaborative: Understanding Personalities

Understanding the value of personality assessments is an important part of professional development in the workplace and opens lines of communication with neighborhood leaders. During this workshop, assessments will determine your “color personality”. Understanding differing personalities allows participants to view how participants see themselves and others and how to work with all personality types.

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Community Designed Investment: Leveraging engagement to unite citywide goals and neighborhood needs

In 2019, the City of Boise purchased a parcel of land at the intersection of two busy arterials and planned to develop the site as an asset for their housing land trust. They recognized the need for community input prior to site planning and launched an effort with the Energize team to engage the community in the look and feel of the potential development and transform the busy corridor. This panel discussion will share the steps they took to reach the surrounding neighbors and stakeholders.

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Creating Successful Leadership Transitions

Learn to create successful leadership transitions within your organization. Whether you struggle to let go of

control or you’re crying out for someone to take it from you, navigating a leadership transition is a tricky business.

A good ending, smooth handoff and powerful beginning characterize the three phases of leadership transitions

explored during this workshop.

Learn to create successful leadership transitions within your organization. Whether you struggle to let go of

control or you’re crying out for someone to take it from you, navigating a leadership transition is a tricky business.

A good ending, smooth handoff and powerful beginning characterize the three phases of leadership transitions

explored during this workshop.

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Creative Tools for Neighborhood Partnerships

Take your organization to the next level by using a 360° approach. Discover how to create partnerships, grow

your meeting attendance, and expand your reach by looking outside of your existing neighborhood by using

the neighborhood profile workbook. When completed, it will serve as the most accurate and relevant resource

available for use by neighborhood organizations.

Take your organization to the next level by using a 360° approach. Discover how to create partnerships, grow

your meeting attendance, and expand your reach by looking outside of your existing neighborhood by using

the neighborhood profile workbook. When completed, it will serve as the most accurate and relevant resource

available for use by neighborhood organizations.

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

How We Used Place Base Non-profit Management to Increase Access to Resources for Low-Income Communities

Discover how a community of partners are working hand-in-hand to elevate a once struggling neighborhood

along the Las Vegas Trail in Fort Worth. The LVTRISE group formed to improve the lives of people living in the

area by increasing safety, education, quality housing, employment, wages, family stability, physical health, and

mental well-being.

Discover how a community of partners are working hand-in-hand to elevate a once struggling neighborhood

along the Las Vegas Trail in Fort Worth. The LVTRISE group formed to improve the lives of people living in the

area by increasing safety, education, quality housing, employment, wages, family stability, physical health, and

mental well-being.

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3:30 PM

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4:45 PM

Maintaining Service Continuity during Uncontrollable Circumstances

Discover how City of Fort Worth, its partners, and outside contractors worked together to deliver service

continuity during the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19.

Discover how City of Fort Worth, its partners, and outside contractors worked together to deliver service

continuity during the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19.

Start

3:30 PM

End

4:45 PM

Neighborhood Pride Tour: Community Engagement Solutions - Bike Gangs, Core Teams, Javas and More

How typical and not-so-typical community engagement techniques foster neighborhood feedback, civic

involvement, volunteerism and buy-in.

How typical and not-so-typical community engagement techniques foster neighborhood feedback, civic

involvement, volunteerism and buy-in.

Start

5:00 PM

End

6:30 PM

Neighborhood Pride Tour: Fort Worth’s Multi-Cultural Melting Pot

From cowboys to vaqueros… chilaquiles to spanakopita… mariachis to theater, golf and drive-in movies.

Fort Worth’s north side is a melting pot of art, entertainment, history and culture.

From cowboys to vaqueros… chilaquiles to spanakopita… mariachis to theater, golf and drive-in movies.

Fort Worth’s north side is a melting pot of art, entertainment, history and culture.

Start

5:00 PM

End

6:30 PM

Neighborhood Pride Tour: Maintaining Neighborhood Character as a Development Goal

When developers come knocking to create the next “it” neighborhood, gentrification fears abound. How

resident, business, municipal and faith-based partnerships can play a role in maintaining a neighborhood

feel. Tour one of Fort Worth’s newest urban villages just minutes from downtown.

When developers come knocking to create the next “it” neighborhood, gentrification fears abound. How

resident, business, municipal and faith-based partnerships can play a role in maintaining a neighborhood

feel. Tour one of Fort Worth’s newest urban villages just minutes from downtown.

Start

5:00 PM

End

6:30 PM

Networking Session: We're discussing all things "Community Engagement" for this last session. Join the conversation to listen in, chat, or share your ideas. (Host: Doyle & Cram)

Start

7:00 AM

End

7:45 AM

Networking Session: We're discussing all things "Community Engagement" for this last session. Join the conversation to listen in, chat, or share your ideas. (Host: Hudspeth)

Start

7:00 AM

End

7:45 AM

Networking Session: We're discussing all things "Community Engagement" for this last session. Join the conversation to listen in, chat, or share your ideas. (Host: Tyler)

Start

7:00 AM

End

7:45 AM

NUSA General Meeting

Start

8:00 AM

End

9:30 AM

NUSA 2021 Program of the Year & Who's Who in America Awards Ceremony

Start

9:45 AM