The 2005 Round Table Associates, Inc. (RTA) National Forum and Training Institute is in fact an urgent and imploring call to action. A call that is in essence a dynamic furtherance of RTA's unceasing effort's to expand and otherwise advance the integrity and productivity of the park, recreation and conservation movement-particularly action-strategies that offer opportunity for young professional, minorities and women to help determine the quality and diversity of services available within minority communities.

The theme of this 20th RTA National Forum and Training Institute is: Changing the Landscape of Recreation, Parks and Conservation through People, Parks, and Programs. Considering all it's many organizational implications, this is yet another critical and timely issue RTA is urgently inviting its members and colleagues to come together and resolve. Without a doubt, the new and increasingly complicated social, economic and political climate unique to this twenty-first century is dictating that park, recreation and conservation agencies seize every opportunity to buttress their efforts to make sure the quality of their service delivery keeps pace with tax payer needs and expectations.

Featured Speakers, Panelists, and Presenters
Curtis Brown	Thursday, May 05, 2005
Director, Menlo Park Parks and Recreation
Iantha Gantt-Wright	Thursday, May 05, 2005
President, Kenian Group Diversity Consultants
Charles Jordon	Thursday, May 05, 2005
Chair, National Coservation Fund
Ken Leary	Thursday, May 05, 2005
Director, Community Services, Yountville, CA
Larry Reid	Thursday, May 05, 2005
Councilmember
Deborah Schoenbaum	Thursday, May 05, 2005
Bay Area Urban Director
Robert G. Stanton	Thursday, May 05, 2005
Retired Director, National Park Service, Fairfax, VA
Nathaniel Wilkins	Thursday, May 05, 2005
Director of Parks and Recreation, North Miami
Jane Adams	Friday, May 06, 2005
Executive Director, California Parks and Recreation Society
Reginald Hagood	Friday, May 06, 2005
Vice President, Student Conservation Association
Peter Harnik	Friday, May 06, 2005
Director, Center for Park Excellence, The Trust for Public Land
Jon Jarvis	Friday, May 06, 2005
Regional Director, National Park Service
Audree V. Jones-Taylor	Friday, May 06, 2005
Director of Parks and Recreation, Oakland, CA
Sedrick Mitchell	Friday, May 06, 2005
Deputy Director, State of California Parks and Recreation
Roger Rivera	Friday, May 06, 2005
President, National Hispanic Environmental Council, Alexandria, VA
Michael Smith	Friday, May 06, 2005
Deputy Director, East Bay Coservation Corps
Mickey Fearn	Saturday, May 07, 2005
Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor of Seattle
Bishop Bob Jackson	Sunday, May 08, 2005
Pastor, Acts Full Gospel C.O.G.I.C.

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The City of Oakland
Office of Parks and Recreation
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 3330
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 238-PARK

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