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DRAFT: May 16, 1995
THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE
(27-24)
ON
NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIPS
CLEVELAND, OHIO
JUNE , 1995
I. PURPOSE
The Conference will highlight the many successes of the non-profit
world, its role for the future, its oftentimes successful pairing with
government in an array of projects, and the problems it confronts. The
Conference also will allow the Administration to assess first hand how the
non-profit organizations affect the lives of millions of Americans, and how
such networks can be expanded and improved upon.
II. GOALS
1. To raise the visibility of the non-profit sector and increase its
legitimacy.
2. To contribute to the public understanding of the benefits to
American life of the healthy functioning and expansion of the non-profit
sector.
3. To help audiences in the private and public sectors increase their
understanding of and build a relationship with the non-profit sector, and to
enhance the ability of non-profit leaders to improve their relationships with
other sectors.
III. FORMAT
Topics and themes: The Cleveland event will function as the first of
three scheduled regional conferences which will highlight the importance of
the non-profit world, its many contributions to American life, and its
partnering with government to address a broad range of issues throughout
the country.
Draft May 16, 1995
Page 2
The Conference will open with remarks by a recognized non-profit
leader followed by a slide presentation moderated by an acknowledged
academic expert in the field of non-profits. The slide presentation will
provide a spectrum of the range of activities in which the non-profits
engage. The slides will emphasize the contribution of the sector to the
economy, civic society and to the important human needs oftentimes not
served by the public sector or the market economy. They will provide a
sense of what the non-profits do, provide some local color, and set the tone
for the event.
This will be followed by remarks by Cabinet Secretary (to come), and
opening remarks by the President (or HRC/VP). These remarks will be
followed by two panel discussions, each panel to be comprised of 10-12
participants, each of whom will make a 2-3 minute presentation, highlighting
their organizations' or other non-profit successes, or important points they
wish to make.
The panels will feature members and organizational heads of local
and national non-profit organizations which operate in Cleveland, as well as
in the surrounding regional cities, including from Philadelphia, Akron,
Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, all within a 2 hour drive of the Conference,
local community and grass roots leaders, corporate heads with a strong
community focus, academics, and experts in the field. Participants and
invited guests are to total approximately 150-200.
The panel discussion topics will be:
o The concrete contribution, the specific outcomes and successes
of the work of the non-profit sector.
o The barriers to the flourishing of the non-profit sector, and the
need for building and enhancing the non-profit and voluntary sector,
particularly in this region.
Audience Response
With the President acting as an active moderator working the
audience, the audience will have a time period to react and comment. This
should make for a lively event.
Draft May 16, 1995
Page 3
President's Speech
A response from the President or one of the Principals, having
listened to the discussion and comments and bringing in the themes of the
Administration, will conclude the second panel.
IV. AGENDA
Prior Evening Reception and Dinner (6:00-9:00 p.m.)
Introductory Session (9:00-9:40 a.m.)
1. Welcoming Remarks: The conference will begin with opening
remarks by a local non-profit leader followed by a slide presentation by an
acknowledged academic expert in the non-profit sector. (9:00-9:20)
2. Opening Remarks: Secretary (to come) will make opening remarks
and comments to highlight significant issues. He will then introduce the
President (or HRC/VP). (9:20-9:30).
3. Opening (framing) Remarks by the President. (9:30-9:45)
First Thematic Session: (9:45-11:15 a.m.)
1. Presentations (9:45-10:35)
2. Discussion moderated by the President (10:35-11:15)
This discussion will focus on the pragmatic aspects and concerns of
the non-profits, including their successes, where they feel they can do better,
learn from each other, and work better in their communities. Also to be
addressed in each of the sessions are some of the larger philosophical and
policy considerations of the role of non-profits, including the "role of
government," and that of committed Americans, viz. the redefinition of the
relationship between the citizenry and the government to work together for
the good of our communities, the increased partnering between government,
local communities and the non-profits for the creation of what is
increasingly being referred to as the "fourth sector," a new paradigm. These
topics will be addressed within the framework of overarching administration
themes, including:
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o
investing in the economy of the future
o
enhancing local flexibility and community empowerment
o
making government work better and cost less
O sustainability
Ten minute break (11:15-11:25 a.m.)
Second Thematic Session: (11:25-1:00 p.m.)
1. Presentations (11:25-12:15)
2. Discussion moderated by the President (12:15-12:35)
3. Concluding remarks by the President (12:35-1:00)
President to depart at end of Second Session.
V. Concluding Luncheon (1:00-2:15 p.m.)
Speech by regional non-profit leader with respect to their regional
follow-up.
VI. Call to Action and Event Follow-up
A local organization that has agreed to co-sponsor the event and
facilitate the follow-up will be given an opportunity to respond to the
discussions of the day, summarize suggestions for action, and suggest some
further steps that might be undertaken locally. This can be done as the
luncheon speech.
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THEMATIC CONTINUATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S NEW COVENANT
MESSAGE
This brief presentation is to set forth the main
thematic and philosophical conceptions, purposes and
outcomes to be achieved from the proposed three city
conference, THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON NON-PROFIT
PARTNERSHIP, for which the Concept Paper for the first
conference is provided.
It is intended that the conferences are to
dovetail into the current framework of concepts and
themes being expressed by President Clinton, Mrs.
Clinton, and Vice President Gore, including with
respect to us working together as a large extended
family, concepts of civility, healing, good will,
individual and collective responsibility, character and
community building. It is proposed that these
conferences continue to resonate the messages expressed
by the President at the recent Character Education
Conference, soon to be held conference on Civility,
Healing and Community, and Vice President Gore's Annual
Meeting on Families scheduled for July. The idea that
we work best when we all together, and that the same
commitment and unity of spirit and purpose, which we
oftentimes express in times of crisis and tragedy, as
recently displayed in Oklahoma City, should also be
utilized in overcoming our daily and general struggles
as a nation.
The Non-profit community provides an excellent
background for augmenting and resonating these themes.
Non-profits are an integral part of American life. This
is often overlooked and unrealized, even by the
millions of American who participate, and the millions
of Americans who receive the benefits, from the
American non-profit world. Non-profit organizations,
including for example, Catholic Charities, the UJA, and
Habitat for Humanity, disburse millions of federal
dollars, and take an active role in community building,
and solving societal and local problems in our cities,
suburbs and rural communities. From our orchestras to
the building of our neighborhoods, in a vast array of
areas, non-profits are a crucial and very necessary
segment of American life. Their successes and the
breath of their activities should be highlighted.
The Non-profit sector is making great strides,
which illustrate the government's themes of us working
together for the common good of all Americans, of our
individual responsibility to make our lives and
communities better, and for us to work together as a
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team to solve the complicated problems of our inner
cities and communities. Each sector alone cannot solve
our problems: the federal government by itself, the
charities by themselves, the corporations by
themselves, each alone cannot solve our problems--but
working together, each sector supplying its piece can
go a long way to repair some of the collective ills we
face. It is through the pairing of all of our sectors
in this new information age that we can truly progress
to the next level.
The Non-profits, in various programs throughout
the country have quietly been doing just this--they
have been partnering with all sectors, with government
and corporate help--whether it be for the local arts
league, uplifting economically depressed areas,
bringing the formerly unemployable into the private
sector, in so many new and novel ways, to improve vast
segments of society.
In this new age of our sophisticated citizenry and
this new information and technological age, with the
new ways of amassing and disseminating information, and
with the lessening of governmental financial support,
and as we progress generally, we must frame new
paradigms to accomplish our aims. The old ways of
working solely through the governmental sector or, as
some claim, in the past, let the corporations solve all
of our problems through the market economy, will not
work. We have a sophisticated citizenry, and we are at
the point in our history as a nation, to invest
ourselves in a new post-industrial model of governance
that relies less on centralized bureaucracies and more
on citizen and community initiative.
Now is the time to continue to frame something
fresh and new. As the President has been speaking about
our responsibilities as good citizens and the role we
as Americans play, and the role of the government, we
think it useful to highlight this fourth sector: the
partnering between non-profits, the government, and the
rest of America.
We cannot rely on government to do everything, and
yet we do not want to go back to the 19th century
charity mode. This new approach takes the best from
ourselves, from each sector, and has us work together,
as Americans across all boundaries, in a humanistic and
meaningful way, with each sector providing its best.
May 30, 1995
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These conferences can create a powerful forum for
the continuation of the President's discussion as to
these issues. It can be viewed as a continuation of the
discussion of the founding fathers in a sense, that we
are constantly evolving as a nation. For all the times
in our nation's past, and specifically in this century,
from the New Deal, through the 1960's and the Civil
Rights Movement and the Great Society, we have changed
and grown to meet the challenges of the day.
Successful societies continue to grow and reinvent
themselves, to meet the issues that confront them. Now
we cannot afford to stagnate in old ways but must move
ahead to met the challenges that face us. This is not
something of which we should be scared, but which we
should embrace. By working together in this pairing
approach through the Non-profits, we will go a long way
to solve the problems of today, in a meaningful and
positive way for all Americans, and continue to be a
model for the world.