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ServiceNation Summit Schedule and Program

ServiceNation is a campaign for a new America. An America where citizens unite and take responsibility for the nation’s future. ServiceNation unites leaders from every sector of American society with hundreds of thousands of citizens in a national campaign to call on the next President and Congress to enact a new era of voluntary service and civic engagement in America, an era in which all Americans will work together to try and solve our greatest and most persistent societal challenges.

 

ServiceNation Summit 2008 – September 11-12, New York City

On September 11 and 12, ServiceNation Summit brought together 600 leaders of all ages and from every sector of American life and celebrated the power and potential of service.

Senators Barack Obama and John McCain spoke at the Presidential Forum on Service, where they outlined their views and plans for the country.  Politicians, foundations, universities, businesses, and individuals came together and committed to service.  You can watch videos of nearly every speaker and panel below; just click the links!

 

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BRIEF SCHEDULE OF EVENTS


September 11, 2008

7:00-8:00 pm

Presidential Forum – Opening Program

Bill Novelli, AARP (photos)

Tobey Maguire (video)

Governor David A. Paterson, New York (video)

8:00 pm

Presidential Forum on Service
Moderators: TIME Managing Editor Richard Stengel and PBS Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff
Senator John McCain video: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

Candidates shake hands (video)  

Senator Barack Obama video: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5

 

September 12, 2008

Location: Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019

8:30-10:00 am

Morning Plenary: A Unique Moment

Melinda Doolittle, American Idol, National Anthem (video)

John Bridgeland, President & CEO of Civic Enterprises (video)

Five Testimonials on Service (video)

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City (video) (photos)

Laura Bush, First Lady (video) (photos)

Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation (video) (photos)

Testimonials from Service Alumni (video)

Anne Finucane, Chief Marketing Officer, Bank of America (video)

Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (video) (photos)

Caroline Kennedy (video) (photos)

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (video) (photos)

Alma Powell, America's Promise (video) (photos)

10:30-11:45 am

What If - The Case for Taking Service to Scale - Panels:

  • Helping Students Succeed in School: The Role of National Service and Community Volunteering (video)

  • In Times of Great Need: The Role of Service in Responding to Disasters (video)

  • Stewards of the Planet: The Role of Service in Protecting Our Natural Resources (video)

  • The Land of Opportunity: Creating Pathways Out of Poverty Through Service (video)

  • Building Bridges Beyond Our Borders: Service Around the World (video)

12:00-2:00 pm

Lunch and ServiceNation Summit Town Hall

Caroline Kennedy (video)

Alicia Keys, recording artist & Keep a Child Alive (video) (photos)

University Presidents: Announcement of Commitment (video)

Alan Khazei, CEO, Be the Change, Inc. (video)

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) (video) (photos)

Kelly Barnes, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (video)

Moderator: David Gergen, Senior Political Analyst, CNN; Professor of Public Service and Director of the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School; Editor-at-Large, US News & World Report

2:15-3:45 pm

Becoming a Nation of Service - Panels:

  • The Wisdom of Experience: The Extraordinary Potential of Americans Over 50 (video)

  • Partners in Service: The Role of the Private Sector (video)

  • Building Broad Bi-Partisan Support for a New Commitment to National and Community Service (video)

  • The Next Generation of Leaders for America: The Role of Higher Education in Supporting Students to Serve (video)

  • A Matter of Faith: Service and Faith-Based Institutions (video)

  • On Common Ground: Forging Links Between Military and Civilian Service (video)

4:15-5:30 pm

Closing and Call to Action
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, (D-NY) (video) (photos)

Richard Stengel, Managing Editor, TIME (video)

Jon Bon Jovi, (video) (photos)

Young Leaders (video)

Dr. Mehmet Oz, HealthCorps (video)

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California (video)

Lloyd Blankfein, CEO, Goldman Sachs (video)

Emily Cherniak, Be the Change, Inc., staffer and AmeriCorps alumna (video)

 

SERVICENATION SUMMIT SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS

*As of 8/20/08

CO-CHAIRS:

Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Caroline Kennedy, Vice-Chair, New York City Fund For Public Schools
Bill Novelli, CEO, AARP
Alma Powell, Chair, America’s Promise Alliance
Usher Raymond IV, Recording Artist, Summit Youth Chair
Richard Stengel, Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Laysha Ward, President, Community Relations and Target Foundation

SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS:

Walter Atwood, Civilian Conservation Corps Alumnus
Kelly Barnes, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
William Basl, Executive Director, Washington Commission for National and Community Service
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO, Goldman Sachs
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City of New York
Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University
John Bridgeland, President & CEO, Civic Enterprises, LLC
Richard H. Brodhead, President, Duke University
Michael Brown, CEO & Co-Founder, City Year, Inc.
First Lady Laura Bush
Kelly Caffarelli, President, The Home Depot Foundation
Kathy Calvin, Executive Vice President & COO, UN Foundation
Geoffrey Canada, President & CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone
Jean Case, CEO, The Case Foundation
Richard Cizik, Vice President, National Association of Evangelicals
Governor Charlie Crist, Florida
Chris Chafe, Executive Director, Change to Win Coalition
Ray Chambers, Special Envoy for Malaria, United Nations
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York
Kenneth Cole, Founder, Kenneth Cole Productions
AnnMaura Connolly, Senior Vice President, City Year, Inc.
Sister Katherine Corr, Executive Director, Notre Dame Mission Volunteer Program
Scott Cowen, President, Tulane University
Governor Charlie Crist, Florida
Mike Cuthbert, Host, Prime Time Focus
John DeGioia, President, Georgetown University; Chair, Campus Compact
John Dilulio, Former Director, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives; Author, The Godly Republic
Senator Chris Dodd, Connecticut
Michael Elliott, International Editor, TIME Magazine
Rabbi Marla Feldman, Director of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism
Anne M. Finucane, Chief Marketing Officer, Bank of America
Lt. General Benjamin C. Freakley, US Army
Pete Garcia, President, Victoria Foundation
David Gergen, Professor of Public Service and Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University
Mayor Stephen Goldsmith
Colonel Robert L. Gordon III, Senior Vice President of Civic Leadership, City Year, Inc.
Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania
Jennie Chin Hansen, President, AARP
Senator Orrin Hatch, Utah (Invited)
Joann Haysbert, President, Langston University; Board Member, Campus Compact
Marian Heard, President & CEO, Oxen Hill Partners
JaWanna Henry, National Civilian Community Corps Alumna
Kelly Howard, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Walter Isaacson, President & CEO, Aspen Institute
Colonel Cindy R. Jebb, United States Army; Professor And Deputy Head, Department Of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy
Armando Jimenez, Bank of America Young Leader
Giselle John, Public Allies Alumna

SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS (cont...)

Katie Johnson, Jumpstart Alumna
Major General Ronald L. Johnson (Ret.), Senior Vice President, Referee Operations, National Basketball Association
Van Jones, Founder and President, Green For All
Jon Bon Jovi, Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation
Bobby Kennedy, Jr., Chief Prosecuting Attorney, Hudson Riverkeeper; President, Waterkeeper Alliance
Senator Edward Kennedy, Massachusetts
Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Department of the Interior
Alicia Keys, Co-Founder and Global Ambassador, Keep A Child Alive
Alan Khazei, Founder & CEO, Be the Change, Inc.
Martin Luther King, III, Chairman, Realizing the Dream
Vanessa Kirsch, President and Founder, New Profit Inc.
Joel Klein, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder, Teach for America
Sherry Lansing, CEO, The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Gloria Cordes Larson, President, Bentley College
Alex Lopez, LA Conservation Corps
Senator John McCain, Arizona
Representative Carolyn McCarthy, New York
Edward McCarrick, President and Worldwide Publisher, TIME
Leon McClain, City Year Alumnus
Ann Moore, Chairman and CEO, TIME Inc.
Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tom Nelson, COO, AARP
Audiel Nieto, Citizen Schools Alumnus
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Chair, The King Hussein Foundation
Michelle Nunn, CEO, Points of Light and Founder, Hands On Network
Senator Barack Obama, Illinois
Briana O’Brien, New Orleans Project Coordinator, Hands On
Dr. Mehmet Oz, Founder & Chairman, HealthCorps
Kent W. Park, CPT(P), US Army
Eboo Patel, Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core
Governor David A. Paterson, New York
Sonia Perez, Senior Vice President, Affiliate Member Services, National Council of La Raza
Representative Rob Portman, Former Director, Office of Management and Budget
James Quigley, CEO, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Antonio Ramirez, YouthBuild Alumnus
Romesh Ratnesar, Deputy Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Jonathan Reckford, CEO, Habitat for Humanity
Amanda Ripley, Senior Writer, TIME Magazine
John Rice, Vice Chairman, GE; President and CEO, GE Infrastructure
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California
Representative Christopher Shays, Connecticut
Tim Shriver, Chairman, Special Olympics
Diana Sidlowski, AmeriCorps VISTA Alumna
Jim Stern, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Tufts University
Colonel John Tien, US Army
Nathan Thornburgh, Senior Editor, TIME
Jerry Sue Thornton, President, Cuyahoga Community College
Laurie Tisch, President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
General Henry Viccellio (Ret.), US Air Force
Senator Harris Wofford
Cicely Wolters, Peace Corps Alumna Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent & 2008 Political Editor, “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer”, PBS


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