Mario Main presents the findings from his discussion group on lessons learned
from past attempts to organize Sloan, Woodrow Wilson, and PPIA Alumni 
during the COMPAS Retreat in Washington DC.

 

In October 2000, the COMPAS Project organized a special day-long retreat to discuss strategies, explore obstacles, and lay the ground work for a organized network of policy professionals and students of color across the U.S. Hosted by Georgetown University's Graduate Public Policy Institute, the retreat brought together a diverse group of 30 policy and international affairs students and professionals from across the U.S. Participants in the retreat included a ethnically diverse mix of policy and international affairs students and young-mid career professionals.

Guillermo Maciel illustrates a point during the COMPAS Retreat.

Throughout the day retreat participants were led through a series of carefully designed and facilitated exercises and discussions to help participants determine the steps and strategies necessary for the formalization of an active professional national network for public policy professionals of color. Designed to expand upon the work begun at previous Coalition of Minority Policy Professionals and ABED PPIA National Conferences. At the end of the day participants formed a special working group to

finish the work started at the retreat with the goal of officially launching an organization to continue the work of the COMPAS Project in Spring-Summer 2001.
 
 

For more information about the work of the Strategic Planning Committee or how you can become involved in future activities, please email the COMPAS Project @ compas_project@excite.com.
 

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