The annual USC Center for Social Innovation Center conference magnifies the impact of social innovators by bringing them together with change leaders from around the world in a common pursuit of equality of opportunity for children and families in marginalized urban communities. Corporate, nonprofit, public sector, and foundation leaders will delve into innovative strategies for leveraging capital sufficient in scale to significantly reduce concentrated poverty and improve social mobility in marginalized communities.
This day-and-a-half conference convenes a multi-disciplinary team of nationally and internationally-recognized scholars and practitioners to illuminate innovative strategies around value capture for local governments, state and regional tax approaches, Pay-for-Success/social impact bonds, comprehensive community initiatives, connecting communities to 21st century jobs, social entrepreneurship and social change and federal Promise Zones.
Panelists:
Terri Ludwig
President & CEO
Enterprise Community Partners
Gary Painter
Professor and Director of Social Policy
USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation
Ernesto Cortes
National Co-Director, Industrial Areas Foundation
Adjunct Professor, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Esther Wee
Head of Marketing and CRA Officer
Cathay Bank
Raphael Bostic
Bedrosian Chair in Governance and the Public Enterprise
Professor, USC Price
