Events
Our Office is always looking for ways to amplify the community solutions agenda, from the President and First Lady’s call to service, United We Serve, to the value of national and community service programs, to the power of social innovation and partnerships to find new ways to solve old problems. This page has links to the many ways that the Administration has given voice to our work in ways large and small and will continue to keep you updated about our many events.
December 8, 2011
SICP Director, Jonathan Greenblatt, spoke at the Reimagining Service Council meeting.
November 15, 2011
SICP and the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships co-hosted the White House Forum on Nonprofit Leadership.
October 21, 2011
SICP and the Nonprofit Finance Fund co-hosted Pay for Success: Investing in What Works, a convening on Pay for Success financing, at the White House.
October 14, 2011
SICP hosted the White House Council on Community Solutions meeting at the White House.
October 4, 2011
SICP Senior Advisor Marta Urquilla served as a panelist at the Urban Institutes First Tuesday’s event to discuss the future of the nonprofit sector.
September 14, 2011
SICP Director, Jonathan Greenblatt, met with AmeriCorps sub-grantees at the AmeriCorps State and National Meeting.
September 14, 2011
SICP Director, Jonathan Greenblatt, spoke at the SaveService national meeting.
June 29 -30, 2011
SICP attended the Clinton Global Initiative event in Chicago, Illinois where over 700 business leaders, nonprofit organizations, and government representatives came together to discuss job creation and economic growth.
June 22, 2011
SICP and the Aspen Institute co-hosted a convening on the Impact Economy at the White House to advance the Administrations goals for strengthening the economy and creating jobs.
June 6-8, 2011
SICP joined 4,000 Champions of Service at the 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New Orleans, Louisiana.
April 11, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke about social innovation at a presentation by Playworks, hosted by the Case Foundation.
April 4, 2011
SICP co-hosted an interagency meeting on government innovation with Christian Bason, the Director of MindLab, a cross-ministerial innovation unit in Denmark.
April 8, 2011
SICP Senior Advisor Marta Urquilla spoke on the "Experiments in Democracy: The Federal Government and Philanthropy" session at the Emerging Practictioners In Philanthropy 2011 National Conference.
March 30, 2011
SICP hosted Geoff Mulgan of the Young Foundation in UK to discuss the UK's Social Impact Bonds.
March 30, 2011
SICP Senior Advisor Marta Urquilla attended a roundtable hosted by the White House Council for Community Solutions to hear from thought leaders about youth development.
March 29, 2011
SICP Senoir Advisor Marta Urquilla participated on the "Policy Objectives to Improve Civic Education and Participation" panel at the iCivics Educating for Democracy in a Digital Age conference.
March 29, 2011
SICP Senior Advisor Marta Urquilla attended a roundtable hosted by the White House Council for Community Solutions to hear from leaders of cross-sector collaboratives.
March 29, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah participated on a panel at "A Blueprint for Innovation: Increasing Government's Capacity to Deliver Results," hosted by the Partnership for Public Service.
March 28, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah delivered remarks and Senior Advisor Marta Urquilla attended the launch of Ascend, Family Economic Security Program at the Aspen Institute.
March 24, 2011
Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes spoke at the Youth Transition Funders Group "Connected by 25" Summit.
March 23, 2011
Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes gave the 2011 Eli J. Segal Citizen Leadership Memorial lecture at Brandeis University.
March 21, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah, Senior Advisor Marta Urquilla and Policy Assistant Divya Kumaraiah attended the Points of Light Tribute, honoring President H.W. Bush.
March 21, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah delivered the keynote address on social impact investments at the "Advancing Social Impact Investments through Measurement: New Capital for Community Development" summit, hosted by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
March 8, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke at TribeFest, hosted by the Jewish Federations of North America.
February 26, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah hosted a breakout session on “Rebuilding Economies through Innovation and Entrepreneurship” at the 2011 Global Summit, hosted by the Kairos Society.
February 26, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah recorded a Spotlight Webcast Interview with Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity.
February 25, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke to the board of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
February 25, 2011
SICP Policy Assistant Divya Kumaraiah spoke participated on the “Social Entrepreneurship” panel at The Third Sector conference, sponsored by the Georgetown Public Policy Institute.
February 23, 2011
SICP Senior Policy Advisor Marta Urquilla participated on the “No Limits: Working with Tech; Winning with Tech” panel, at the ConvergeUS Nonprofit Launch.
February 22, 2011
SICP Senior Policy Advisor Marta Urquilla participated on the “Social Innovation and Community Solutions for a New War on Poverty” panel, hosted by the New America Foundation.
February 4, 2011
The Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation hosted the White House Council for Community Solutions kick-off meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
February 2, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah participated on the "Federal Initatives Driving Systems Change" panel at the Cradle to Career Network event, hosted by the Strive Partnership.
January 31, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke to the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy’s Advisory Committee about the future of public-private partnerships.
January 19, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke at the "Impact Investing: A Framework for Policy Design and Analysis" event, hosted by the Aspen Institute.
January 19, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah participated on the "Pathways to Public Service" Roundtable, hosted by the Harvard University Institute of Politics.
January 19, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke at the Leadership 18 bi-annual meeting.
January 18, 2011
SICP Policy Assistant Divya Kumaraiah attended "Innovative Global Leadership Networks: Powering Service and Volunteerism" at the Gallup World Headquarters, hosted by Meridian International Center, Points of Light Institute, and Gallup.
January 17, 2011
President Obama spoke to volunteers serving at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Stuart Hobson Middle School.
January 17, 2011
Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes spoke to volunteers serving at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Ballou High School.
January 13, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College Convocation series.
January 13, 2011
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke at the 12th Annual Dewey & Kaye Nonprofit Symposium, hosted by Dewey & Kaye and The Pittsburgh Foundation.
December 10, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah and Policy Assistant Divya Kumaraiah attended “Social Impact Bonds: A New Approach to Social Finance” at the Center for American Progress.
December 8, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah attended the Society for International Development- Washington Chapter’s Annual Gala.
December 7, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah and Senior Advisor Marta Urquilla attended an event about SaveUSA, hosted by the New America Foundation.
December 2, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah attended Pathways to Power: Women’s Fellowship Program organized by the Impact Center.
December 1, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke at "Technology, Social Innovation, and Civic Participation: What's the Next Step?" hosted by the New America Foundation.
November 19, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah delivered the keynote address entitled “Leading Social Innovation, Perspectives from the White House” at the Eisenhower Fellowship Leadership and Innovation Conference 2010.
November 11, 2010
SICP Senior Policy Advisor Marta Urquilla spoke on a panel hosted by the American Democracy Project as part of Civic Agency Institute in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
November 5, 2010
SICP Senior Policy Advisor Marta Urquilla delivered the keynote address at Next American City’s annual “Open Cities” convention about “New Media’s Role in Shaping Urban Policy.”
October 22, 2010
SICP Senior Policy Advisor Marta Urquilla joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Pew Charitable Trusts in a round table discussion about “The Changing Digital Information Landscape.”
October 14, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah attended the Washington Area Women’s Foundation Leadership Luncheon.
October 12-13, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke at the National Symposium on the Future of International Service which was held at University of Michigan in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps.
October 10, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah joined “Service Jam”, the online conversation about service and innovation hosted by IBM.
October 7, 2010
SICP Senior Advisor Marta Urquilla spoke on the “Youth Leading Change: Innovation for Impact” panel at the International Youth Foundation’s Youth Leadership and Livelihood Conference.
October 5, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah attended Fortune’s 2010 Most Powerful Women Summit to participate in their “Minute Mentoring” program.
October 7, 2010
SICP Policy Assistant Divya Kumaraiah attended “Impact Investing and the Public Sector: Creating Jobs, Driving Profits” hosted by the Milken Institute, Calvert Foundation, and the Federal Reserve of San Francisco.
October 4-6, 2010
SICP Policy Assistant Divya Kumaraiah traveled to San Francisco, California for the SOCAP 10 Conference.
September 23-24, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah traveled to Durham, North Carolina to attend the Emerging Issues Institute’s conference “Growing the Economy Through Social Enterprise Research Triangle Foundation” at North Carolina State University. Director Shah also visited Bull City Forward and spoke with students at Duke University.
September 16, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke on the Philanthropic Sector Panel at National Conference on Citizenship and Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement’s joint annual conference.
September 6, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah attended the Innovators Round Table hosted by the Partnership for Public Service.
August 4, 2010
President Obama spoke at the event honoring Presidential Citizens Medal Recipients.
July 1, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah participated in the MacArthur Fund Roundtable on “High-Priority Next Steps in National Evidence-Based Reform” for government and philanthropic decision makers.
June 28-30, 2010
SIPC Director Sonal Shah attended the National Conference on Volunteering and Service hosted by the Corporation for National and Community Service and Points of Light.
June 28, 2010
Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes spoke at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service hosted by the Corporation for National and Community Service and Points of Light.
June 25, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah spoke at the Women's Achievement Awards Ceremony for the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin’s 28th Annual Convention.
June 15, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah gave the keynote address at The Next Generation Project conference on “The Foundations of Power in the 21st Century.”
June 8, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama gave remarks at the Congressional Service Event.
June 2, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah attending “The Community Health Data Forum: Harnessing the Power of Information to Improve Health planned in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Institute of Medicine.
May 27, 2010
The First Lady announces philanthropic commitments to the Social Innovation Fund and other innovtive community solutions.
May 4-5, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah Travels to Memphis, Tennessee to do some Community Solutions Tour Stops and Keynote the Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence Annual Conference.
April 30, 2010
SICP Co-hosts a Conference on Prizes and Challenges with the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Case Foundation.
April 29, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama holds a Congressional Service Event at the Marie Reed Community Learning Center.
April 28, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah DeliversKeynote Remarks at Brookings Institute's Middle East Youth Initiative Event.
April 27, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah Moderates the Social Entrepreneurship Panel at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship.
April 26, 2010
DPC Director Melody Barnes Speaks on the Access to Capital Panel at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship.
April 22, 2010
SICP Director Sonal Shah Delivers Keynote Remarks at the University of California at Berkeley.
April 21, 2010
Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes Delivers Remarks at Serve America Act Anniversary Luncheon.
April 16, 2010
Presidential Proclamation - National Volunteer Week - April 18-23, 2010
February 22, 2010
Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes delivers remarks at the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy meeting.
January 18, 2010
President and First Lady Serve at So Others Might Eat for Martin Luther King Day of Service
December 21, 2009
President Obama Brings Christmas Cheer to Boys and Girls Club in DC
November 25, 2009
First Family Volunteers at Martha’s Table to Give Thanks
November 11, 2009
First Lady Delivers Remarks to Launch Mission Serve on Veterans Day
October 16, 2009
President Obama Delivers Remarks at 20th Anniversary of the Points of Light Institute
October 15, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama Delivers Remarks at Florida Campus Compact Awards Gala
October 15, 2009
DPC Director Melody Barnes Visits a Community Solution in New Orleans
September 11, 2009
President and First Lady Michelle Obama Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity for 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance
July 22, 2009
Community Solutions Tour: DPC Director Melody Barnes Visits EverybodyWinsIowa!
July 14, 2009
President Obama Discusses Service during MLB All Star Game
June 25, 2009
President and First Lady Michelle Obama Pack Backpacks for Children of Troops
June 22, 2009
First Lady Serves with KaBOOM! at National Conference on Volunteering and Service
June 22, 2009
First Lady Kicks off United We Serve Call to Service at National Conference
May 5, 2009
First Lady Delivers Remarks at TIME 100 Most Influential Event
April 21, 2009
President Obama Signs the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
January 20, 2009
President and First Lady Serve with Sasha Bruce Youthwork Shelter for Martin Luther King Day of Service as Part of Inauguration Weekend
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