NH Summit on Economic Inclusion and Digital Equity
October 28 - 29, 2019
St. Anselm College, Institute of Politics
Manchester, NH
In collaboration with the New Hampshire Bankers Association, Diversity Workforce Coalition, NH Community Development Finance Authority, NH Department of Education, NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs’ Division of Economic Development, NH School Connectivity Initiative and other partners
Who should attend?
State and local leaders in banking, economic inclusion, education, and philanthropy, as well as those who provide valuable resources for economic and educational opportunity.
Join us on either or both days of this two-day action planning gathering:
- Day One will focus on mobilizing for action to improve pathways to living wage careers (economic inclusion)
- Day Two will focus on efforts started at the 2018 NH Summit to remove digital divide barriers to economic and educational opportunity (digital equity).
Agenda Day One: Economic Inclusion
Goals - Engage participants in:
·Developing a statewide network of diverse cross-sector teams in low- and moderate-income NH communities, from banking, education, philanthropy, housing and workforce development, to identify and address obstacles to economic inclusion in NH.
·Sharing promising and proven practices for Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) investment in an inclusive economy — i.e., affordable housing, financial literacy, financial inclusion and economic inclusion — in low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities.
· - Learning about NH assets that support building a more inclusive, vibrant economy.
· -- Collaboratively developing action plans to foster:
o Improved access to capital, credit and entrepreneurship for underrepresented persons.
o Pathways to banking careers.
o Diversifying the K12 educational workforce, as cornerstone to building a more inclusive future economy.
o Mobilizing communities statewide to ensure full participation in Census 2020.
7:45 – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast and registration
8:15 – 8:20 a.m. Welcome by St. Anselm College
8:20 – 8:30 a.m. Welcome by New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu (invited) onthe importance of full inclusion for a thriving economy
8:30 – 8:40 a.m. Welcome by NH Congressional Delegation Member on importance of thenation's first sustained statewide mobilization for economic inclusion
8:40 – 9:05 a.m. Summit Goals and Framing Remarks by Dr. Robert McLaughlin, executive director, National Collaborative for Digital Equity
9:05 – 9:35 a.m. Panel highlighting effective economic inclusion strategies, moderated by Wildolfo Arvelo, director, division of economic development, NH Dept.of Business and Economic Affairs.
Panelists include: Laurel Adams (invited), executive director, Regional Economic Development Center; Dr. Charles Desmond (invited), executive director, Inversant; Dr. Mary Ford,
dean of education, Southern New Hampshire University; Katy Easterly Martey, executive director, Community Development Finance Authority; Tina Sharby, executive director (invited),
Diversity Workforce Coalition; and Ulrike Smith, CRA compliance officer, Franklin Savings Bank.
9:05 – 9:25 a.m. Panel discussion
9:25 – 9:35 a.m. Q &A
9:35 – 10:45 a.m. Roundtable discussion: identifying greatest local challenges to building a fully inclusive local economy
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. Roundtables report-out on their key economic inclusion challenges
11:15 – 12:30 p.m. Concurrent sessions on promising and proven bank Community Reinvestment
Act-supported strategies for:
§ Affordable housing: facilitated by Gonzalo Puigbo, vice president, People's United Bank
§ Financial literacy: facilitated by Joseph Murray (invited), vice president for public affairs, Fidelity Investments
§ Financial inclusion: Dr. Charles Desmond, CEO, Inversant
§ Economic inclusion: TBD
Digital equity: co-facilitated by Ulrike Smith, CRA compliance officer, Franklin Savings Bank, and Dr. Robert McLaughlin, executive director, NCDE,
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch and Resource Showcase
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Concurrent workgroup sessions exploring strategies for:
- Strengthening access to capital, credit and technical assistance for diverse entrepreneurs: Katy Easterly Martey, executive director, Community Development Finance Authority
- Building pathways into banking careers: facilitated by Ryan Hale, government and member relations, New Hampshire Bankers Association
- Diversifying the K12 educational workforce: co-facilitated by Dr. Mary Ford, dean of education, Southern New Hampshire University; Dr. Blake West, senior policy analysts, National Education Association; and Dr. Al Rabanera, 2016 Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence Recipient.
- Pathways into living wage careers: co-facilitated by Dr. Wildolfo Arvelo, director, economic development, New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs; Tina Sharby (invited), executive director, Diversity Workforce Coalition; and Rick Lumadue (invited), associate director, Skills Commons
- Census 2020 – ensuring everyone counts and is counted: facilitated ed by TBD
- Mapping economic inclusion asset providers and disseminating about them to LMI individuals, families and communities: co-facilitated by Kristin Crandall (invited), director for business development, PolicyMap; and Fay Rubin, director of NH GRANIT
3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Regional Networking: identifying resources and next steps to address local economic inclusion challenges
4:15 - :4:35 p.m. Report-Out on regional network recommendations
4:35 – 4:40 pm. Wrap-up
Summit Partners
American Association of School Administrators
Appapedia
Economic Vitality New Hampshire
Diversity Workforce Coalition
Franklin Savings Bank
MERLOT
National Collaborative for Digital Equity
New England School Library Association
New Hampshire Bankers Association
New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority
New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs, Division of Economic Development
New Hampshire Department of Education
New Hampshire GRANIT
New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension Partnership
New Hampshire School Administrators Association
New Hampshire School Connectivity Initiative
New Hampshire Society for Technology in Education
SkillsCommons
NH Summit on Digital Equity
October 29th, 2019
St. Anselm College, Institute on Politics
Manchester, NH
Agenda Day Two: Digital Equity
Goals - Engage participants in:
- Strengthening and expanding a statewide network of diverse cross-sector teams in low- and moderate-income NH communities, from banking, education, philanthropy, housing and workforce development to identify and address digital divide barriers to full economic inclusion.
- Sharing promising and proven practices for Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) investment in digital equity — i.e., affordable access to broadband, computers, tech support, content for educational and economic opportunity, software/apps, and librarian support — in low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities.
- Learning about NH assets that support each digital equity dimension.
- Collaboratively developing action plans to foster:
- Affordable access for every LMI household statewide to affordable broadband.
- Scaling refurbishment and donation of recent computers for use by LMI individuals and families.
- Strengthening tech and librarian support for LMI learners of all ages.
- Affordable access to essential resources for educational and economic opportunity (financial literacy, skill development materials for in-demand living wage jobs, etc.)
- Mobilizing communities statewide to ensure full participation in Census 2020.
7:45 – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast and registration
8:15 – 8:20 a.m. Welcome by St. Anselm College
8:20 – 8:30 a.m. Welcome by Wildolfo Arvelo, director of economic development, NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs, on the importance of full inclusion for a thriving and fair economy
8:30 – 8:40 a.m. Welcome by NH Congressional Delegation Member on importance of the nation’s first sustained statewide mobilization for digital equity for all LMI learners
8:40 – 9:00 a.m. Summit Goals and Framing Remarks by Dr. Robert McLaughlin, executive director, National Collaborative for Digital Equity
9:00 – 9:35 a.m. Keynote address: "Improving Digital Inclusion with the Community Reinvestment Act", by Barry Wides, deputy comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Treasury Department
9:00 – 9:25 a.m. Keynote
9:25 – 9:35 a.m. Q & A
9:35 – 10:45 a.m. Roundtable discussion: identifying greatest challenges to removing key digital divide barriers in LMI communities.
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. Roundtables report-out on their key digital divide challenges
11:15 – 12:30 p.m. Concurrent interactive sessions (offered twice) highlighting promising and proven bank and foundation investment strategies for:
- Broadband: facilitated by Carol Miller, director of broadband technology, division of economic development, New Hampshire Department. of Business and Economic Affairs.
- Refurbished and new computers: Ulrike Smith, CRA Compliance Officer, Franklin Savings Bank
- Tech Support and Librarian Support: co-facilitated by Ethel Gaides, NCDE director of technology support capacity development and Susan Ballard, NCDE vice-president and director of library services and partnership development
- High quality content for educational and economic opportunity: Dr. Richard Lumadue (invited), senior manager and customer relations, SkillsCommons,org; and Michael Boehm (invited), educational sales, Rosen Classroom/Lightsail.
- Software/apps: Dr. Robbie Melton, director, educational apps and open educational resources, NCDE
- Everyone Counts – fostering full participation in Census 2020: facilitated by TBD
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch and Resource Showcase
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Concurrent interactive sessions highlighting promising and proven bank and foundation investment strategies
- Broadband: facilitated by Carol Miller, director of broadband technology, division of economic development, New Hampshire Department. of Business and Economic Affairs.
- Refurbished and new computers: Ulrike Smith, CRA Compliance Officer, Franklin Savings Bank
- Tech Support and Librarian Support: co-facilitated by Ethel Gaides, NCDE director of technology support capacity development and Susan Ballard, NCDE vice-president and director of library services and partnership development
- High quality content for educational and economic opportunity: Dr. Richard Lumadue (invited), senior manager and customer relations, SkillsCommons,org; and Michael Boehm (invited), educational sales, Rosen Classroom/Lightsail.
- Software/apps: Dr. Robbie Melton, director, educational apps and open educational resources, NCDE
- Everyone Counts – fostering full participation in Census 2020: facilitated by TBD
3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Regional Networking: identifying resources and next steps to address local digital divide challenges
4:15 - 4:35 p.m. Report-Out on regional network recommendations
4:35 – 4:40 pm. Wrap-up
Summit Partners
American Association of School Administrators
Appapedia
Economic Vitality New Hampshire
Franklin Savings Bank
MERLOT
National Collaborative for Digital Equity
New England School Library Association
New Hampshire Bankers Association
New Hampshire Community Development Authority
New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs, Division of Economic Development
New Hampshire Department of Education
New Hampshire GRANIT
New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension Partnership
New Hampshire School Administrators Association
New Hampshire School Connectivity Initiative
New Hampshire Society for Technology in Education
SkillsCommons
