What’s Ahead on the Island

Next week philanthropy, business and education leaders and lawmakers will head to Mackinac Island for the 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference.

Next week philanthropy, business and education leaders and lawmakers will head to Mackinac Island for the 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference.

This year the central theme of the policy conference is One Michigan, with a focus on preparing our state through education and talent, growing our state through economic development and entrepreneurship and loving our state through sustainability and stewardship.

Several CMF members will lead, host and sponsor discussions about work underway to move our state forward in several key topic areas.

If you can’t make it to the island, you can follow all the action online, May 28 to May 31.

Through the support of four CMF members, Detroit Public Television will provide live and recorded coverage of the sessions throughout the conference.

Here are philanthropy-led conversations you may want to check out:

  • 5/29 at 9 am: An Equitable Start: Aligning Early Childhood and K-12 Systems to Maximize Impact featuring The Kresge Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF).

  • 5/29 at 10:30 am: Activate Change: Investing in Local Communities featuring the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

  • 5/29 at 10:30 am: Ready Students, Ready Communities hosted by The Skillman Foundation.

  • 5/30 at Noon: Filling the Skills Gap: An Open Dialogue on Workforce Realignment hosted by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

  • 5/30 at Noon: Today for Tomorrow: Michigan Opportunities with 2020 Census Partnerships hosted and moderated by WKKF.

  • 5/30 at 2 pm: The Education Crisis: Michigan’s Response featuring The Skillman Foundation.

  • 5/30 at 4:15 pm: Dynamics of Detroit’s Startup Community hosted and moderated by the William Davidson Foundation, also featuring the New Economy Initiative.

“Michigan has a long and powerful history of public-private partnerships that work. Detroit is one community where we see this in action and the Mackinac Policy Conference agenda this year truly shows how this tradition continues,” Kyle Caldwell, president and CEO of CMF said.

CMF will be on the Island and bring you major developments on our social media channels.

Want more?

Check out the full agenda.

Follow the Detroit Chamber on Twitter for up-to-date information from the conference.

Follow Detroit Public TV on Twitter for conference coverage.

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