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Can I Live, Incorporated – A Resident Association Presents
2015
R E S I D E N T
C O U N C I L
LEGISLATIVE C O N F E R E N C E
The Policy Bridge Designed to Move One Million Moms off Welfare by 2025
The Blueprint for Advocacy
A Conference for Resident Council and Association Leaders
• Section 3 New Proposed Rule
• What RAD means for Residents
• One Million Moms off Welfare by 2025
Initiative
• Resident Commissioners Track
• Lifetime Achievement Leadership
Awards-Remembering Bertha Gilkey
• Resident Management Corporations
• And More!
YOUR REGISTRATION INCLUDES A CHARTER
MEMBERSHIP TO THE NATIONAL RESIDENT COUNCIL
COALITION (NRCC).
http://www.canilive.org/RCLC
RESIDENT
LEADERS
LEARN TO:
Advocate for their
respective communities;
contribute to a national
legislative agenda; and
share information at the
premier legislative
conference for residents in
public housing.
Can I Live Resident Association
COUNCIL
2015 RESIDENT
LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE
PAWLEY’S ISLAND|SOUTH CAROLINA
Conference Co-Chairs
Racquel Williams, President
Can I Live, Inc.
Tonia Scott
Conference Manager
The Premier Legislative Conference for Residents!
We heard you loud and clear! The challenges that smaller and midsize public housing
authorities have are far different from those of large public housing authorities. In
order to maximize our impact, we have decided to host this year’s legislative
conference with two different legislative tracks.
Track A:
Residents of Large Housing Authorities (ROLHA).
Track B:
Residents of Small to Medium Housing Authorities (ROSMHA).
The need for residents to play a more active role in public policy is a no brainer.
However, this is easier said than done. Educating residents on how policy is made, who
makes policy and the stakeholders who influence policy are the first steps towards
helping our residents see themselves in the policy making process.
Attempting to keep cost down, we decided to host this year’s Resident Council
Legislative Conference (RCLC) in the beautiful Pawley’s Island (just minutes away from
Myrtle Beach). Residents from smaller and midsize agencies will have the opportunity
to share with their peers and learn from other residents with similar challenges. Getting
comfortable with the process of advocacy starts with allowing residents to voice their
concerns in an environment where their voice is first heard, understood and quickly
acted upon.
This conference has become, in a short time, the premier legislative conference for
residents in public housing, and it is one not to be missed. The 2015 RCLC will
showcase two and a half days of presentations featuring hot topics and tons of
information that strengthen and undergird the work of our resident council leadership.
You don’t want to miss our Lifetime Achievement Leadership Awards in honor of the
late Bertha Gilkey (resident association activist). Visit http://www.canilive.org/RCLC
to nominate a resident who is or has consistently gone above and beyond the call of
resident council duties and responsibilities.
Register and Receive A Free Membership To The
National Resident Council Coalition
Registration Fees
Lifetime Achievement Awards:
Dr. Nadine Jarmon
Deerfield Beach Housing
Can I Live Board of Directors:
Racquel Williams
President
Aletta Taylor
Treasurer
Annette Woods
Deerfield Beach Housing, FL
Bill Brumfield
Rockford Housing Authority, IL
Edna Carter
Housing Authority of Cook County, IL
Cecelia Hood
Anne Arundel County Housing, MD
Gary Mills
Lake City Housing Authority, SC
Matilda Hamilton,
Opelika Housing Authority, AL
Reginald Bowman,
New York City Housing Authority, NY
Early Bird Through February 27
Standard after February 27
Regular Registration
$475
Late Registration
$575
Spouse/Guest/Gov.
$175
Students/Guest/Gov.
$175
Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner Tickets:
Monette Walker
CIL Special Assistant
$75
Shelevya Pearson
New York City Housing Authority, NY
Shaquanna Shaw
Park City Communities, CT
*National Board Meeting
The Board of Directors will convene for their National Board Meeting on Sunday May 17, from 12:00pm
–3:00pm the same day registration begins. Members of the National Board of State Directors
are asked to be there at least the day prior and or the morning of our board meeting.
Resident Council Innovation Award
Win a $500 grant scholarship for your resident council if you
are selected as our 2015 Resident Council Innovation Award
winner. Details can be found here:
http://www.canilive.org/Resident-Council-Innovation-Awards
Can I Live Executive Team
Kimberly Lloyd
Executive Director
Charles Griffin
Business Development
Deidre McCullers
Office Manager
For more information on the Resident Council Legislative Conference :
Email: toniascott@canilive.org • Phone Number: (919) 9 4 9 .0 4 2 7 • Fax Number: (877) 810-1347
REGISTER ONLINE: http://www.canilive.org/RCLC
Agenda
Sunday, May 1 7
3:00PM
Registration – Terra Conference Center
6:00 PM
Residents Reception – Terra Reception
Monday, May 18
Opening General Session
8:45AM-9:25AM
Racquel Williams, President of Can I Live, Inc.
The One Million Moms Off Welfare by 2025 Initiative
Break Included
Track B - ROSMHA
Track A - ROLHA
9:30AM-12:00PM
Section 3 New Proposed Rule
Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
(Section 3) ensures that HUD-funded jobs training, and contracts
are provided to local low-income residents, particularly those that
reside in public housing, and businesses that substantially employ
them. The proposed rule clarifies definitions and provisions that
are left to interpretation and eases barriers to reaching
compliance for recipients of HUD funding. Estimated to direct an
additional 1,400 jobs to Section 3 residents, and an additional
$172+ million in HUD-funded contracts awarded to Section 3
businesses each year.
Residents have the 1st opportunity to have this new proposed rule
explained and the opportunity to offer your thoughts and offer
remarks during the open comment phase.
Presenter:
Keith Swiney
Motivation Inc.
Moderator:
John Johnson:
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)
Panelists:
Larry WoodsErik Crawford
Winston Salem Housing Authority
Housing Now, Texas
Moderator:
TBD
Section 3 New Proposed Rule
The Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), a fairly recent
program authorized by the Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act of 2012. Although this seems to be the new
trend in public housing (over 100,000k applications to convert);
Residents still don’t have a clue as to what this really means for
them.
Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
(Section 3) ensures that HUD-funded jobs training, and contracts
are provided to local low-income residents, particularly those that
reside in public housing, and businesses that substantially employ
them. Estimated to direct an additional 1,400 jobs to Section 3
residents, and an additional $172+ million in HUD-funded
contracts awarded to Section 3 businesses each year.
Panelists:
Larry WoodsErik Crawford
Winston Salem Housing Authority
Housing Now, Texas
Moderator:
TBD
Residents have the 1st opportunity to have this new proposed rule
explained and the opportunity to offer your thoughts and remarks
during the open comment phase which ends on May 20, 2015.
Presenter:
Keith Swiney
Motivation Inc.
Moderator:
John Johnson
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)
Networking Break
3:00PM-3:15PM
The History of Resident Management Corporations
Community Policing that Produces Results
Did you know that there are resident council’s throughout the
United States who have created better quality of life and jobs for
residents through the establishment of a Resident Management
Corporation (RMC)? RMC’s are established when resident council
boards create a non-profit organization, undergo vigorous training
and enter into a contract with the housing authority and HUD to
manage one or multiple communities within the housing authority.
With only very few resident management corporations existing in
the United States today, the greatest opportunity for residents to
create a legacy still exist.
Tactical Ministry has taken a unique and effective way of looking at
police tactics. Through this workshop, former police officer, Robert
Wagner will share police tactics used by police officers to help us
create sustainable change in people’s lives.
This workshop introduces an old concept to a new generation.
Presenter:
5:00PM-7:00PM
What happens to the voice of residents, their rights, services,
TPA funds, living arrangements once a community is converted
to RAD.
What RAD Means for Residents?
What happens to the voice of residents, their rights, services, TPA
funds, living arrangements once a community is converted to RAD.
3:15PM-4:30PM
The Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), a fairly recent
program authorized by the Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act of 2012. Although this seems to be the new
trend in public housing (over 100,000k applications to convert);
Residents still don’t have a clue as to what this really means for
them.
LUNCH
12:00PM-1:30PM
1:30PM-3:00PM
What RAD Means for Residents?
Jesse Turner
The 3 elements of the crime triangle are; Opportunity, Ability and
Desire. If a criminal possesses all 3 elements of the triangle, he/she
will commit a crime. What if we look at this same triangle and say,
what are we doing to create the opportunities, abilities and desires
for people to succeed. Focusing and partnering with other
organization that fulfill all 3 of these elements will create and
environment for sustainable change.
Presenter:
Robert Wagner
Tactical Ministries
Resident’s Social
Movie Night
7:00PM-9:00PM
The Pruitt Igoe Myth: A Public Housing Documentary
* Program is subject to change. Watch your email for more details about the conference, and visit www.canilive.org for updated information.
REGISTER ONLINE: http://www.canilive.org/RCLC
RCLC 2015 Agenda
Tuesday, May 19
8:30AM-9:00AM
Resident Town Hall Meeting
9:00AM-9:45AM
Confessions of a Welfare Mom Monologue
9:45AM-10:30AM
Track B - ROSMHA
Track A - ROLHA
The 1MMOW Legislative Agenda Unveiled
The 1MMOW takes the position that all Americans are created equal and possessed of inalienable rights to life, liberty, the pursuit of
happiness—and to justice under the law. Yet the entitlements provided to millions of moms living at or below poverty are structured to
keep them poor while entitlements offered to wealthier Americans and corporations assist in wealth creation and enhanced prosperity.
Learn How To Push The WealthFair Movement Forward!
10:30AM-10:45AM
10:45AM-12:00PM
Networking Break
Organizing 101 – Strategies for Large Housing Agencies
The session helps participants define their goals and objectives,
appropriate targets, and effective advocacy tools.
Through an interactive session, participants discuss how to create
their own advocacy plans which requires them to consider
Strategies to build coalitions, influence public perception, and
persuade policymakers.
Presenter:
Kate Kelly
Reginald Bowman
PT Partners
City Wide Council of Presidents (NYCHA)
Moderator:
TBD
12:00PM –1:30PM
1:45M –3:45PM
Presenter:
Kerra Bolton
Working Title Media
Leading a National Agenda
Organizing 102 Continued– Advocacy in Action
The work continues, in this interactive work session. The I’s are
dotted and the T’s are crossed. Residents of Large Housing
Authorities pull their strength together and with unity create the
master plan which they have committed to move forward.
Practice makes perfect! Residents put your new skills to the test,
strengthen your presence and confidence as a leader and apply
what you have learned.
Presenter:
Kate Kelly
Reginald Bowman
PT Partners
City Wide Council of Presidents (NYCHA)
Moderator:
TBD
In real time, Residents will have the opportunity to make direct
calls to policy makers, write and mail letters to congressional staff.
Critique your peers as you learn the advocacy model that will
move One Million Moms off welfare by 2025.
Presenter:
Kerra Bolton
Working Title Media
Networking Break
Community Policing that Produces Results
Tactical Ministry has taken a unique and effective way of looking
at police tactics. Through this workshop, former police officer,
Robert Wagner will share police tactics used by police officers to
help us create sustainable change in people’s lives.
The 3 elements of the crime triangle are; Opportunity, Ability and
Desire. If a criminal possesses all 3 elements of the triangle,
he/she will commit a crime. What if we look at this same triangle
and say, what are we doing to create the opportunities, abilities
and desires for people to succeed. Focusing and partnering with
other organization that fulfill all 3 of these elements will create
and environment for sustainable change.
Presenter:
Robert Wagner
7:00PM –11:00PM
This introductory session is the first step residents must take in
order to become better advocates and leaders. Identifying the
root causes to the oppression helps residents recognize the needs
of their community. Once committed, our residents learn their
roles and then are released to practice them. This effective model
of change is crucial for leaders of small and med size housing
authorities.
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
3:45PM –4:00PM
4:00PM –5:15PM
Organizing 102 – Advocacy that Increases Social Action
The Role of an Effective Resident Commissioner
When all other commissioners leave their monthly meetings, it is
the resident commissioner who lives and calls public housing
home. The role of a commissioner is far more than a prestige
honor bestowed upon an individual. More specifically, the role of
the resident commissioner holds a much higher expectation.
Learn how to leverage the voice of residents and garner greater
support for the needs of your community.
Fasten your seats for this awesome speaker Billie Griffin is sure to
spark if not turn your passion up a few notches.
Presenter:
Billie Griffin
Tactical Ministries
Tampa Housing Authority
Resident Commissioner
**Residents Lifetime Achievement Awards Gala**
REGISTER ONLINE: http://www.canilive.org/RCLC
The Premier Legislative
Can I Live Resident Association
Conference RESIDENT
for Residents
of
COUNCIL
2015 LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE
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Register Today- www.canilive.org/rclc
Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities
Can I Live offers a variety of sponsorship opportunities suitable for small and large
organizations. Sponsors of the RCLC 2015 will gain visibility for their firms or
companies, demonstrate their support for Resident Organizations in facilitating the
national voice and exposure of residents as they gain a seat at the table to influence
the communities that they call home.
If you would like more information regarding sponsorship for the RCLC 2015,
please contact Charles Griffin, Director of Business Development, at
charlesgriffin@canilive.org
The Litchfield Beach and Golf Resort is perfectly located in the
beautiful Litchfield Beach/Pawleys Island section of the Grand
Strand. This location affords guest easy access to all the sights
and sounds of Myrtle Beach, yet still offers that relaxed, secluded
feeling.
Hotel Accommodations
Litchfield Beach and Golf Resort
14276 Ocean Hwy | Pawleys Island, SC 29585
http://www.litchfieldbeach.com/
The conference fee does not include accommodations. A block
o f sleeping rooms has been reserved at the Litchfield Beach and
Golf Resort, at discounted rates.
The group rate for a Deluxe Suite (for single or double
occupancy) is $145.00 (including taxes, fees and breakfast).
The special hotel rate is available from Friday, November 15,
2014 through Wednesday, April 1, 2015.
Reservations must be made by Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in
order to receive the group rate. Room rates are available on a
first-come, first-served basis until room block is filled. The hotel
will continue to accept reservations after this date only on a
space available basis, at the prevailing rates, not at the Can I Live
group rate.
For more information about booking your room
at the Litchfield Beach and Golf Resort, please visit web site at
Conference Sponsorships
Platinum
Sponsor
gold Sponsor
Sponsorship Entitlements
($10,000)
($5,000)
(one available)
Logo placement and link on
X
X
Conference Web site
Logo placement on
X
X
marketing materials
Identification as sponsor on
X
X
name badge
Inclusion of collateral in
X
X
conference attendee kit
Full page firm profile in
X
Conference Program booklet
Banner ad with sponsor logo
X
on conference Web site
Sponsor named in
conference announcements
X
X
and press release
Number of complimentary
registrations and Awards
3
2
Gala Dinner tickets
Complimentary display
X
X
booth at conference
Remarks by Sponsor at
conference opening and
X
closing sessions
Custom opportunities
X
available
Silver Sponsor
($3,500)
X
X
X
X
1
X
In addition, Conference Event Sponsorships (Awards Dinner, Residents Reception,
Resident Social, Networking Lunches, Networking Break, and Breakfast) and
Conference Product Sponsorships (Conference Documentation or Conference Bag)
are available, with varying benefits. Download the full prospectus:
http://www.canilive.org/RCLC-2015-Sponsorship, or contact Charles Griffin
(charlesgriffin@canilive.org ) to request the prospectus.
http://www.litchfieldbeach.com/accommodations/
Lifetime Achievement
Leadership Awards
Gala~ May 19, 2015
Spend the evening celebrating the life and
legacy of Bertha Gilkey, Mildred Harvey
and Kimi Gray.
Hosted By Invited Guest of Honor
Cynthia Wiggins
REGISTER ONLINE: http://www.canilive.org/RCLC
For more information on the Resident Council Legislative Conference :
Email: toniascott@canilive.org • Phone Number: (919) 9 4 9 .0 4 2 7 • Fax Number: (877) 810-1347
REGISTER ONLINE: http://www.canilive.org/RCLC
UNITED WE STAND–DIVIDED WE’RE HOMELESS!
The Lifetime Achievement Leadership Awards | The Resident Council Scholarship Giveaway…
The Section 3 Symposium
Million Moms March on Washington | One Million Moms Off Welfare by 2025 Initiative
The Entertainment, Music and Delicious Food!
For more information on the Resident Council Legislative Conference :
Email: toniascott@canilive.org • Phone Number: (919) 9 4 9 .0 4 2 7 • Fax Number: (877) 810-1347
REGISTER ONLINE: http://www.canilive.org/RCLC