Building Pathways Out of Intergenerational Poverty in Cities: How Cities Can Create Opportunity and Advance Economic Mobility

An event of the Bloomberg Center for Cities and The EdRedesign Lab


12:00–1:15 p.m.
Bloomberg Center for Cities, Taubman Third Floor, Harvard Kennedy School

About the Event

In-person event open to Harvard University ID holders. Virtual event open to all. 

How can cities break the cycle of poverty and expand opportunity for every child and family? Join a conversation about how local governments, in collaboration with schools, nonprofits, and community partners, are reimagining systems to promote economic mobility and educational success. Drawing from emerging models, the conversation will highlight how the cities of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Orlando, Florida, in collaboration with community-based partners, are confronting intergenerational poverty, transforming neighborhoods, and driving cradle-to-career place-based efforts through coordinated systems of supports, opportunities, and data-informed decision-making. We will feature the transformative work of the City of Orlando’s Orlando Kidz Zones, the City of Tulsa’s Office of Children, Youth and Families, and ImpactTulsa.

Co-sponsored by the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University and The EdRedesign Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Lunch will be provided at 11:45 a.m. for in-person attendees. Program begins at noon.

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We welcome individuals with accessibility needs to participate in our events. Contact us at cities@harvard.edu to request accommodations or if you have questions.

  • Image credit: ArtReach Orlando commissioned local artists Maureen Hudas, Sabrina Dessalines, and Delia Miller to design and paint the “Art Grows Here” mural in collaboration with ArtReach students.

Speakers

Monroe Nichols

Monroe Nichols

Mayor, city of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Ashley Philippsen

Ashley Harris Philippsen

Executive Director, ImpactTulsa; Director, Mayor’s Office of Children, Youth and Families, city of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Cradle-to-Career Partnership Leader Fellow, The EdRedesign Lab at HGSE

abraham-morris

Abraham Morris

Children, Youth, and Families Division Manager, city of Orlando, Florida

Rob Watson Jr.

Rob Watson (moderator)

Executive Director, The EdRedesign Lab; Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Faculty Affiliate, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University

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