2019 Anchor Collaborative Convening: New Orleans, LA
From January 16th to 18th, 2019 the second Anchor Collaborative Convening brought together 55 leaders and champions of anchor collaboratives from 25 communities across the US and Canada. The Democracy Collaborative would like to extend our immense gratitude to New Orleans Business Alliance (NOLABA), The Annie E. Casey Foundation, and to all of our participants who brought thoughtful, fun and creative energy throughout. The full report of the event can be viewed here: https://democracycollaborative.org/content/january-2019-anchor-collaborative-convening
What we did together
This was no ordinary conference. The leaders and conveners of place-based collaboratives came together to advance their work and unpack the varied and shared challenges that each of us face when building more inclusive, equitable, and participatory economic cities throughout the world. Over the course of three days in New Orleans we:
- Toured multiple New Orleans neighborhoods to learn about how NOLABA, partner organizations, and local anchor institutions are collaborating for positive change throughout the city
- Shared the values that drive our work and connect our anchor collaboratives across the country and globe
- Launched four Working Groups focused on priorities identified in the previous Anchor Collaborative Convening: Success Factors for Anchor Collaboratives, Case Studies, Community of Early Practice, and Strategies to Get to Systems Change
- Engaged eight dynamic anchor collaborative leaders during Ignite Talks to hear stories from Richmond, Baltimore, New York Metro Region, Toronto, London, Memphis, Poughkeepsie, and the Twin Cities.
- Learned about the innovative anchor strategy being implemented and coordinated by the New Orleans Business Alliance
- Shared experiences, questions, and insights through peer coaching to help each other overcome barriers and move toward new ways of understanding and articulating challenges in advancing local, collaborative anchor strategies
- Identified tangible next steps that can be carried forward in our local communities
- Elevated the uniqueness of all of our work, celebrated our successes, and shared lessons learned
Participants
In the months leading up to the convening, our team reached out to place-based multi-anchor collaboratives tat are working to make an impact within their communities.
At the Anchor Collaborative Convening, representatives from anchor collaboratives from the following cities:
At the Anchor Collaborative Convening, you will meet representatives from anchor collaboratives from the following cities:
Event Partners
At the Anchor Collaborative Convening, representatives from anchor collaboratives from the following cities:
At the Anchor Collaborative Convening, you will meet representatives from anchor collaboratives from the following cities:
- Augusta, Georgia
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Buffalo, New York
- Cayuga County, New York
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Denver, Colorado
- Memphis, Tennessee
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- New York City, New York
- Northern Virginia
- Poughkeepsie, New York
- London, England
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Richmond, Virginia
- Rochester, New York
- South Florida (Miami-Dade & Broward Counties)
- Tacoma, Washington
- Toledo, Ohio
- Toronto, Canada
- Washington, DC
Event Partners
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