8:30 a.m. – Breakfast in the YMI main hall
9 a.m. – Invocation and Welcome
9:10-10 a.m. – Breakout Sessions 1
(choose one when you check in)
- Financial Literacy: Understanding Credit/Avoiding Predatory Loans
- Location: Gallery, YMI Cultural Center
- Building Wealth: Preparing for and Buying a Home
- Location: The Block off Biltmore
- Cooperative Business Models: Starting a Worker-Owned Coop
- Location: Ray Auditorium, YMI Cultural Center
- Community: New Innovative Nonprofit Models for Local Economic Development
- Location: The Sanctuary, Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
10:10-11 a.m. – Breakout Sessions 2
(choose one when you check in)
- Financial Literacy: Budgeting and Saving Money
- Location: Gallery, YMI Cultural Center
- Building Wealth: Preparing for and Buying a Home
- Location: The Block off Biltmore
- Cooperative Business Models: Converting to a Coop or Other Cooperative Business Structure
- Location: The Sanctuary, Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
- Community: The Role of Faith Institutions on Local Economic Development
- Location: Ray Auditorium, YMI Cultural Center
11:10 a.m. to noon – Breakout Sessions 3
(choose one when you check in)
- Financial Literacy: Buying a Car
- Location: The Block off Biltmore
- Building Wealth: Starting and Financing a Business
- Location: Gallery, YMI Cultural Center
- Cooperative Business Models: Real World Stories of Cooperative Businesses
- Location: Ray Auditorium, YMI Cultural Center
- Community: The Role of our Youth in Local Economic Development
- Location: The Sanctuary, Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
12:05-12:45 p.m. – Lunch
- Location: Ray Auditorium and Gallery, YMI Cultural Center
- Provided by: Chef Liam and Green Opportunities’ GO Kitchen Ready
12:50-1:30 p.m. – Keynote Speaker: Jessica Gordon Nembhard
- Location: Ray Auditorium, YMI Cultural Center
- Introduction by: Professor Darin Waters, UNCA Department of History
- Malaprop’s will have her book, Collective Courage, available on site at the conference and she will be signing copies during the event.
1:30-1:55 p.m. – Wrap-Up and Raffle
- Location: Ray Auditorium, YMI Cultural Center
- Members of the Bringing it Home Planning Committee
2-3 p.m. – Local Cafe & Neighborhood Economics Working Session
- Local Cafe:
- Location: The Block off Biltmore
- Meet with local technical service providers, as well as a host of organizations providing information, resources, classes, etc.
- Neighborhood Economics Working Session:
- Location: Ray Auditorium, YMI Cultural Center
- Participate in an interactive, fun exploration of new economic development models developed by Neighborhood Economics.
2:15-4:30 p.m. – Hood Huggers International Tours of Traditional African-American Neighborhoods
Location: Meet right outside the YMI Cultural Center- There are two time slots offered, the first starts at 2:15 p.m. and the second begins at 3:30 p.m. Each tour lasts for one hour and can accommodate nine people. Limited space available, in order to reserve your space make sure to get your ticket ahead of time.
- Fee: $20, made payable directly to Hood Huggers International
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