Building Communities

A Sequel to the 2004 Bootstrap Capitalism Conference

"Building Communities," a sequel to the highly popular 2004 "Bootstrap Capitalism" conference, aims to infuse fresh, new thinking into the current discussion about poverty in America.

Presentations addressed critical questions of economic justice and speak directly to current legislation before Congress, including the New Markets Tax Credit, the Community Development Block Grant, the Community Development Financial Institutions Loan Fund, and regulation of predatory lending. This was a very timely discussion with leading anti-poverty experts and community development practitioners from around the country.

Location

Hyatt Regency on Capital Hill

400 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, DC

See map: Google Maps

Participants

Ray Boshara
Director, Asset Building Program
Howard Karger
Professor of Social Policy, University of Houston
Reid Cramer
Research Director, Asset Building Program
Robert Woodson
President, Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
Kathryn Edin
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania and Author of Promises I Can Keep and Making Ends Meet
Margaret Sherraden
Professor of Social Work, University of Missouri-St. Louis and Author, Kitchen Capitalism
Katharine Kravetz
Assistant Professor, Deparment of Justice, Law and Society, American University
Danny K. Davis
United States Representative (D-IL)
Andrea Levere
President, Corporation for Enterprise Development
Eric Stein
Chief Operating Officer, Self-Help
Paul Hinds
Senior Vice President, Bank of America
Mark Pinsky
President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
David Stoesz
Director, policyAmerica