Forward...

A year ago, in response to the Academy for Education Development's (AED)
Request for Proposal, a coalition of East Coast PPIA alumni and other domestic
and international public policy professionals convened to develop a proposal
which would seek to enhance organizational networking and leadership development for
public policy professionals of color. The project team, which soon named the initiative
the COMPAS Project, envisioned a series of three inter-related events centered around
the theme, "Building Leadership Capacity for a Multicultural Society in the 21 st Century:
Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies."

One year later, after many hours of work, the COMPAS Project is proud to report the
successful realization of these events. Furthermore, the COMPAS Project, through its
efforts, has helped to develop a communication and relationship infrastructure for public
policy professionals that has the potential to affect both current and future generations of
public policy leaders. This infrastructure has helped to energize public policy
constituencies across the country and hopes to be a starting point for a national
organization devoted to furthering the goals of public policy professionals of color.

It is the hope of the COMPAS Project, that the seeds for further action have been laid
and that the successes of future initiatives can be built upon the groundwork that was
created.

Sincerely,

THE COMPAS PROJECT
May, 2001

Special Note...

To ensure the same viewing experience of the report by all interested parties, the report has been made available as series of Adobe PDF files (Note - Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded from Adobe online).

As discussion is key to the future success of this initiative, we encourage an open dialogue on the issues and results examined in the report. To help facilitate this we encourage any and all interested to post any comments, reactions, thoughts, about the COMPAS Project Activity Report on the COMPAS Project's VIRTUAL BULLETIN BOARD .

Main Report...

  COMPAS Main Report

• Executive Summary - p. 5-8
  • What Does COMPAS Stand For?
  • COMPAS Next Steps
    
    
• COMPAS Phase I: New York Policy Conference - p. 9-13
  • COMPAS Eastern Regional Public Policy Conference Overview
  • COMPAS Eastern Regional Public Policy Conference Highlights
  • Conference Attendance Demographics & Outreach
  • Conference Evaluations & Feedback
  • Program Evaluation & Feedback
  • COMPAS NY Conference Demographics - A Second Look (Graph)
  • Final Results
    
    
• COMPAS Phase II: Washington DC Retreat - p. 14-18
  • COMPAS Eastern Regional Retreat Overview
  • COMPAS Eastern Regional Retreat Highlights
  • Retreat Attendance Demographics & Outreach
  • COMPAS DC Retreat Demographics - A Second Look (Graph)
  • Retreat Evaluations & Feedback
  • Final Results
    
    
• COMPAS Phase III: Virtual Summits & Other Networking Activities - p. 19-23
  • COMPAS Virtual Summits & Ongoing Activities Overview
  • Virtual Summit I
  • Other Networking Activities

  COMPAS Project Budget Analysis

• COMPAS Project Budget Narrative & Overview - p. 24-26
  • Budget Narrative
  • Budget Analysis
     
     

Report Appendices...

Appendix A

• Appendix - A: Pre-Proposal Planning Notes
• Appendix - B: COMPAS Funding Proposal Extract

  Appendix B pt. 1

• Appendix - B: COMPAS Funding Proposal Extract

  Appendix B-I

• Appendix - B: COMPAS Funding Proposal Extract
• Appendix - C: NYC Conference Logistics Overview
• Appendix - D: NYC Conference Program
• Appendix - E: New York Policy Conference Survey
• Appendix - F: New York Policy Conference Survey Results
• Appendix - G: Conference Facilitator Proposal
• Appendix - H: Washington DC Retreat Planning Paper
• Appendix - I: Washington DC Retreat Program

  Appendix J

• Appendix - J: Washington DC Retreat Survey Results

  Appendix K-L

• Appendix - K: COMPAS Retreat Results Recap Memo
• Appendix - L: COMPAS Virtual Summit Materials