Third-Annual Changing the Tide Diversity Workshop

"The Challenge and Opportunity of Rowing Outreach"

Co-hosted by Georgetown University and the USRowing Task Force on Accessibility, Affordability and Diversity

Diversity Workshop Addresses Challenges (posted 2/17/09)

USRowing Spotlight: David Banks  (posted 2/3/09)

Presentation Materials

Simon Dickie's -- The ARA Youth and Community Outreach Programme 1996-2009 (pdf version)

Simon Dickie's -- The ARA Youth and Community Outreach Programme 1996-2009 (PowerPoint version)

Friday, February 13 , 2009

Evening Reception at Potomac Boat Club

Remarks by 2008 Olympic Oarsman David Banks

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Location: Copley Formal, Georgetown University

For directions to Georgetown Campus click here.

Parking on Campus:

Parking is free on the weekends. We suggest parking in the Southwest Quadrangle parking garage . It is a short walk to Copley Formal Lounge from the garage.

Southwest Quad Garage:

From the hotel take Wisconsin Avenue M Street and make a right. Go straight past the KeyBridge as M Street changes to Canal road (You will pass an EXXON gas station on the right.). After you pass the gas station, make the first right about 1/4 miles from the station. Make the next right into the Southwest Quadrangle parking garage. Click here for more directions to the Southwest Quad Garage.

Copley Formal Lounge (Copley Hall):

From the parking garage in Southwest Quad: Take the elevator to the first floor, which is ground level. Exit the elevator and the building. Turn right and walk to the end of the path. Turn left and continue across the street and up the hill on Library Walk. At the end of the road turn left. The first building to your left is Healy Hall and the second building is Copley Hall. The entrance is on the right side of the building facing Red Square. Click here to see Copley Hall on the campus map.

Break out sessions will be held in the InterculturalCenter on campus which is behind Copley Hall and across the Red Square. Click here to see the InterculturalCenter on the campus map.

Key Spearkers:

Jay Coakley, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado

Simon Dickie, Youth and Community Manager of the Amateur Rowing Association of Great Britain

Uwe Brandes, Managing Director of Initiatives at the Urban Land Institute

Glen O’Gilvie, CEO of the Center for Nonprofit Advancement.

Greg Roberts, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Muhammad Ali Center

Steve Stenersen, President and CEO of US Lacrosse

Breakout Presentations:

Sessions include The Issues of Stand-Alone “Outreach” Crews; Conversations on Race, Class and Rowing; The Politics of Rowing, Community Organizing and Waterfront Development; Integrating an Existing Crew Program; Conversations on Fundraising and Development; and Creating a Summer Outreach Program.

Agenda

The workshop doors open at Copley Formal on the Georgetown University campus at 8:00 AM on Saturday, February 14.

8:00 -  9:00AM – Registration and Breakfast (pick up your name tag and enjoy a continental style breakfast while getting to know those around you).

9:00 - 10:30 AM – Keynote address by Jay Coakley (professor emeritus University of Colorado and author of the textbook Sports in Society).

10:30 - 11:30 AM – Simon Dickie, Youth & Community Manager of the Amateur Rowing Association of Great Britain.

11:45AM - 12:45 PM – The Challenge of Fundraising (Bruce Smith of Community Rowing Inc., Amanda Kraus of Row New York, Greg Roberts of the Muhammad Ali Center of Louisville, Kentucky, and Glen O’Gilvie of Center for Nonprofit Advancement).

12:45PM – 1:30PM- Lunch in Copley Formal Lounge (sandwich buffet, salad, bottled water and soda).

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM – First Break-Out Discussion Sessions in Intercultural Center:

A-1 The Challenges of Creating a “Stand-Alone” Rowing Program (Richard Butler of Three Rivers RA, Amanda Kraus of Row New York, DeDe Birch of Jack London AC, Montana Butsch of Chicago Training Center and Bruce Smith of CRI)

A-2 Further Conversations on Race, Class and Rowing (Prof. Jay Coakley)

A-3 Rowing, Community Organizing and Waterfront Development (Uwe Brandes of Urban Land Institute, Kelley O’Connell of Capital RC, and Jim Connolly)

 2:45 PM to 3:45 PM – Second Break-Out Discussion Sessions:

B-1 Integrating an Existing Crew Program (Richard Butler of Three Rivers RA, Noel Deskins of Wakefield HS, Bryan Tylander, formerly of Woodrow Wilson HS, Craig Spraggins formerly of Yorktown HS, and Dan Herbert of Oakland Strokes).

B-2 Further Conversations on Fundraising (see panel above).

B-3 The Experience of USLacrosse (Steve Stenerson, president of USLacrosse)

B-4 Creating a Summer Outreach Program (Robert Kidd of the Jack London AC, Brittany Riesenberg of the Chesapeake Boathouse, OKC).

4:00PM- Closing remarks from Robert Kidd of the Jack London AC

Click here to register .

Contact: Kelly McGlynn kelly@usrowing.org

Host Hotel:

Holiday Inn
Washington-Georgetown
2101 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-338-4600

*Ask for the U.S. Rowing Assocation rate

Click Here for a map of the Georgetown University campus