Salt Lake City Forum

Description

Join UNA, Salt Lake City Officials and nonprofit stakeholders for an opportunity to create relationships, collaborate, and find new ways to solve problems and elevate our communities. Our goal is to build a true community working in concert to make our lives, city, and world better. And all of that starts with meaningful conversations.

Overview

Connect with nonprofits from all cause areas to break down barriers and find new partners in your important work. The Forum begins with a welcome from Tony Milner, who serves as Director of the Housing Stability Division at Salt Lake City Corporation. Following that welcome, you'll join nonprofit professionals and City staff members at a table focused on your cause area. Each person at the table will share a micro-presentation that identifies their most pressing problems and ways that they can contribute. Following the presentations, you'll break into smaller groups to form deeper relationships and identify potential opportunities to work together. After a brief break, you'll find a new table to begin the second round of collaborations as you connect with new people in your next table group.

The Forum will bring like-minded people together to spark ideas and connections, but the real impact happens when these relationships ignite change.

When

November 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Please note

• This event is exclusively for organizations that provide services within Salt Lake City.
• Please plan to arrive early (2:00 PM) to check in and get settled.

How do I prepare?

Come prepared with a two-minute presentation on the problems you want to solve and what resources you can share. We know that you’re trying to find big solutions, so consider bringing forward an immediate issue. We will be breaking people into rotating groups to discuss and build collaboration on the following subjects: 

• Social and Economic Justice
• Health and Well-being
• Environment and Sustainability (includes animal welfare)
• Arts and Culture
• Education and Community Development

Bring something that you can use to take notes.

Bring your calendar.

Prime your ideas and expectations by familiarizing yourself with the Models of Collaboration for Nonprofits.

Include some handouts, documents, and other takeaways that will help the people you meet walk away with a clear understanding of how you can collaborate.  

Questions or topic discussion suggestions: Email Julie Chang at Utah Nonprofits Association.

About Tony Milner

Tony Milner is the Director of the Housing Stability Division of Salt Lake City. Previously, he was the Director of Housing and Case Management at Utah Community Action, and the Executive Director of Family Promise - Salt Lake homeless shelter. Tony graduated from the University of Utah with a master’s in public administration. Tony volunteers with a range of affordable housing planning and development organizations. He is a Utah native, married, and a father of three teenagers.