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Conference focuses on public good objectives, goals
Alison Shaw
Issue date: 2/20/07 Section: News
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At the Public Good Conference, held in the Driscoll Ballroom last Friday, over 180 participants shared their ideas for public good projects and reiterated the value that DU places on public good in the Denver community.
Those attending discussed public good projects and efforts on defining and organizing public good efforts.
"The goal of the conference is to get a group of people together to work collaboratively to solve salient issues," said Glenn Fee, associate director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL).
The conference consisted of an early morning poster session put on by sophomore Pioneer Leadership Program students introducing their Community Change Initiative plans, the service endeavors that make up the core of their sophomore curriculum.
Proceeding the poster session was a series of information sessions, ranging in subject matter from students organizing for change to projects addressing the issue of the high price of textbooks.
In addition to these sessions, conference attendees had the option of attending panel and roundtable discussions on issues imperative to the understanding of public good. Specifically, defining public good, what public good means on the DU campus and how members of the community are currently engaging in public good work.
The keynote speaker at lunch was Jamie Van Leeuwen, the project manager for Denver's Road Home and key contributor to the 10-year plan to end homelessness in Denver.
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