::MARCH conference::

REGISTRATION: 8:30 – 9:00
SESSION 1: 9:00-11:30
	Welcome: Provost Roger Dennis, Rutgers-Camden The Honorable Gwendolyn Faison, City of Camden Setting the Course for the Day: Howard Gillette, Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities, Rutgers-Camden Dean Margaret Marsh, Rutgers-Camden Carl Anthony, The Ford Foundation Richard Goodwin, The Goodwin Foundation The Legacy of Decline: “Seeing the Postindustrial City” The Ford Foundation has supported New York photographer and MacArthur Foundation fellow Camilo Jose Vergara to create a resource for visualizing the postindustrial city — www.invinciblecities.com — which together with the publication of Camden After the Fall by Howard Gillette, offer new resources for assessing the effects of postindustrial decline on its own terms, free of the prejorative labels too often applied to such areas.
	MODERATOR:	Wendell Pritchett, University of Pennsylvania Law School
	PRESENTER:	Camilo José Vergara, Author/Artist
	COMMENTING:	Robert Beauregard, The New School Sheila Foster, Fordham University Law School Rick Malloy, S.J., St. Joseph’s University
LUNCH: Noon – 1:00
SESSION II: 1:00 – 2:00
	Clarifying the Present: “Alternatives for Urban Revitalization in the 21st Century” David Rusk evaluates presumptions behind Camden recovery efforts to date and alternatives for achieving more effective long-term results. Jeremy Nowak offers a rejoinder, reminding us of the importance of making Camden a premier location for residence and work once again.
	PRESENTERS:	David Rusk, Urban Critic, Washington, D.C. Jeremy Nowak, The Reinvestment Fund, Philadelphia
SESSION III: 2:00 – 4:00
	Charting the Future: Forging the Elements for a Vital City and Region How is the contemporary Camden recovery effort doing? What alternatives should be pursued? Representatives of area organizations deeply involved in recovery efforts provide their own assessments.
	MODERATOR:	Richard Harris, Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs, Rutgers-Camden
	PANELISTS:	Stephen Dragos, Greater Camden Partnership Roy Jones, South Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance Sharon Miller, Camden City Public Safety Council Rosa Ramirez, Camden Churches Organized for People Olga Pomar, South Jersey Legal Services Paul Scully, New Jersey Regional Alliance Rick Taylor, Pennsauken Township
THE INAUGURAL RICHARD C. GOODWIN LECTURE IN HONOR OF ETHEL LAWRENCE: 4:30
	Regional Equity: The Civil Rights Cause for the 21st Century (reception follows) In its historic ruling in the Mount Laurel housing cases, the New Jersey Supreme Court required a regional solution to ensuring every community provides its “fair share” of affordable housing. Revisiting the effort initiated by Ethel Lawrence as the original plaintiff in the cases, john a. powell sets forth a new agenda for city and region for the new century.
	SPEAKER:	Professor john a. powell, Executive Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Ohio State University
	LOCATION:	Gordon Theater, 324 Linden Street (Third Street, between Cooper Street and Benjamin Franklin Bridge) Camden, NJ