Making Every Voice Matter national conference

Cities and towns across the country are giving people a voice in decisions that affect their lives. From building racial equity to improving education to reducing poverty, everyday people are at the center of creating community change. Everyday Democracy’s 2008 national conference will provide a space for these communities to share and learn what it takes to make every voice matter in creating and sustaining change. Sessions will cover a variety of topics, including:

• Creating equitable opportunity and access among racial and ethnic groups. Better understand “embedded racism” and its effects on a community’s effort to address a public problem. Learn how communities are creating pathways to promote racial equity.
• Moving the dialogue to action. Talking the talk isn’t enough. You have to walk the talk. Learn the importance of building change into a program’s goals and supporting program actions.
• Resourcing and evaluating program efforts. Get help in identifying possible assets and resources needed to accomplish program action ideas. Understand the impact of a program by using concrete evaluation tools.
• Enhancing a dialogue-to-change effort by using various civic processes. Expand your toolbox to include other processes to achieve change.

Conference Program is now available

Conference Schedule:

Registration and Hotel Information:

Registration is now open

* Youth under the age of 18 must be chaperoned.

The Renaissance Denver Hotel 

Hotel reservations must be made by May 22 to receive the Everyday Democracy room rate of $110. Enter "scrscra" to receive our group room rate.

Place to Go and Things to Do in Denver:

• Comcast La Piazza dell'Arte
  Larimer Arts Association
  June 7-8, 2008
  
  

  Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre

• Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods, Inc.
  June 7-8, 2008
  
• Colorado Renaissance Festival
  June 14-August 3, 2008
  

• The Brown Palace Hotel

• The Colorado History Museum

  

  The sky terrace at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science offers this view of the City Park and the Denver skyline against the Rocky Mountains.

• Denver Art Museum

• Denver Botanic Gardens

• Denver Museum of Nature and Science

• Elitch Gardens Theme Park

• Lo-Do

• Red Rocks Concerts

• The Tattered Cover bookstore