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Live Coverage: 19th Annual David N. Dinkins Leadership & Public Policy Forum

Posted by Kaitlyn Wells 
· Thursday, April 7th, 2016 
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The 19th Annual David N. Dinkins Leadership & Public Policy Forum is taking place today at Columbia University’s Alfred Lerner Hall. The yearly gathering continues to serve as an important vehicle for discussing major urban policy issues. Today’s event features The Honorable Loretta E. Lynch, 83rd Attorney General of the United States, who will be presenting a keynote address on 21st Century Policing and Criminal Justice Reform. Throughout the morning we’ll be posting tweets from the event. So check back regularly to see what’s going on, or watch it live through the livestream video below.

 

That’s it! We hope you enjoyed following along with us today during the forum.

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Live Coverage: David N. Dinkins Leadership & Public Policy Forum

Posted by Kaitlyn Wells 
· Wednesday, April 29th, 2015 

dinkins forumToday, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST, we’ll be posting content from the 18th Annual David N. Dinkins Leadership & Public Policy Forum. So bookmark this post, and check back later this morning for tweets, images, commentary and speech excerpts from the event.

Why should you tune in? Well, for the past 20 years, this annual forum has addressed many of the challenging issues including education, the environment, labor, tourism, immigration and fiscal crises that successful and urban ecosystems must contend with. It’s named for the 106th Mayor of the nation’s largest city and the first African American Mayor elected in New York City, the David N. Dinkins Leadership & Public Policy Forum provides a vehicle for analysis, focus and dialogue around the dynamic elements of urban policies, programs, and initiatives.

And, oh yeah, Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th United States Secretary of State; Former United States Senator from New York, will be giving the keynote address. (So check back here at 9:30 a.m. for the latest coverage, and go here to watch the Forum LIVE.)

For additional information on the Forum, visit the links below:

Schedule of Events

2015 Dinkins Forum Participants

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Bill de Blasio, 109th Mayor of New York City is back at SIPA

Posted by Columbia SIPA 
· Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 

The Honorable David N. Dinkins, 106th Mayor of the nation’s largest city and the first African American Mayor elected in New York City hosts the David N. Dinkins Leadership & Public Policy Forum each year.  The forum provides a vehicle for analysis, focus and dialogue around the dynamic elements of urban policies, programs, and initiatives.  This annual forum has addressed many of the challenging issues including education, the environment, labor, tourism, immigration and fiscal crises that successful and urban ecosystems must contend with.

This year’s Forum (the 17th annual forum) is proud to welcome New York City’s 109th Mayor, Bill de Blasio, to present the keynote speech.  Mayor de Blasio, a SIPA alumnus joins the Forum’s legacy of keynoters that includes notables such as US Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Kirsten Gillibrand, Vice President Al Gore, Rep. Charles Rangel, Mayors Ed Rendell, Michael Nutter and Michael Bloomberg, and labor leaders John Sweeney, Lillian Roberts, Randi Weingarten and Dennis Rivera to provide the featured address.

Registration is closed but this event will be live streamed on Friday, April 25th through our website as well as archived for future viewing.

To watch past Forums, click here.

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