8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m . General Session - Grand Ballroom (CL)
"A City Challenge: Acting Strategically to Improve Outcomes for
Children and Families"
Introduction: Julie Bosland, Deputy Director, NLC Institute for Youth, Education and Families
Moderator: Bill Purcell, Director of the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Panelists: The Honorable Karl Dean, Mayor, City of Nashville, Tennessee
The Honorable Otis S. Johnson, Mayor, City of Savannah, Georgia

The Honorable E. Denise Simmons, Mayor, City of Cambridge, Massachusetts

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch and Closing General Session - Grand Ballroom (CL)
"How Families and Communities Raise Moral Children"
Introduction: Clifford M. Johnson, Executive Director, NLC Institute for Youth, Education
and Families
Speaker: Richard Weissbourd, Child and Family Psychologist, John F. Kennedy School of
Government and Harvard University Graduate School of Education,
Cambridge, Massachusetts