Agenda Day Three
Theme: Action Planning for Systemic Inclusion I
Thursday October 22, 2020
All sessions via Zoom (except for daily Resource Showcase)
All Times Eastern
8:45 – 9:00AM Welcome by Dr. Robert McLaughlin, executive director, National Collaborative for Digital Equity (NCDE)
9:00 – 10:00AM Keynote: “CRA, Learn and Earn, and Economic Inclusion” provided by Jason Keller, community and economic development senior advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Introduced by Dr. Mary Ford, dean of education, Southern New Hampshire University.
9:00 – 9:40AM Keynote presentation
9:40 – 10:00AM Q & A
10:15 – 11:15AM Concurrent Action Planning Sessions I
- Broadband Investment Planning – facilitated by Carol Miller, director of broadband technology, NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs
Purpose: engage municipal, regional planning, philanthropic, banking, legislative and other leaders in co-developing a strategy for developing a plan to spur investment in fiber infrastructure and ISP business development, to bring affordable broadband to all underserved areas of NH.
- BankOn New Hampshire Coalition Development – facilitated by Dr. Paul Resta. Board chairperson, NCDE
Purpose: engage banking, financial literacy, and economic inclusion leaders in developing plans for the newly formed BankOn New Hampshire coalition to bring BankOn’s resources (free checking with financial literacy education, asset-building mentoring, credit repair counseling, and freedom from overdraft penalty fees) to all unbanked NH families.
- Scaling VISTA Chapters to Low- and Moderate-Income (LMI) Communities Statewide
Purpose: engage afterschool, banking, educational, workforce development, and economic inclusion leaders in scaling VISTA Chapters – online afterschool programs that offer LMI youths with free checking and other financial inclusion services, orientation to pathways to in-demand living wage jobs in NH, orientation to postsecondary programs that equip LMI youths and adults with skills needed to enter these occupations, and free laptops and home broadband subsidy to remove digital divide barriers.
11:30AM – 12:30PM Concurrent Action Planning Sessions II
Concurrent groups continue action planning, preparing to report out their recommended next steps and resource needs to all summit participants during the Report-Out Session at 1:45-2:45PM (see below).
- Broadband Investment Planning – facilitated by Carol Miller, director of broadband technology, NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs
Purpose: engage municipal, regional planning, philanthropic, banking, legislative and other leaders in co-developing a strategy for developing a plan to spur investment in fiber infrastructure and ISP business development, to bring affordable broadband to all underserved areas of NH.
- BankOn New Hampshire Coalition Development – facilitated by Dr. Paul Resta. Board chairperson, NCDE
Purpose: engage banking, financial literacy, and economic inclusion leaders in developing plans for the newly formed BankOn New Hampshire coalition to bring BankOn’s resources (free checking with financial literacy education, asset-building mentoring, credit repair counseling, and freedom from overdraft penalty fees) to all unbanked NH families.
- Scaling VISTA Chapters to Low- and Moderate-Income (LMI) Communities Statewide – facilitated by Dr. Robert McLaughlin Moderator, executive director, NCDE
Purpose: engage afterschool, banking, educational, workforce development, and economic inclusion leaders in scaling VISTA Chapters – online afterschool programs that offer LMI youths with free checking and other financial inclusion services, orientation to pathways to in-demand living wage jobs in NH, orientation to postsecondary programs that equip LMI youths and adults with skills needed to enter these occupations, and free laptops and home broadband subsidy to remove digital divide barriers.
1:45 – 2:45PM Action Planning Teams Report-out on their Recommended Next Steps and Resource Needs
Moderated by Jenelle Leonard, director, impact assessment, NCDE
1:45 – 2:15PM Groups report out
2:15 – 2:45PM While group discussion
3:00 – 4:00PM Panel on “The Vital Role of Librarians and Libraries in Systemic Inclusion”
Panelists include:
Susan Ballard, vice president, library services and partnership development, NCDE
Bonnie Sutton, director, digital equity resource research and dissemination, NCDE
Greg DiDonato, vice president, corporate, government and military sales, EBSCO
Roger Rosen, president, Rosen Digital (invited)
Moderator: Dr. Paul Resta, board chairperson, NCDE
3:00 – 3:45PM Panel Discussion
3:45 – 4:00PM Q&A
4:00 – 5:00PM Resource Showcase