Impact of Budget Cuts and Future of Public Services in Illinois Focus of Central Illinois Nonprofits Convening

What

Nonprofit organizations from Central Illinois that provide essential services to Illinois residents will meet to discuss the impact of budget cuts and how to ensure quality of life for all residents in Illinois in the future.

The meeting is sponsored by Donors Forum.

When

May 11

Where

Hoogland Center for Arts

420 S. 6^th St.

Springfield, Illinois

Who

9:00 a.m. Bruce Karmazin, Executive Director, The Lumpkin Family Foundation

Valerie S. Lies, President and CEO, Donors Forum Introductory comments

9:15 a.m. Ralph Martire, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. Ralph will speak on the impact of budget cuts on Illinois residents

10:00 a.m.  How Do We Come Together as a Sector?  moderated by Mike Lawrence, Panel Discussion on how budget cuts are impacting the people they serve and how they are addressing those challenges

-- Ra Joy, Illinois Arts Council

-- Michael Jacoby, Illinois Association of School Business Officials

-- Charles A. Jackson, Illinois Environmental Council

-- Jack Kaplan, Illinois Partners for Human Service & United Way Metropolitan Chicago

-- Philippe Largent, Illinois Primary Health Care Association

-- Valerie Lies, Donors Forum

12:00 noon. Mike Lawrence, former director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. Keynote speech on "Transaction or Transformation: Ensuring Quality of Life in Illinois."