/news-archive/tag/warwick-sabin/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:01:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/03/21/community-development-course/ Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:01:03 +0000 /news/?p=73760 ... Business Innovations Legal Clinic hosts free course on joint ventures in community development]]> The event will be held from 6-8 p.m. in the student lounge on the second floor of Bowen Law School, 1201 McMath Ave. in Little Rock. The course also serves as the launch of the Business Innovation Legal Clinic鈥檚聽鈥淎ccess to Opportunity Handbook Series鈥澛爁or lawyers and community members, along with its first manual,聽鈥淲hen David Partners with Goliath: A Joint Venture Manual for Community Developers.鈥� The discussion will feature a panel of four speakers with backgrounds in community-based development throughout the United States. The speakers include:

• Barry Mallin,聽a New York City attorney with decades of experience representing nonprofits in tax credit transactions. Mallin was the primary author of聽鈥淲hen David Partners with Goliath: A Joint Venture Manual for Community Developers.鈥�
• Christopher Jones, an Arkansas native serving as executive director of the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub and former executive director of the nationally-recognized Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative in Boston.
• Warwick Sabin, senior director of U.S. programs of the Rockefeller Foundation who developed numerous local projects, including the South on Main and Oxford American cluster in Downtown Little Rock and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub in North Little Rock.
• Kim Vu-Dinh,聽visiting professor and director of the Business Innovations Legal Clinic at Bowen, whose past experience includes commercial and residential tax-credit based development in New Orleans. Vu-Dinh served as the primary editor of聽鈥淲hen David Partners with Goliath: A Joint Venture Manual for Community Developers.鈥�

All four speakers will discuss the best practices in community-based real estate developments and their firsthand experiences with projects both in and outside of Arkansas. A question-and-answer session will follow, and each聽attendee will receive a free copy of 鈥淲hen David Partners with Goliath: A Joint Venture Manual for Community Developers.鈥� This free event is open to all attorneys, students, and members of the public. Attorneys can receive two hours of continuing legal education credit. A complimentary meal will be provided by Ayo Foods, LLC, a worker-owned, new, local, business and client of the Business Innovations Legal Clinic.聽 with the number of attendees. The Business Innovations Legal Clinic provides high-quality, pro bono transactional legal counsel to small businesses and nonprofit organizations working in economic development, many of which would not be able to obtain legal assistance otherwise.聽This clinic is funded by a generous grant from the state’s Attorney General鈥檚 Office.]]> /news-archive/2018/10/18/mayoral-forum-thv11/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:20:41 +0000 /news/?p=72360 ... Little Rock mayoral candidates vie for voters in THV11 debate at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock]]> The five men hoping to come out on top at the polls on Nov. 6 in Little Rock鈥檚 mayoral election took to the stage at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall on Oct. 16 to tackle a variety of tough questions on crime, education, jobs, the economy, legalizing marijuana, and more.聽 partnered with 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host the mayoral forum in front of a packed and enthusiastic crowd at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. THV11鈥檚 Amanda Jaeger and Arkansas Business鈥檚 Lance Turner hosted the event. Mayoral candidates Frank Scott Jr., Warwick Sabin, Baker Kurrus, Vincent Tolliver, and Glen Schwarz answered 25 questions submitted to THV11 through an online survey and social media. The questions were divided into five categories, including 鈥淥n The Streets,鈥� 鈥淣ot Politics,鈥� 鈥淏etter Together,鈥� 鈥淩eport Card,鈥� and 鈥淪erve and Protect.鈥� THV11 aired the mayoral forum live on air and on Facebook Live. The entire forum can be. For a quick recap, there is also an . ]]> /news-archive/2018/10/03/mayoral-debate-race-diversity-equity/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:31:05 +0000 /news/?p=72027 ... Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity to co-sponsor mayoral debate on race, diversity, and equity]]> The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity is partnering with the Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission of the City of Little Rock to host a mayoral debate on issues of race, diversity, and equity Thursday, Oct. 11, at Philander Smith College.聽 The debate with the five candidates running for mayor of Little Rock will be from 7-8:30 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. in the M.L. Auditorium of Philander Smith. The mayoral candidates include Frank Scott Jr., Warwick Sabin, Baker Kurrus, Vincent Tolliver, and Glen Schwarz. The debate鈥檚 moderator will pose questions crafted by the partnering organizations and community members. Questions for the debate can be submitted by email to racialandculturaldiversity@gmail.com. The event is also sponsored by the Arkansas Public Policy Panel, Clinton School of Public Service, Philander Smith College, and the Social Justice Institute.]]> /news-archive/2017/11/10/cdo-forum/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:54:20 +0000 /news/?p=68542 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, state leaders attend state鈥檚 first Chief Data Officer forum]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock leaders played a key role in the state鈥檚 first Chief Data Officer forum today at the State Capitol. Chancellor Andrew Rogerson and Dr. Richard Wang, executive director of the Institute for Chief Data Officers, both spoke at the day-long meeting which brought together chief data officers from others states and Arkansas government leaders to discuss data exchange. The Institute for Chief Data Officers is housed at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and is led by Dr. Wang, who is designing the framework for statewide data sharing. Earlier this year, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 912 and created the position of the state鈥檚 chief data office. To fulfill that role, the state partnered with the new Institute of Chief Data officers. 鈥淎s the state鈥檚 metropolitan university, this role of outreach and collaboration is quite fitting with our mission,鈥� Dr. Rogerson said. 鈥淲e want to be community-engaged through meetings and conferences, outcome-based research, advocacy and public policy support, sharing best practices, and building rewarding connections with business and governmental partners on issues just like this one.鈥� Four state agencies – Arkansas Community Correction, Department of Correction, Arkansas Parole Board, and Arkansas Crime Information Center – also signed a public safety interagency agreement to share data during the forum. More interagency partnerships are expected. Pictured (from left): New York Chief Data Officer Todd Harbour; Tennessee chief data officer Jeffrey Kriseman, Texas chief data officer Ed Kelly; State Representative Warwick Sabin; Governor Asa Hutchinson; State Representative Stephen Meeks; Chancellor Andrew Rogerson; and Dr. Richard Wang.  ]]>