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• Christopher Kennedy, Leadership Austin

  • When
    April 21, 2021
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    7:00 AM - 8:30 AM (CDT)
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    15 registrants

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  Civic Engagement - Where are we?

  Each of us are community trustees working to make this place we call home the best it can be. We are living in a time that has much more information, much more diversity of thought and a pace of change that continues to accelerate. Join us for a conversation as we explore civic engagement research and trends driving participation.

  About our speaker:

  Christopher Kennedy is a community engager focusing on building the interpersonal and communication skills that forge successful working relationships with clients, consumers, boards, public-private partnerships and community leaders. He is the CEO of Leadership Austin and is a small business owner. Before starting his businesses and working at Leadership Austin, he had a 22-year career at the Lower Colorado River Authority responsible for managing all administrative functions that supported the public utility needs in the 58 county Central Texas service area. He serves as Board Chair for Association of Leadership Programs nationwide and site on the advisory councils for the Austin Young Chamber, Young Women’s Alliance of Austin and the Junior League of Austin, a member of Austin Area Research Organization (AARO) and is an avid, some call rabid, Texas Longhorn fan.

  
  

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• Dr James Ponce, Texans Can Academies

  • When
    April 28, 2021
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    7:00 AM - 8:30 AM (CDT)
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
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  Texans Can Academies

  "We are firmly committed to the belief that every young person can learn. Our combination of a rigorous yet nurturing environment, outstanding teachers, and a unique teaching method allows us to help young people most would regard as the least likely to succeed."
  

  About our speaker:

  At Texans Can, Ponce has guided the school toward innovation and excellence, and is proud of Texans Can’s recognition as D CEO’s 2019 Organization of the Year at its annual Nonprofit and Citizenship Awards.

  For Ponce, Texans Can is a place where students find hope. Driven by a passion to reignite that hope, Ponce seeks to influence his staff and community to see how, through the mission of Texans Can, people change lives, change communities, and ultimately change the State of Texas.

  Ponce’s past community involvement includes serving in numerous roles with the McAllen Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, RGV Linking Economic and Academic Development Board of Directors, United Way of South Texas Board of Directors, McAllen Education Foundation Board of Directors and RGV Focus-Collective Impact Leadership Team.

  A three-time graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Ponce earned a Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance and Management in December 1990, a Master’s in Educational Administration in December 1998, and a Doctorate in Educational Administration through the prestigious Cooperative Superintendency Program in May 2009. 

  Dr. Ponce currently serves as Scoutmaster for Troop 905, where he has served since 2009, is member of the Boy Scouts of America Circle 10 Executive Board, and volunteers as an assistant coach to the Grapevine Colleyville Target Team. He and his wife, Katherine, have three sons: Julian, Mathew and Gabriel.

  
  

  
  

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• April 28th Zoom Rooms

  • When
    April 28, 2021
  •  
    8:30 AM - 8:45 AM (CDT)
  • Location
    Zoom after our meeting

  MBC 7th Floor Club Level  Zoom Rooms

  8:30 on Zoom after our meeting.

  Virtually ride up to the club level, the 7^th floor of the MBC Zoom Rooms, following our regular meeting. Members only.

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• Watch This Space!

  • When
    May 05, 2021
  •  
    7:00 AM - 8:30 AM (CDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Upcoming Speakers in May
  

  Our speakers are always engaging, informative, and insightful (and often inciteful). Our members are too! Become a member and make MBC your midweek pick-me-up every week.

  May 5th	Jo Karr Tedder	Central Texas Water Coalition
  May 12th	Admiral Bobby Inman	The World According to Inman
  May 19th	Christina Gorczynski	Impact Austin

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• May Book Club

  • When
    May 12, 2021
  •  
    8:30 AM - 9:15 AM (CDT)
  • Location
    Zoom after our meeting

  How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

  by Bill Gates. Plan to join fellow MBC members for lively discussions in a relaxed atmosphere.

  8:30 on Zoom after our May 12th meeting.

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