40Th Annual Conference on Neighborhood Concerns
May 20-23, 2015 « Houston, Texas 40th Annual Conference on Neighborhood Concerns NUSA CELEBRATING 40 YEARS 2015 www.houstontx.gov/NUSA 2015 Thank You to Our Sponsors Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NeighborhoodsUSA Follow us on Twitter @NUSAconference or visit https://twitter.com/nusaconference 2 Welcome to Houston Neighborhoods, USA Board of Directors Tige Watts - President Margaret Madden Columbia, SC Long Beach, CA Andre Bernard - Vice President Beryl McCadden-Pritko Little Rock, AR Gardena, CA Monique Coleman - Secretary Ron McCorkle Lubbock, TX Roanoke, VA Angela Rush - Treasurer Vatricia McKinney Fort Worth, TX Memphis, TN George Lee - Assistant Secretary DeAnna O’Malley Birmingham, AL Texarkana, AR John Hargroves - Assistant Treasurer Gerri Robinson Gig Harbor, WA Birmingham, AL Tony Olden - Sergeant-At-Arms Anne-Marie Taylor Memphis, TN Indianapolis, IN Jason Bergerson - Parliamentarian Margaret Wallace Brown Anchorage, AK Houston, TX Loretta Buckner Richard Whipple Wichita, KS Fort Lauderdale, FL Deletta Dean NUSA Staff Kansas City,MO Jeri Pryor - Administrative Assistant Fort Lauderdale, FL Rene Kane Eugene, OR 3 President’s Message On behalf of the Board of Directors for Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA), I thank you for coming to Houston for the 40th Annual NUSA Conference on Neighborhood Concerns. Our conference is like none other in the entire nation. And, by being here and actively contributing and collaborating with other neighborhood leaders, community organizers, dedicated volunteers and countless others who work every single day to create the change that’s needed in neighborhoods all across America, you are truly living up to this year’s conference theme by putting your “Passion into Action.” On any given day, you can turn on broadcast or cable news and get discouraged by the events that happen in our local communities, our nation and our world.
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