Upcoming Events

• Monday, May 20, 2013
  Cultivating the Grassroots from the Top Down: Empowerment Talk in Action
  Stanford
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• Thursday, May 23, 2013
  Change for the Next Generation: An Evening of Hope, Justice, and Opportunity
  San Francisco
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• Saturday, June 29
  Celebrate East Palo Alto! 30th Anniversary & Community Festival
  Bell Street Park
  

Past Events

• Saturday, April 27 to Wednesday, May 1, 2013
  American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
  San Francisco
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• Thursday, May 2 to Friday, May 3, 2013
  Education Writers Association 66th Annual Seminar
  Stanford University
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• Thursday, April 11, 2013
  Senior Policy Analyst Sebastian Castrechini presents
  Stemming Remediation in Community College Through Alternative Placement Measures: The John W. Gardner Center's Study of the San Francisco Bridge to Success Program
  Stanford University, CERAS 101
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• Friday, March 15, 2013 - 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
  Founding Director Milbrey McLaughlin and Jorge Ruiz de Velasco present
  Driving Improvement in California's Continuation High Schools
  PACE Seminar Series, Sacramento
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• Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
  How Kids Learn II
  The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
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• Thursday, November 29 - Saturday, December 1
  Associate Director Kara Dukakis and Senior Policy Analyst Sebastian Castrechini present at
  2012 California School Board Association Annual Education Conference & Tradeshow
  Moscone West, San Francisco
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• Saturday, Oct 6, 2012 - 2:15pm - 3:15pm
  Standard of Excellence: How John W. Gardner Inspires a New Generation of Leadership
  
  

  Saturday, Oct 6, 2012 - 2:15pm - 3:15pm

  Standard of Excellence: How John W. Gardner Inspires a New Generation of Leadership

  Cemex Auditorium

  Stanford University

  
  

  Citizen, statesman and teacher, John W. Gardner (1912-2002) continues to inspire individuals and institutions seeking to advance the common good. Join us as a panel of national leaders reflect on the legacy of John W. Gardner at a forum marking the centennial of his birth. Robert L. Joss, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean, Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business will moderate the panel that includes:

  
  

  • Diana Aviv, President and CEO, Independent Sector

  • Robert Edgar, President and CEO, Common Cause

  • Marc Freedman, Founder and CEO, Civic Ventures

  • Milbrey McLaughlin, Founding Director, John W. Gardner Center

  • Timothy Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund

  
  

  Hosted by the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, the Stanford School of Education, the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the Haas Center for Public Service.

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• Wednesday, October 3, 2012
  Senior Policy Analyst Sebastian Castrechini presents at
  California Foster Youth Education Summit
  Special Topics Work Group on School Discipline
  Sacramento
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• Wednesday, September 5, 2012
  Senior Researcher Rebecca London and
  Policy Analyst Monika Sanchez present
  The Canary in the Coal Mine: Chronic Absence as an Effective Early Warning Indicator
  Attendance Works (webinar)
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• Sunday, May 20, 2012
  Celebrating Our Past, Shaping Our Future: A celebration of our diverse Redwood City and North Fair Oaks Communities
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• May 9 – 12, 2012
  2012 Community Schools National Forum
  Scaling Up School and Community Partnerships:
  The Community Schools Strategy
  San Francisco Marriott Marquis
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• May 3 - 5, 2012
  Population Association of America
  2012 Annual Meeting
  San Francisco
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• Wednesday, April 18, 2012
  2012 Stanford Business of Education Symposium:
  Transforming the Student Experience
  5:00 – 9:00pm
  Vidalakis Dining Hall
  Schwab Residential Center
  Stanford University
  

• April 13 – 17, 2012
  American Educational Research Association
  2012 Annual Meeting
  Vancouver, British Columbia
  Details on AERA & More about JGC Presentations