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2011 Fall Forum . . .

 

 

 

 

     Welcome
     Mark Turner, CSLC President and Manager of Public Policy,
     Colorado Nonprofit Association

 

  Colorado’s Changing Demographics

     Elizabeth Garner, State Demographer, Colorado
     Department of Local Affairs

 

     The Underpinnings and Consequences of Increased
     Income Inequality from an Economic Perspective

     Dr. Martin Shields, Associate Professor of Economics,
     Colorado State University

 

     Questions & Discussion

 

     Break with Light Supper

 

Increasing Challenges to Find and Keep a Job that
    Pays a Living Wage

    Julie Kerksick, Director, Office of Economic Security
     Colorado Department of Human Services     

 

 

     Colorado’s Leaky Education Pipeline
     Kim Poast, Associate Deputy Director for Access &
     Student Services, Colorado Dept. of Higher Education

 

     Housing, Community Needs and the Future of our
     Communities — Getting our Message Heard

     Nancy Engelken, Executive Director, Housing Colorado!

                                                                                       
     A Fairer and More Sustainable Tax Structure for the
    Future

     Dr. Phyllis Resnick, University of Denver, Center for
     Colorado's Economic Future

 

     Proposition 103: Temporary Tax Increase for Public
     Education —  Pros & Cons  

     Toni Larson, CSLC Executive Committee, and Executive
     Director, Independent Higher Education of Colorado

     Higher Education

 

     Wrap-up & Adjournment   
     Mark Turner, CSLC President and Manager of Public Policy,
     Colorado Nonprofit Association

 

 

 

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