We have teams ready to bring this program to any Richmond jurisdiction.
Karen Elliot Greisdorf's riveting short film "It's about TRUST".
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(Photo: Karen Elliott Greisdorf)
Metropolitan Richmond Day
This annual event convenes leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss key regional issues, and to encourage partnership across differences of race, class and jurisdiction. Since 1996 Hope in the Cities has brought stimulating and provocative speakers to Richmond to explore historic perspectives, current realities, and future hopes for regional cooperation in the Richmond metropolitan area.
When people engage, communities change!
Metropolitan Richmond Day 2011 - November 15, 2011
Location: Richmond Marriott, 500 E. Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219
15 years of Truth and Trustbuilding in the Region
The keynote speaker at this year's breakfast was Dr. John W. Franklin, Director of Partnerships and International Programs at the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian. Read the report
Event co-chairs:
Dr. Edward L.Ayers, President , University of Richmond
Dr. Lauranett L. Lee, Curator of African American History , Virginia Historical Society
Metrolpolitan Richmond Day 2010 was on the theme of The Trust Factor-Beyond Boundaries. Wallace Stettinius, former Chairman and CEO of Cadmus Communications Corporation, delivered a powerful keynote in which he delineated the steps individuals could take to become trustbuilders.Read the report
Metropolitan Richmond Day 2009 offered an interactive discussion using polling technology and table discussions on education, race relations, and socioeconomic differences. Read the report.
The 2008 speaker, former Mayor of Charlotte, NC, Richard Vinroot, addressed hundreds of community leaders drawing on his experience of forging creative partnerships. At the public forum following the breakfast Vinroot engaged with a panel of Richmond citizens. Read the report
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An African Answer, the second film about the work of these two peacemakers, will be launched in the U.S. in October.
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