MCP & Monument Futures Gala Open House 2006
The MCP "Sampler"
Program Starts at 6 PM (more fun and not as long as it looks!)
Translators - Raul Rojas & Ruth Rodriguez

Welcome!
- Colleen Majors, MCP Board Secretary & Cesar Silva, Monument Futures Board Chair
• Super brief introduction to MCP, Monument Futures & First 5 Center
- Molly Clark, Executive Director, MCP / Monument Futures

2006: The Year of Literacy
• Importance of literacy for human beings and the economy - Molly Clark
• Mayor's Literacy Campaign - Concord Mayor Susan Bonilla
• First 5 Center: Why English skills are critical to parenting in the U.S.
- Ruth Rodriguez, First 5 Director, Javier Mendoza, Lillian Lopez & Isabel Portilla First 5 Leadership Team
• English Tutoring Class at Monument Futures
- Bill Graham Reefer & Floyd Roseberry, Concord Literacy Coalition, Marty Campbell, Mt Diablo Adult Education
• Children's Libraries and the Storytime Reading Project - Sally Smith & Betty Hodges, Sr. Action Team
• Monument Community Library Annex - Maureen Kilmurray & Paco Marquez, Contra Costa County Library
• Plazas Comunitarias, a Spanish Literacy Program - Sophia Campos, Mexican Consulate
• A Day at the Races, sponsoring literacy programs in the Monument Community
- David Cantando, Concord Rotary
• Winton Jones Development Business Challenge Campaign: English, Financial & Computer Literacy
- Erica Jones, Winton Jones Development

2007: The Year of Economic Development and Redevelopment
• People-based Redevelopment - Molly Clark and Adriana Raya, Cambridge Action Team
• Information and inclusion: Survey results and outreach to men looking for work on streets
- Juan Haro, Mounument Futures Leadership Team
• Trades Skills and Safety Training - Joe Valdez, Diablo Valley College
• Financial Action Community Teams, investing in families and community
- Luz Sierra, Cambridge Action Team
• Monument Community Resource Network
- Martha Potts & Maria Rodriguez, Monument Community Resource Network
• Women with Futures: Balancing immediate work with life fulfillment
- Esperanza Flores, Ana Plascencia and Maria Cruz, Monument Futures Women's Leadership Team
• Monument Futures: Affiliate Site in the WDB One-Stop Career Center System
- Rulan McKay, Chair of CC WDB and Human Resource Manager, Shell Oil
• Housing Opportunity Center: Living Stability, Economic Mobility - Wanda Remmer, Housing Rights
• Women's Business Development & Monument Futures Business Technology Classes
- Julie Abrams & Maria Lovalvo, Women's Initiative, Angel Iraola, Monument Futures
• Transportation Action Team - New Monument Community Shuttle
- Marie Knudsen, County Connection & Mary Lou Laubscher, Senior Action Team
• Creating our own Vision for Redevelopment: A Safe, healthy, prosperous community
- Helen Bean, City of Concord & Kathy Renfrow, Four Corners Action Team

• Christmas Tree Decorating: Tell us what touched your heart tonight! -Molly Clark