Event will bring together South Florida residents, advocates and experts on health care access, climate resilience, job creation and other topics

What: Multi-sector summit to convene members of the community to create long-term, sustainable solutions to alleviating poverty, with experts sharing successes from models from around the country.

When: Saturday, December 1, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Where: Miami Dade College, Interamerican Campus, Room 401

Who/Confirmed speakers:

• Dr. Darrick Hamilton, professor of economics and urban policy at The New School and incoming executive director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University
• State Sen. Annette Taddeo, District 40
• State Rep. Nicholas Duran, District 112
• State Rep. Kionne McGhee, District 117
• State Rep.-Elect Vance Aloupis, District 115
• Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, Miami Dade County, District 8
• Commissioner Eileen Higgins, Miami Dade County, District 5
• James Murley, Chief Resilience Officer, Miami Dade County
• Hernan Guerrero Applewhite, Housing Development Coordinator, City of Miami
• Dr. Robert Bullard, distinguished professor of urban planning at Texas Southern University and award-winning environmental justice author
• Todd Leverette, Cooperative Conversions Program Manager at the Democracy at Work Institute
• Andy Posner, Founder & CEO of the Capital Good Fund
• Jonathan Schleifer, executive director of The Fairness Project
• Mireya Eavey, The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce/CareerEdge Funders Collaborative
• Laura Hunter, Senior Vice President for Program Planning and Business Development for Jackson Health System
• Sheri Colas-Gervais, Vice President, Economic Development and Urban Initiatives at Miami-Dade Beacon Council
• Al Dotson, Jr., Managing Partner-Elect at Bilzin Sumberg
• Natalie Castellanos, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Health Foundation of South Florida

Why: To create equitable, collaborative, and sustainable solutions to South Florida’s challenges in healthcare access, job creation, and affordable housing to create a more resilient Miami-Dade County.