| FPWA Conference Explores Real Life Collaborations in the Nonprofit World |
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| Saturday, 17 April 2010 15:00 |
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The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies held its 2010 Annual Conference, titled Real Life Collaborations in the Nonprofit World, on Wednesday, April 14 at New York University’s Kimmel Center for Student Life.
Approximately 220 people attended the event, which featured a morning forum and workshop on collaborations and partnerships. Executives from community-based human services organizations and funding organizations illustrated a variety of collaborative possibilities by discussing their own experiences developing and managing collaborations.
Panelists included Rev. Lezlie Austin-Kennedy, Forestdale; Carol Ban, Isabella Geriatric Center; Ronna Brown, CEO of Philanthropy New York; Judith Kahan, Center Against Domestic Violence; Ruth-Ellen Simmonds, One Stop Senior Services; Sandeep Varma, New York Therapeutic Communities; and Denice Williams, Assistant Commissioner of DYCD. This was followed by an interactive discussion among all attendees, moderated by Melinda Lackey, President of SEED. At the conclusion of the panel, attendees adjourned to a luncheon which featured a keynote address by Dr. Paul C. Light, Professor at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service.
The lunchtime program also included the presentation of Keystone Awards to Sean Delaney, Executive Director of Lawyers Alliance for New York, and Jeanne Stewart, President of the Human Resources Association of New York (HR/NY). The FPWA Keystone Award honors individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the well-being of New Yorkers, and both the Lawyers Alliance for New York and HR/NY were honored in recognition of their pro bono work with FPWA’s member agencies.
FPWA’s network of community based human service organizations and church-based social service programs operate over 1,100 programs in neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs and beyond, and serve an estimated 1.5 million low-income New Yorkers of all ages, ethnicities and denominations each year. |
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