Coach Gary Waters of the Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team opened the day with an inspirational speech about believing in Cleveland and making a positive difference in people's lives.

Cheryl Boyce, executive director of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health, talks about Understanding Health Equity through Local, State, and National Initiatives. 
 

A panel of experts address Financial Literacy in Good Credit: Your Best Financial Asset, organized by WECO. 

Executive Director John Begala opens the plenary session with a description of Community Solutions' five new priorities.

Robert Eckardt of The Cleveland Foundation presents the Anisfield-Wolf Memorial Award to Youth Opportunities Unlimited.

Youth Opportunities Unlimited President Carol Rivchun and Board Chair Neville Arjani with the $20,000 Anisfield-Wolf Memorial Award.

Cecil Lipscomb, chair of the 68th annual Human Services Institute, welcomes keynote speaker Robert Greenstein, founder and CEO of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
 

Robert Greenstein talks about "Budget Realities in Washington and the States - and Their Implications for People in Need."
 

Attendee Belle Likover asks keynote speaker Robert Greenstein a question.
 

Greater Cleveland Volunteers welcomes visitors in the Institute's Community Marketplace. 
 

Exhibitors have the opportunity to talk with each other and with attendees in the Community Marketplace.

The Empowerment Center of Greater Cleveland reaches out to attendees in the Community Marketplace.

Malaak Compton-Rock, author, philanthropist, and founder of The Angelrock Project.
 

Bernie Paschal, from Signature Sponsor The Center for Health Affairs, asks a question. Attendees had several opportunites to comment and ask questions throughout the day.

Malaak Compton-Rock finishes her address, "If It Takes a Village, Build One" before personally handing the MTVs their awards.

A star is given to each of the Most Treasured Volunteers.  

MTV Chair Stephen J. Squeri introduces the 2009 MTVs.
 

The 2009 MTVs (l-r): Carolyn Brown, Pete Guinto, Bonnie Lindberg, Ulysses Salett, Bishop C. Tyehimba Thonor-Kuykendall II, Ann Weinzimmer.

 Malaak Compton-Rock signs copies of her new book, If It Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too. 
 

Community Solutions' Susan Ackerman and Joan Eglund, Mental Health Advocacy Coalition, discuss Opportunities to Address the Systemic and Fiscal Problems Plaguing Ohio's Mental Health Delivery System.

The Funders' View: Family Foundations panelists: David Abbott, Michael Shinn, Leah Gary, and John Mullaney.

Ellen Rautenberg, president and CEO of Public Health Solutions, explains The Importance of Title X and other Public Health Programs.

Community Solutions' Jon Honeck and Emily Campbell look to the 2012-2013 state budget in Prospects for a Sustainable State Budget.

The County Recorder's Office speaks with Mitchell Balk, president of The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation, in the Community Marketplace.

A Cultural Exchange speaks with attendees in between selling copies of Malaak Compton-Rock's new book and managing her book-signing of If It Takes A Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too.