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EMERGING LEADERS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT . C�EC D The Emerging Leaders in Community Development (ELCD) had another great year in 2014, continuing to advance our mission "to equip early -career and mid -career community development professionals with the knowledge and EMERGING LEADERS IN relationships needed to effectively work with people and places to build our COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT best possible future." Our Steering Committee organized and hosted a new event in 2014, an Oxford -style debate on the topic of gentrification at Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. US Bank's Vicki Shipley moderated the debate between Gary Schiff (former Minneapolis city council member) and Paul Williams (Project for Pride in Living) against Terri Thao (Nexus Community Partners) and Phil Sandro (Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs). Emerging Leaders had the opportunity to meet and discuss ideas with debaters and fellow partic- ipants at a social hour following the debate. Our energetic and enthusiastic mentors and mentees kicked -off a fourth year of our mentorship program at our opening event at Project for Pride in Living. With38 matches, this is our largest mentorship round so far. The program continues to be popular for those who are new to the field, as well as for mid - career professionals looking to connect with senior -level leaders in the field. The Professional Development group started a new series of informal peer - learning lunches, called ELCD Exchanges. We hosted two in 2014: one on af- fordable housing asset management and another on food entrepreneurs and their role in community development. Our 2014 Annual Meeting was held at Cookie Cart in North Minneapolis and featured keynote speaker Devean George of Building Blocks. Devean shared his background growing up in Minneapolis and how he became involved in community development after his time playing basketball in the NBA. The Emerging Leaders also started a new membership program to encourage peo- ple to become more involved in the group and help us continue to grow and expand. L_ 10 ELCD Annual Meeting Members of the Emerging Leaders Steer- ing Committee make plans for the fourth year of the program at their annual meeting in October 2014.