What can researcher do when community partnerships fall apart? A successful community-based participatory project needs a strong collaborative partnership between community members, local leaders and researchers. But communities across the country are experiencing major demographic shifts as new residents move in while long-time residents move out. Join this diverse panel of guests in a discussion that will range from highlighting the challenges created by changing demographics and power differentials to uncovering local solutions: • Meredith Minkler, Facilitator, Professor of Health and Social Behavior, UC Berkeley School of Public Health • Victor Rubin, PhD, Victor Rubin PhD, Vice-President for Research, Policy Link • Kenneth LoBene, Field Office Director, Las Vegas office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
 • Catalina Garzon, Acting Program Co-Director, the Pacific Institute, and PhD candidate in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley
 • Cheryl Walton, MPH, Consultant, formerly of the Office of the Director, Alameda County Department of Community of Health Services 
Also in attendance to participate in the follow-up discussion will be: • 

Malo Andre Hutson MCP, PhD, Assistant Professor UC Berkeley Department of City and Regional Planning • 

S. Leonard Syme, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Community Health/Human Development

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