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  • Last month, an important transition occurred at an organization incubated by one of our former Kresge presidential fellows: the Center for Community.
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    Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy

    CLOSUP Lecture Series

    Fourth Annual United States-Canada Conference 2013

    Mar 22, 2013, 5:30-8:30 pm EDT

    Weill Hall

    Open to the Public Dr. Henry Pollack, Professor Emeritus of Geophysics at the University of Michigan, and Tom Clynes, contributing editor at Popular Science, will deliver the keynote speech for the Fourth Annual U.S.-Canada Policy Conference, hosted by the Domestic Policy Corps and the International Policy Students Association. The 2013 conference, entitled "Planning for 2050: North American Policy for the Future of the Arctic," will focus on U.S. and Canadian Arctic policy, including issues related to the environment, national security, energy, and commerce.

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    Rust Belt Reporter

    The decline and resurgence of a storied Midwestern city as seen through the eyes of a seasoned journalist, union activist, and Detroit devotee.

    Reflecting on his life's work as a reporter, including thirty-two years with the Detroit Free Press, reporter John Gallagher merges memoir with an insider's konto of the challenges facing Detroit and other Rust Belt cities, as well as the tensions inre local newsrooms throughout the country.

    Beginning with Gallagher's first job in 1974 in Chicago, with subsequent stops in Rochester and Syracuse, New York, this witty and exciting chronicle details his experiences behind the scenes, breaking major news stories over the decades that followed. From the early days when reporters called in stories on pay phones to today's revenue-generating affiliate commissions, his memoir serves as a documentary of this turbulent journalistic era. Gallagher's career intersected many notable events, including the troubled Kilpatric

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    The Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy at the University of Southern California, in partnership with The Kresge Foundation, has undertaken an inquiry into the revitalization of cities in 21st century America.

    Drawing explicitly on Detroit—and considering how approaches there might benefit other cities facing similar urban challenges—policy makers, thought leaders, and practitioners met for an important discussion exploring:

    • The enabling conditions necessary to help stabilize cities and neighborhoods;
    • Tactics that build economic, social and political momentum;
    • How philanthropy, the nonprofit sector and government can ignite partnerships and investments that create lasting change; and
    • Emerging leadership models for urban transformation.

    The forum took place in downtown Los Angeles on May 4-5, 2016.

    Philanthropy’s Catalytic Role

    How can philanthropy catalyze cross sector collaboration in Detroit and other cities? What is the role of philanthropy in s