We are planning the fifth Building Creative Communities Conference: The Art of Storytelling, Community Building and Social Change. It will take place in Cotton Hall Feb 3-6. The Keynote speaker will be Dr. Robertson Work, former Under-Secretary of Local Governance at the United Nations. Dr. Work has 30 years experience in community development in the U.S., Central and South America before going to the UN. By popular demand Richard Geer will return for the fifth time to lead the Story Cirlces which culminate in an evening Cabaret. Dr. Tim Chapin, Chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning will bring faculty to speak on Community Building to Effect Change, Creating Special Places and Building Community Values. The third track will be the Art of Social Change which will be led by Jan Sanders and Robertson Work. Jan is presently in Nepal for 6 weeks working with local communities. We welcome Jan back for her fourth conference with us. Also, we will be featuring a panel on Global Issues around water culminating with a Water Blessing. Another panel will be best practices of communities the Swamp Gravy Institute has consulted with, ie, Valley, AL. and Perkerston, LA.
What a jam packed and fun conference this will be. Registration will be limited to 75 people.
See website http://www.bccconference.com/.
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