Date: July 18, 2009
Time: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Location: Chapman Conference Center
Miami-Dade College, Wolfson Campus
Building 3, 2nd Floor, NE 4th St. between NE 2nd Ave. & Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL

REGISTER NOW! (deadline July 10)
agenda | kids activities (pdf) | presenter bios | overview (pdf)
Application for Parent Discount (pdf) | Guidelines for Pitch-Your-Project Contest (win $500!) (pdf)
Limited # of Exhibitor Spaces Available (Exhibitor Package) (pdf)

The second in a three-year series, our Imagine Miami Changemaker Conference II on July 18 focuses on the power of place. Learn how to create and sustain the public spaces that build community – from community gardens to family-friendly parks and city blocks! And learn how to find information about your community that can help you advocate for change, engage other community members and develop communities that work for the people who live there.

Pitch-Your-Project: Have a great idea to improve a public space, like a community garden, a tree-planting block party, a new playground or new program for a local park? Enter our Pitch Your Project contest (winner receives $500!). You have until July 6 (DEADLINE EXTENDED!) to submit a one-page proposal to create/improve a local public space. During the conference, attendees will vote for one of ten semi-finalist proposals. The three finalists will have five minutes each to pitch their project during the conference, with additional time to answer questions from a panel of judges and conference attendees.

Pitch-Your-Project judges include Charles Auslander of The Children's Trust, Kris Smith of the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities and Cynthia Nikitin. If interested, download the contest guidelines.

Presented by the Human Services Coalition

We thank our generous funders for making this event possible:

Thanks also to Miami Dade College & uVuvideo.org for their in-kind support.