2025 Rooting Out Poverty Conference

Today's a good day to fight Poverty!

2025 Rooting Out Poverty Conference. 

Date: April 3, 2025

Time: 8am - 4pm

Location: Rhythm City Casino Resort, Davenport, Iowa

$60 per person or a table of 8 for $450.  Register by Monday, March 24, 2025!

Hotel Rooms will be available at Rhythm City for April 2, 2025, and April 3, 2025. Deluxe King Rooms are $112/night and Double Queen Rooms are $122/night. Booking information will be made available soon.  Reservations can be made by calling 563-328-8000 or toll free 1-844-852-4386. Please ask for the "Project NOW Group Rate". 

Please contact Katie Resig, 309-429-3272, with any questions.  

Agenda

8 - 9am   Breakfast & Networking

9am        Program Begins 

• Opening Remarks with Dwight L. Ford, Project NOW President/CEO
• Poverty in the QCA: The American Myth on Twelve Dollars Per Day with Roger Pavey- President Illinois Community Action
• The Merger: Employing the Best Proven Practices of the Corporate and Non-Profit Sectors to End Poverty with Harold Rice, Jr. -CEO Community & Economic Development Association of Cook County, Inc. (CEDA)
• BREAK
• Level UP update with Moline Mayor, Sangeetha Rayaputi & Moline Alderman-at- Large, James Patrick Schmidt
• Bruised Roses & Broken Pieces of Concrete:  Lesson Learned from Barrier-Breaking Programs which Create Community and Help Lift Youth Up and Out of Poverty Erica Hughes- Juvenile Redeploy Program Administrator at the Department of Human Services, Margarita Mojica-One by One Co-Founder & Marlon Ganaway-Homeless to Ownership Co-Founder
• LUNCH
• Lunch Presentation - Big Ideas & Bold Innovation: The Role of Social Innovation in Ending Poverty and Expanding Opportunities with Dr. Kit Ford- Founder Argrow's House & Autistic & Loved
• BREAK
• Sick of Being Poor: Confronting the Public Health Challenge of Poverty through Information Sharing, Building Public Will and Better Public Policy -2024 Community Health Assessment Report: Tom Bowman CEO of Community Health Care, Inc., Nicole Carkner-Executive Director Quad City Health Initiative & Brooke Barnes-Deputy Director Scott County Public Health Department.  Moderator:  Kai Swanson, Special Assistant to the President of Augustana College
• All Hands on Deck:  Collectively Confronting the Rising Tide of Homelessness in an Era of Unaffordable Housing, Limited Housing Stock, and Vulnerable Human Services Frank Roe-Executive Director Christian Care, Ron Lund-Chief Operations Officer Project NOW, Neddi Watts- Community Services Director Tri-County Opportunities Council & Cecelia Bailey-Executive Director Quad Cities Open Network.  
• A time for Social Networking is allotted at the end of the day for those that would like to continue conversations.