DETAILED AGENDA: Taking Charge of Our Story
Registration/Sign In………………………………………8:00–9:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast served
Audience seated………………………………………………9:00-9:10 a.m.
Welcome……………………………………………………………9:10 a.m.
Shirley Stancato, President & CEO, New Detroit
William Taubman, Chairman, New Detroit
Session #1: “Origins of the Urban Crisis”………9:15 a.m.
Thomas Sugrue, University of Pennsylvania
A presentation based on his award-winning book followed by a Q&A session (Questions to be submitted on cards)
Moderator of the Q&A session: Stephen Henderson, Detroit Free Press
Session #2: Putting the Myths to Rest…………..10:30 a.m.
Moderator: David Fike, President, Marygrove College
A panel discussion on the top 10 myths about Detroit followed by a Q&A session (Questions to be submitted on cards)
Panel:
David Freund, University of Maryland
Robin Boyle, Wayne State University
June Manning Thomas, University of Michigan
Malcolm Dade, Former chief political aide to Mayor Coleman Young
Lunch Break…………………………………………………12:00 Noon
From Lascaux to Twitter: A Brief History of Mass Communications……1:00 p.m.
Kirk Cheyfitz, Story Worldwide
Session #3: Finding Detroit’s Untold Stories…………………………………………1:15 p.m.
A wide-ranging discussion in which participants will identify areas of interest in the Detroit region that deserve more reporting.
Moderators:
Nichole Christian, TechTown
Bill Mitchell, The Poynter Institute
Session #4 Telling Detroit’s Untold Stories ……………2:30 p.m.
A search, using the “Open Space” approach, for specific stories that need telling. Separate discussion areas will be established for each of the areas of interest identified in the previous session. Participants will vote with their feet, joining whichever discussion group interests them most. The task of each group will be to identify untold stories within each subject area that they want to tell.
Moderator: David Fike, President, Marygrove College
Session #5 The Stories We Want To Tell…………………3:30 p.m.
Each group will report to everyone on the stories they have selected for reporting and telling.
Moderators:
Nichole Christian, TechTown
Bill Mitchell, The Poynter Institute
Closing remarks…………………………………………………………3:50 p.m.
Kirk Cheyfitz, Story Worldwide
Shirley Stancato, President & CEO, New Detroit
Program Concludes……………………………………………………4:00 p.m.
