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2016 Post-Election Briefing: Politics, Policy and Philanthropy

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Washington, DC
... for a Just Economy (FJE) invites you to attend the 2016 Post - Election Briefing : Politics, Policy and Philanthropy , ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Grantmakers for Southern Progress 2016 Post-Election Webinar Recap

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, January 09, 2017
... challenging political climates for decades. This briefing discussed how the election impacts social justice work supporting LGBTQ, people ... Grantmakers for Southern Progress 2016 Post - Election Webinar Recap ...
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Topic: 
Gender Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

2018 Post-Election Briefing for Grantmakers

Event type: 
Briefing
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Washington, DC
... on November 27, 2018 in Washington, DC, for the 2018 Post - Election Briefing : Philanthropy at the Crossroads. Note: This meeting ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Moving the South Forward in the New Reality: A Post-Election Funder Briefing

Event type: 
Webinar
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Webinar
... call for funders to explore the impact of this year's election results in Southern communities. Friday, December 16, 2016 8 am PT / 9 am MT / 10 am CT / 11 am ET RSVP HERE As ... Network Moving the South Forward in the New Reality: A Post - Election Funder Briefing .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Post-Election Resources

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Tue, November 22, 2016
... find ourselves in. NFG has pulled together a short list of post - election readings and tools you may find useful. We all have ... Bolder Advocacy Initiative has several resources on post - election advocacy during this transition period. AFJ has ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Funding Opportunity

Charlottesville Funder Briefing

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Webinar
... , a program of Neighborhood Funders Group, to host a briefing on recent developments and increasing threats from white nationalist groups. The briefing will also cover how funders can support the needs ... Animates White Nationalism Charlottesville Funder Briefing ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

Annual Policy Briefing of the Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - Friday, April 24, 2015
Washington, DC
... policy and organizing in immigration, and look ahead to Election Year 2016 . We have an incredible line up of speakers this year, ... legacy over dinner at Carmine’s following the policy briefing . Space is limited for the dinner so please let us ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights

Building a Funding Response to Scenarios after the Election

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, October 29, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... movement leaders, and funder leaders about possible election outcomes and strategize on how to meet related ... Building a Funding Response to Scenarios after the Election ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

December First Monday + Election Series Discussion

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, December 4, 2017
Webinar
... divisions. Join us for this installment of FCCP 's 2018 Election Series, co-sponsored by Neighborhood Funders ... in the 2017 elections and how those have shifted since 2016 . Review coordinating efforts by both funders and ... Forum, Women Donors Network December First Monday + Election Series Discussion .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Racial Justice

#NFG2016 Conference Recap from Native Americans in Philanthropy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/04/2016
... in Philanthropy , provides her perspective on NFG’s 2016 National Convening. This post originally appeared on Native Americans in ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Native Voices Rising: National Funder Briefing Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Webinar
Thursday, December 8, 2016 11 am PT / noon MT / 1 pm CT / 2 pm ET Please ... call-in information. Join Native Voices Rising for a web briefing that will highlight the critical need to strengthen ... Native Voices Rising Native Voices Rising: National Funder Briefing Webinar ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Strategize with NFG in the lead up to the election & beyond: NFG's October 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
10/29/2020
... gender, and climate injustice do not exist only in election cycles. Neighborhood Funders Group is a place for ... for Building a Funding Response to Scenarios after the Election , where we will discuss possible election outcomes ... the Moment webinar series — Pivoting Forward : a post - election deep dive on rural and small-city America as we ...
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Funders for a Just Economy 2020 Policy Briefing

Event type: 
Briefing
Monday, March 23, 2020 - Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Webinar
... in response to COVID-19 including FJE’s upcoming Policy Briefing in Washington, D.C. on March 23-24. NFG cares ... about COVID-19, we have decided to move the FJE Policy Briefing to a fully virtual event via Zoom. We hope that the ... shift. If you have already registered for the Policy Briefing , you will receive a confirmation email and a revised ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Reclaim MLK 2016

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
01/16/2016
... Read more and find an action near you. Reclaim MLK 2016 ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Racial Justice

Organizing for Wall Street Accountability and Financial Reform: Funders’ Briefing and Discussion

Event type: 
Briefing
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Washington, DC
... activists and policy advocates for a half-day funder briefing and discussion. Together, we will: Explore the ... Street Accountability and Financial Reform: Funders’ Briefing and Discussion ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Strike Watch - Election 2020: Workers Redefine the Map, as Corporate Tech Pours Millions to Undermine Rights

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/13/2020
... public eye (rightfully) centered on the US presidency this election , worker-led organizing made tremendous waves across ... worker proposition. While the full significance of the election is still unfurling, the results point to the power ... to company unions of the pre-New Deal era and the 1947 post -Taft Hartley “business unionism” era targeting labor ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Leading with Power: #NFG2016 Conference Recap

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, July 18, 2016
... as organizers, as members of the movements...” – 2016 NFG Conference Attendee Over 300 funders and field ... Group in Oakland, California, this past June at our 2016 National Convening Philanthropic Strategies for ... a space to unapologetically lead with power.” – 2016 NFG Conference Attendee Plenaries, workshops and ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Philanthropic Practice

The 2016 Discount Legacy Award Nominations Are Open!

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
10/12/2015
... worker justice organizing campaigns. The winner of the 2016 Discount Legacy Award will be honored at the Jobs With ... Roosevelt Human Rights Awards Celebration on February 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. To learn more about the ... the word about this special leadership opportunity. The 2016 Discount Legacy Award Nominations Are Open! ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

2019 Budget and Policy Briefing

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, February 21, 2019 - Friday, February 22, 2019
Washington, DC
... joining together to hold a combined 2019 Budget and Policy Briefing as a way to streamline programming, highlight ... Click Here to Register 2019 Budget and Policy Briefing ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Funder Briefing: Freedom Cities

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Webinar
... , Fellow at NoVo Foundation The speakers framed the funder briefing by providing the political context around the ... justice, and an end to state violence. Funder Briefing : Freedom Cities ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights

Funder Briefing: The Future of Work and the Workforce

Event type: 
Briefing
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 9:00am - Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 5:30pm
Baltimore, MD
... mark your calendars for this invitation-only funders briefing on what work and working will look like in the ... needs given demographic and labor force shifts. This briefing is jointly hosted by NFG's Working Group on Labor ... 401 W Pratt Street / Baltimore, MD 21201 Funder Briefing : The Future of Work and the Workforce .....
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Topic: 
Future of Work
Philanthropic Practice

WGLCP Annual Policy Briefing 2014

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - Thursday, April 24, 2014
Washington, DC
... rights in the offing? Join us for the annual policy briefing of NFG's Working Group on Labor and Community ... Email: reservations@beaconhotelwdc.com WGLCP Annual Policy Briefing 2014 .....
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights

NFG 2016 National Convening: Philanthropic Strategies for People, Place, and Power

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - Thursday, June 16, 2016
Oakland, CA
... at nfgconference@thebalcomgroup.com . 2016 CONFERENCE SPONSORS CHANGEMAKER: ... FRIEND: NFG 2016 National Convening: Philanthropic Strategies for People, ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Racial Justice

Funder Briefing on Advancing Housing Justice and Health Equity

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, February 18, 2021 -
10:30am - 12:00pm
Virtual
... Impact Partners and Right To The City Alliance 's Funder Briefing on Advancing Housing Justice and Health Equity. ... where everyone has health, power, and belonging. Funder Briefing on Advancing Housing Justice and Health Equity .....
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Topic: 
Healthy Communities
Housing Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Funders for a Just Economy 2021 Policy Briefing

Event type: 
Briefing
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - Friday, March 12, 2021
Virtual
... This year’s Funders for a Just Economy (FJE) Policy Briefing aims to organize funders to resource and support ... People's Action Funders for a Just Economy 2021 Policy Briefing .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Funders Briefing and Conversation with Patrisse Cullors and Dignity & Power Now

Event type: 
Briefing
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Los Angeles, CA
... Reinvent Communications invite you to a special funders briefing about how funders can best support Black-led movement building. The briefing will feature the work of Dignity and Power Now, a ... RSVP to Nicole Winzey at nicole@rosenfound.org Funders Briefing and Conversation with Patrisse Cullors and Dignity & ...
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Funder Briefing call with Senator Al Franken on Forced Arbitration

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Webinar
... Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships A Tele- Briefing for Funders July 22 @ 1:15pm PT / 2:15pm MT / 3:15pm ... financial industry fights back? Questions about this briefing ? Contact RShull@publicwelfare.org . Please note that this briefing is for funders only. Register in the form below. ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice

FJE 2017 Policy Briefing: The Road Ahead for Worker Justice

Event type: 
Briefing
Thursday, May 18, 2017 - Friday, May 19, 2017
Washington, DC
... power map, Funders for a Just Economy ’s annual policy briefing will update our most current understanding of the ... and explore litigation strategies, this urgent and timely briefing will build hope about where we can lean in for ... Litigation, Organizing, and Narrative 2017 Policy Briefing Host Committee: William Cordery, Surdna Foundation ...
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Topic: 
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

2018 Affinity Equity Summit and Solidarity Defense & Action Funder Briefing

Event type: 
Briefing
Monday, February 12, 2018 - Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Oakland, CA
... Equity Summit and Solidarity Defense & Action Funder Briefing on February 12th and 13th at the Scottish Rite ... those joining the Solidarity Defense & Action Funder Briefing . Connect with funders from sectors as varied as ... 13 8:30 am - 4:00 pm | Solidarity Defense & Action Funder Briefing Open to All Funders The goal of this Solidarity ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Economic Justice
Racial Justice

FJE 2018 Policy Briefing: Evolving Strategies for Worker Justice

Event type: 
Briefing
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Washington, DC
... efforts? The Funders for a Just Economy’s 2018 Policy Briefing will focus on labor, worker centers, and community ... Asian-American voted onto the body. FJE 2018 Policy Briefing : Evolving Strategies for Worker Justice ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Briefing: Freedom Side, on the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer

Event type: 
Convening
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Washington, DC
... You are cordially invited to participate in an intimate briefing to learn more about the 50th Anniversary of Freedom ... Group, and the Association of Black Foundation Executives Briefing : Freedom Side, on the 50th Anniversary of Freedom ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Racial Justice

Equity, Environment and Democracy in Puerto Rico - Funder Briefing in NY

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, April 13, 2015
New York, NY
... Equity, Environment and Democracy in Puerto Rico - Funder Briefing in NY ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice

Video: Funder Briefing on Policing Reform – Building on NYC Successes for a National Reform Movement

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sun, February 19, 2017
... they serve. We invite you to join CPR and funders for a briefing to contextualize the recent victories and to learn ... Designed for: All interested funders. Video: Funder Briefing on Policing Reform – Building on NYC Successes for ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice

CANCELED: NFG Conference Call on Funder Responses to the Moment

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Webinar
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 11 am PT / noon MT / 1 pm CT / 2 pm ET THIS CALL ... In the meantime, you might be interested in a list of post - election resources we have curated here: ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Trends + Building Power in the AAPI Community

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, November 6, 2017
Webinar
... a priority. Join us for this installment of FCCP 's 2018 Election Series, co-sponsored by Neighborhood Funders Group, where you will hear: How recent data from the 2016 elections provides new insights into trends in turnout ... funders should be considering when looking at election -cycle grantmaking that can promote increased .....
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Philanthropy on the Frontlines of Ferguson

News type: 
Member News
... D. Wilson Standford Social Innovation Review - Spring 2016 Few moments in life are filled with the hope and promise ... Busch InBev. To advance racial and socioeconomic equity post -Ferguson, the foundation’s ability to build and ... and co-chair of the Ferguson Commission. Read the original post in the Standford Social Innovation Review. ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Celebrating 20 Years of Leadership on Labor and Economic Justice

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... Manager, at manisha@nfg.org . FJE’s next program is a post - election briefing in collaboration with Grantmakers Income Security ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things Philanthropies Need to Do Now in the Trump Age

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Mon, March 06, 2017
... more of Edgar's 5 points in this article on The Huffington Post . Philanthropy, You in Danger, Girl! Five Things .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

“Advancing Together” the Democratizing Development Program

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
10/13/2016
... Development 2017 Program Planning Survey by November 18, 2016 . Funder Webinar on Governance, Participatory ... and State Strategy at The Solutions Project. Webinar: Post - Election Equity, Economy and People Discussion: Ain’t No ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Meeting the Moment: 2020’s New Civic Engagement Landscape in Rural and Small-City America

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:15am
Webinar
... important fights and campaigns in rural communities as the election approaches. The third webinar (November 18) briefed ... Part 3: Pivoting Forward — November 18, 2020 Post - election deep dive on what happened in rural and ... Tamieka served as a member of the Host Committee for the 2016 Facing Race Conference. She has a Bachelor's in .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Racial Justice
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Uprisings and Funding Needs

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Thu, September 22, 2016
... Justice mailing list for these updates and invitations to briefing calls and events, please email ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

Hundreds Rally for the Right to Refuse Stop and Frisk

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, April 20, 2016
By Kavitha Surana, Bedford & Bowery April 21, 2016 In 2013 Mayor Bill De Blasio was voted into office with ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

Project Phoenix Readings

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, March 06, 2017
... Economies — Michael Shuman This chapter from The Post Carbon Reader Series explains how economic ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice

Ensuring the Voices of Government Reflect the People They Represent

News type: 
News from the Field
... Alex, President of Latino Victory Project . Huffington Post , October 14, 2014. It has been more than a month since ... we are in a historic moment as we head into this mid-term election , where the nation's attention is focused on these .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Police Accountability: Organizing and Philanthropic Strategies

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Mon, September 15, 2014
... brewing: inequality is rising; more money is coming from post -Citizens’ United sources; and state and local ... surveillance, hate crimes and discrimination in the post -9/11 security environment of the United States. Our ... and participating organization. Ferguson in Focus : A briefing paper, including historical context, from the NAACP ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Announcing the 2019 Discount Foundation Legacy Award Winner

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/01/2019
... by many community organizations and elected officials. In 2016 , she received the Grinnell College Innovator for Social ... makers throughout the world. Learn more about Adhikaar. 2016 Awardee: Alfred Marshall Organizer with the New Orleans ... organizing campaigns, he has helped win local hiring on post -Katrina public construction and development projects, a ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

From Grievance to Governance: 8 Features of Transformative Campaigns

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, May 03, 2016
... - A Blog of the Movement Strategy Center January 26, 2016 One morning last December, I found myself at the Ford ... set of issue priorities, mobilization, policy change and election campaigns that are pursuing structural reforms. Too ... Let’s take our path, together. Read the original blog post on Let's Talk: At the Heart of Movement-Building - A .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Community Power-Building

Why We Move Money for Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/19/2018
... , spoke to this on FFJ’s State of the Police State briefing panel: “Abolition is about changing our response ... As Kevin Ryan, longtime NFG member and recipient of the 2016 NFG Award for Excellence in Philanthropy, once told me: ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice

Strike Watch: Solidago Foundation's Rebecca Greenberg on Funding Democracy Defense from Georgia to Arizona

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/21/2020
... co-governance; they see electoral defense pre- and post - election as inseparable from this mission. We are grateful ... focusing when it comes to election defense, protection and post - election support, and what you’re hearing from the ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

White People and Activism in the Trump Era

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/19/2018
... it did for many of us, it really came to a head after the 2016 presidential election . In the weeks leading up to inauguration, local ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Is Democracy Funding Undemocratic? Funding Civic Engagement in an Era of Protest

News type: 
News from the Field
By Austin Belali Nonprofit Quarterly - March 22, 2016 This piece is part of our ongoing Equity, Diversity, ... NPQ and YNPN will be using the hashtag #EDISeries, so post about the series along with us. To stay informed of the ... Rates Lowest Ever Recorded; Changes Essential in 2016 .” Wesley C. Hogan, Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC’s ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Building Momentum From The Ground Up: A Toolkit For Promoting Justice In Policing

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sun, June 14, 2015
From the Center for Popular Democracy and PolicyLink . www.justiceinpolicing.com The killing of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, John Crawford III, and Ezell Ford over just four weeks last summer, and the subsequent failure to hold any officers involved responsible, spurred a national conversation about police violence and systemic racism. Community members, often led by tenacious young leaders, planned...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/09/2016
After a long, bitter, and confusing election season, we have finally come to the other ...
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An Open Letter from Ferguson Protesters and Allies

News type: 
News from the Field
... Packnett, and Johnetta Elzie, Huffington Post , November 11, 2014. Originally published October 17: In ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Grant Makers Give Money Fast to Challenge Trump Policies

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
03/13/2017
... given to progressive nonprofits since the presidential election have drawn ample attention. The American Civil ... charity headlines in The New York Times, The Washington Post , USA Today, and Politico. Foundation responses to the ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

Nominate Labor Movement Leaders for the 2017 Discount Foundation Legacy Award!

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
09/29/2017
... Washington, D.C., at the Neighborhood Funders Group policy briefing in early spring 2017 and Jobs With Justice Education ... via our online portal by 11:59 p.m. PST on October 28, 2016 . You can access the online nomination form here . ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

From the Front Lines of Ferguson

News type: 
Member News
... Officer, Open Society Foundations Read the original blog post here. The incident was all too familiar. An apparently ... original discussion, at the bottom of the original blog post on Open Society Foundations' website. .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Ferguson to Geneva

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, November 01, 2014
The family of Michael Brown, HandsUpUnited, Organization for Black Struggle (OBS), and Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE) submitted a brief to the United Nations and will present it in Geneva November 12-13, 2014. They aim "not only to achieve justice in Ferguson, but to unite governments around the world against the human rights violations that result from racial profiling and police violence." Read the brief.
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Funding Opportunity

We Call it the "American Dream"

News type: 
News from the Field
... like second-class Americans, and disillusioned that the election of a black president didn’t do enough to offer ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Economic Justice
Community Safety & Justice

Agenda to Keep us Safe

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, September 30, 2014
Originally posted at byp100.org The Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) is dedicated to the long-term fight to end the criminalization of Black youth. We believe that strategies to achieve this goal and ultimately transform our lives and communities require grassroots organizing and public policy advocacy at the local, state, and federal level. Thus BYP100 wants decision makers, elected officials, and law enforcement agencies to implement and enforce our ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

Police Accountability and the Criminalization of Communities of Color: Organizing in Ferguson and Beyond

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, September 15, 2014
Webinar
... Please RSVP in the form below. Please note that this briefing is for funders only. If you have any questions, ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

Funders: Let's Stop Fixating on Our Issues and Start Supporting our Values

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
02/15/2017
... building efforts that often struggle to raise funds. This post originally appeared in Inside Philanthropy here . As ... where we go from here, I can’t stop thinking about the election . The 2010 election . In 2010, there were two dozen states that had ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Our cynicism will not build a movement. Collaboration will.

News type: 
News from the Field
... before it even began. 53% of white women who voted in the 2016 presidential election did so for a man who aims to move society backward. ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Recapping the Strategy in Action Learning Tour: Equitable Revitalization and Regional Power-Building in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, August 28, 2017
... 80% of the population voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election . The city’s economy is booming, but gentrification ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Chicago Has Spent Half a Billion Dollars on Police Brutality Cases—And It’s Impoverishing the Victims’ Communities

News type: 
News from the Field
By Carrie Sloan and Johnaé Strong March 11, 2016 - The Nation Mayor Rahm Emanuel, State’s Attorney ... October 2014, just four months before Chicago’s mayoral election . As part of this cover-up, the City of Chicago paid ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Identify. Describe. Dismantle. Repeat.

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/08/2019
... way to become not just non-racist, but anti-racist. This post was originally published here on Medium. Nicky was ... actively enable racism to continue to play out in our election processes, our governance processes, in virtually ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Racial Justice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

Organizations Addressing Police Accountability and Racial Justice

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
... Trans Queer Pueblo Trans Queer Pueblo, formed in 2016 as a merger between Arcoiris Liberation Team and the ... surveillance, hate crimes and discrimination in the post -9/11 security environment of the United States. The ... Tribeca for Change grows out of the progressive grassroots election campaign of Barack Obama and Organizing for America. ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

On Earth Day, Empowering Allies for the Year Ahead

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/22/2015
... equity and sustainability in Puerto Rico, with a follow-up briefing last week with Philanthropy New York . This ... equity and diversity. At EGA’s recent Federal Policy Briefing , for example, we learned about the potential impact ... Latino electorate could grow to more than 13 million by 2016 , representing a 34 percent increase from 2008. New ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Philanthropic Practice

Webinar Resources from Hope in the Heartland: Racial Justice and the White Working Class

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, May 18, 2017
... America that everyone’s ignoring" — The Washington Post , March 2017 "Revenge of the rural voter" — Politico, November 2016 "It’s time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were not working class" — The Washington Post , June 2017 Philanthropic Resources "Is Rural America .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Rural Rising: Supporting Equity, Sustainability, and Resilience in Rural & Small-Town America

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, December 13, 2018 -
11:00am - 12:15pm
Webinar
... leaders of dynamic frontline organizations. 2) Mid-Term Election Reflections: Implications for Rural & Small-Town ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Statement: Do Not Militarize Our Mourning: Orlando and the Ongoing Tragedy Against LGBTSTGNC POC

News type: 
News from the Field
See the original post on the Audre Lorde Project website . June 15, 2016 We at the Audre Lorde Project are devastated by the ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Gender Justice
Criminalization

HIV is not a crime! (except in 32 states and 72 countries)

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
03/30/2017
By John Barnes, Executive Director, Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) Even many AIDS advocates and people living with HIV are surprised to learn that HIV IS a crime in 32 US states and 72 countries around the world, with new laws being enacted every year. Since these laws have begun to appear, at the beginning of the epidemic, over 600 prosecutions of people with HIV, more than half of those in the United States. In fact, just this week the Utah House of Representatives passed HB 369 , which, if enacted, will make sexual contact by an HIV+ person without disclosure of status a first-degree...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Healthy Communities
Philanthropic Practice

Water Works: Building Partnerships to Create Jobs and Transform Communities

Event type: 
Briefing
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
New York, NY
... and Neighborhood Funders Group in a special funder briefing and strategy session with water and wastewater ... to significantly improve people and place. This briefing with senior executives of water and wastewater ...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Inclusive Development

Minneapolis Protestors Occupy Police Precinct, Shut Down Highway After Police Kill Jamar Clark

News type: 
News from the Field
... aren’t scheduled to receive them until 2016 —but did not say if there is any other surveillance ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Webinar Recap: Governance, Participatory Budgeting, and Grantmaking

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, November 03, 2017
... shift. With the divisive and disturbing tenor of the 2016 presidential election , moving the theory of deeper democracy into practice ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Discount Foundation Legacy Award

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
01/13/2021
... by many community organizations and elected officials. In 2016 , she received the Grinnell College Innovator for Social ... makers throughout the world. Learn more about Adhikaar. 2016 Awardee: Alfred Marshall Organizer with the New Orleans ... organizing campaigns, he has helped win local hiring on post -Katrina public construction and development projects, a ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Honoring the Discount Foundation

Event type: 
Reception
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Washington, DC
Following the policy briefing , we will gather at Carmine's restaurant to honor .....
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Time to Invest for Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... won New York’s 14th US Congressional district primary election by defeating ten-term Democratic incumbent and ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

#FergusonNext

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, December 03, 2014
... collaboration between Guardian US Opinion, The St. Louis Post -Dispatch Editorial Page, Ebony.com, Colorlines, The St. ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

Mall Of America Protest A “Decoy” Says Black Lives Matter

News type: 
News from the Field
... give in. Until there is justice, there will be no peace. 2016 is coming, so are we. ‪#‎blacklivesmatter‬ ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Youth on the Move: How Funders Can Support the Growing Movement of Young People of Color in 2015

News type: 
Member News
Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing , Jan 9, 2015 As we begin 2015, we at the Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) have been re-inspired by the undeniable potential for young people of color to play a transformative role in advancing social justice. Young people of color are demonstrating a readiness to organize that has not been seen in many years. For funders and others who care about youth leadership and social and racial justice, it is an important time to support the actions taking place across the country to help them coalesce into a sustained movement. For funders...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Be vigilant and move the money: NFG's January 2021 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
01/27/2021
... to sustain and build power coming out of the census and election work Funders for a Just Economy (FJE) FJE has ... Coming up, FJE will be hosting our annual Policy Briefing in March to discuss how movement partners are ...
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Questions Linger for LGBT Community After Police Kill Jessie Hernandez

News type: 
News from the Field
... were killed in such incidents, according to the Denver Post . Hernandez's death has only heightened calls for police .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Gender Justice
Criminalization

Women of Color on #BlackLivesMatter, Gender, and Racism

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Thu, December 11, 2014
... for Black people after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was post -humously placed on trial for his own murder and the ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Gender Justice
Criminalization

Behind the curtain: one theory of social change

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Mon, June 23, 2014
Behind the curtain: one theory of social change , by Jee Kim, Program Officer, Increasing Civic and Political Participation, Ford Foundation. 23, June 2014 ...read more.
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Policing the Homeless: Broken Windows ‘On Steroids”

News type: 
News from the Field
by Lynn Lewis March 29, 2016 , The Crime Report Cities, towns and rural areas all over ... parks or other public spaces. The memo, dated Jan. 19, 2016 , was “issued to all commands” with the subject line: ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Housing Justice

Philanthropy’s Role in Holding Tension

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
... Group - they are your people”. I had just missed the 2016 convening in Oakland and learned I had to wait another ... movement before us for a more just and equitable society. Post -conference I’m still ruminating and a couple key ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

More is required of us

News type: 
Member News
by Vanessa Daniel, Groundswell Fund August 5, 2016 - Health & Environmental Funders Network “I think we ... for those who would bury their heads in the sand of a “ post -racial America” that doesn’t exist. Difficult for ... the Health and Environmental Funders Network . View blog post on the Health and Environmental Funders Network site, ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Strike Watch: From Food to Fashion, Workers are Countering Corporate Talking Points with Organizing for Economic Security and Protection

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/21/2020
... banners of established labor (including in the first union election since the pandemic ), worker advocacy and organizing ... in Memphis voted to unionize this week in the first union election since the pandemi c, frustrated with issues ... and a lack of pay increases (except for management) post -COVID-19. Newer to the supply-chain strike lines are ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

As We #SayHerName, 7 Policy Paths to Stop Police Violence Against Black Girls and Women

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, July 19, 2016
... and gender nonconforming people. Andrea J. Ritchie May 19, 2016 Activists from Durham to D.C. to Detroit are gearing up ... Serve? Who Do You Protect? , books coming out in 2017. ** Post has been updated since publication for precision. Fifty ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Racial Justice

2017 Discount Legacy Award Reception

Event type: 
Other
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Washington, DC
... honored at the annual Funders for a Just Economy Policy Briefing on May 18-19, 2017, in Washington, DC. The ... reception will be held after the first day of the policy briefing on May 18 from 5:30-7:30pm at a location near the ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Reports from the Movement Strategy Center

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 01, 2016
Reports from the Movement Strategy Center

The Movement Strategy Center offers a plethora of resources that speak on transformative practices, collective impact, intersecting issues, and building progressive power. Below is a curated list.

Practices of Transformative Movement Building We need transformative strategies to generate exponential change. But how do we accomplish this? How do we achieve...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

Relatives of fallen press Cuomo for special prosecutor

News type: 
News from the Field
by Casey Seiler, Capitol Confidential (Casey Seiler, Times Union) Relatives of New Yorkers who died at the hands of law enforcement returned to Albany to push the Legislature to reject anything short of the appointment of a special prosecutor to review such cases — a stance that makes Gov. Andrew Cuomo their ally and an unlikely opponent. Gwen Carr, whose son Eric Garner died last summer after police put him in a chokehold as he was arrested for selling loose cigarettes on a Staten Island street corner, spoke during the advocates’ session-ending return visit. “We need someone to look at the...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

CampaignZERO Launched

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, August 21, 2015

CampaignZERO presents a comprehensive package of policy reforms to end police violence in America. It encourages people to petition their elected representatives to implement 10 policy solution areas at the local, state, and federal level of government to achieve an America where police do not kill people.

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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice

Philanthropy Moving Forward a Bolder Approach to America’s Housing Crisis

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
02/04/2021
This blog was written by Nile Malloy, Director of NFG's Democratizing Development Program to urge philanthropy to propel a bold approach to the housing crisis. Housing advocates and grassroots groups from across the country continue to organize elected officials at the local, state, and federal level for another eviction moratorium, rental assistance, and foreclosure delay relief to slow the rate of some families from being pushed towards the cliff of homelessness. National groups like Right to the City Housing is the Cure; People’s Action Home Guarantee , National Low-income Housing...
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Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Control, Disruption and Democracy: Philanthropy's Role in Inclusive Civic Engagement

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, February 29, 2016
... Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Read the original post on NCRP's blog here. " Control, Disruption and .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Economic Justice

How to Fund the Revolution: Part 1

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, March 01, 2016
... series I’ll suggest how to do that. Read the original post on Movement Net Lab. ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Community Power-Building

For Love of Humankind: A Call to Action for Southern Philanthropy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/10/2019
... rhetoric and policies with three concrete actions. This post was originally published here on the foundation's .....
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

Updates on Ferguson, Cleveland, and NYC

News type: 
NFG Blog
... to find new streams of revenue to support the work through 2016 and beyond. www.ohiostudentassociation.org Twitter/IG: ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Gay Marriage to Ferguson

News type: 
News from the Field
By Caitlin Breedlove , Huffington Post , October 20, 2014. An interview with Serena Sebring, ...
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Topic: 
Gender Justice
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Building Power in the Sunshine State: Lessons from FJE’s Florida Learning Tour

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/09/2019
... anti-slavery uprisings were launched from these enclaves. Post -reconstruction, this blossoming of freedom was repressed ... progressive possibility and conservative ideology. Every election is won or lost by 1%, but a Republican stronghold ... Florida for disaster response or to swing the state during election years, focused on numbers, not depth or long-term ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Leveraging Limited Dollars: How Grantmakers Achieve Tangible Results by Funding Policy and Community Engagement

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, January 28, 2012
By Lisa Ranghelli, January 2012. This report distills findings from more than 400 pages of research amassed over three years as part of NCRP’s Grantmaking for Community Impact Project (GCIP). The project documented $26.6 billion in benefits for taxpayers and communities in 13 states, and found that every dollar grantmakers and other donors invested in policy and civic engagement provided a return of $115 in community benefit ...read more.
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... racial justice and inclusive economic development. This post originally appeared in NCRP’s quarterly journal, which ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Philanthropic Practice

For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... racial justice and inclusive economic development. This post originally appeared in NCRP’s quarterly journal, which ...
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For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2016
... racial justice and inclusive economic development. This post originally appeared in NCRP’s quarterly journal, which ...
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Cuomo Appointed A Special Prosecutor For New York Killings Involving Police

News type: 
News from the Field
by Christopher Mathias, Huffington Post New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed an executive order ... York wishes. Read the complete article in the Huffington Post . Cuomo Appointed A Special Prosecutor For New York ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Police Reform Organizers Pitch Net Neutrality To FCC

News type: 
News from the Field
by Matt Sledge, Huffington Post . January 9, 2015. Police reform organizers traveled to ... save themselves." Read the original article on Huffington Post . Police Reform Organizers Pitch Net Neutrality To FCC .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Economic Justice

Following Ferguson

News type: 
Member News
by Eric Ward, Program Officer, Advancing Racial Justice and Minority Rights, Ford Foundation August 22, 2014 In Ferguson, Mo. protests are in their 13th day. And while a governor-imposed curfew has been lifted and National Guard units have been withdrawn, a “state of emergency” remains in place. Amid a flood of related reading, these articles and resources have stood out to me. I hope their insights will fuel your own discussions about Ferguson and the larger systems at play. Via: Ford Foundation Equals Change
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Racial Justice

FJE Funder Call on Forced Arbitration

Event type: 
Briefing
Friday, June 1, 2018 -
9:30am - 10:30am
Webinar
... other upcoming labor issues, during this year's Policy Briefing & Labor Strategy Session in March 2018. Join us to .....
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

California Funders’ Convening on Gentrification and Displacement

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, December 03, 2015

On July 20, 2015, NFG partnered with the California Endowment, Ford Foundation, Common Counsel Foundation, and Smart Growth California to convene a day-long meeting for 70 funders and practitioners working on gentrification and displacement issues in California.

Our goal was to deepen a shared understanding of the problems and solutions to the crisis of displacement affecting residents and small businesses in many cities in California due to gentrification. We also sought to lay the foundation for potential alignment on strategies addressing these issues.

We developed a...

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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Living Resource Systems: A New Approach for Supporting Movement Networks

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, November 01, 2016
Living Resource Systems: A New Approach for Supporting Movement Networks

article and photo provided by the Movement Net Lab

In tandem with the many movement networks of the last decade, innovative funding channels and configurations have emerged to support them. These changes are part of the shift from foundation-centered funding to a broader conceptualization of resources we call a living resource system . A living resource system provides a relationship-based approach to resources: resources are...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Community Power-Building

Game Changing Advancement in Fostering Access to Opportunity: HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Webinar
WHEN: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 TIME: 10:00 - 11:00 am (PST) | 1:00 - 2:00 pm (EST) ... the Ford Foundation Please register by Friday, April 29, 2016 . On Monday, May 2, 2016 , we will send out call-information and additional ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Grantmakers for Girls of Color - Watch the National Funders Convening

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, May 19, 2016
... National Funders Convening. Originally aired: May 19, 2016 , 8:45am to 12:15pm ET See the morning program, speakers, ...
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Topic: 
Gender Justice
Philanthropic Practice

Making Change: How Social Movements Work - and How to Support Them

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, November 07, 2016
Making Change: How Social Movements Work - and How to Support Them by Manuel Pastor and Rhonda Ortiz, originally published in March 2009 Social movements are a hidden underpinning of the American story. Using the tools of relationship building, community mobilization, and symbolic protest, they have helped bring us civil rights, labor protections, and even a healthier environment, sparking people’s aspirations, imaginations, and actions for a better nation. This document seeks to provide a guidepost to both funders and the field by detailing what makes for a successful social movement, what...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Community Power-Building

Building the Road to Belonging: Three Ways Philanthropy Can Help End Mass Criminalization

News type: 
Member News
... focused on criminal justice reform. Read the original post on NCRP.org. Building the Road to Belonging: Three ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Baltimore Activists Occupy City Hall #CityHallShutdown #BaltimoreUprising

News type: 
News from the Field
Read Baltimore Bloc's list of demands for police reform in the city of Baltimore. Support the city hall occupation by contributing to Baltimore United Legal Fund. Follow #cityhallshutdown updates on Instagram and Twitter. Read the Associated Press's news article about the occupation here.
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity

Governance, Participatory Budgeting and Grantmaking

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Webinar
DATE: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 TIME: 11:00 - 12:30 pm PST / 12:00 - 1:30 pm MST / ... and Movements "" Please register by Friday, October 21, 2016 . We will send out additional call information .....
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Philanthropy Isn’t Doing Enough to Support Youth-Led Voter-Mobilization Efforts

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
10/20/2020
... and Georgia. These states are in play in the upcoming election thanks in large part to years of persistent ... mobilize hundreds of thousands of voters for the November election — and beyond. If we value a just and functioning ... racial, and ethnic makeup of voters from previous election years. Young voters of color can wield tremendous ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

Bending the Arc from Interest to Advancement

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Wed, April 08, 2015
... to the Organization for Black Struggle . To fully fund a 2016 statewide ballot initiative , the Missouri Organizing ... Suburban Journal and a regular section in the St. Louis Post -Dispatch dedicated to North County events. As of 2011, ... engagement in the Ferguson area include The Huffington Post and the St. Louis Beacon partnering to support a ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity

In ‘Moral Monday,’ activists protest Brown shooting with acts of civil disobedience

News type: 
News from the Field
By Wesley Lowery and Arelis R. Hernández , Washington Post - October 13, 2014. ST. LOUIS – In a third day of ...
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Police In Ferguson Stock Up On Riot Gear Ahead Of Grand Jury Decision

News type: 
News from the Field
By Ryan J. Reilly , Huffington Post , October 28, 2014. WASHINGTON -- The St. Louis County ... going to indict him,” one protester told The Huffington Post in October. Read the full article. Police In Ferguson ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Seven Ways That Funders Can Support Racial Justice

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Fri, June 27, 2014
... from race where they seem to be adopting the notion of post -racial America.” “What,” asked Patterson, “is ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Countering State Preemption and Protecting the Power of Local Government

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, July 10, 2017
Webinar
Monday, July 10th | 12 - 1 PM PT / 1 - 2 PM MT / 2 - 3 CT / 3 - 4 PM ET American cities have historically been places of innovation and incubation when it comes to advancing equity and inclusion. Today, however, they face a fast-growing threat. Since the 2010 midterm elections, state lawmakers have become more aggressive in their use of preemption to stop local lawmaking across a broad and expanding range of issues, including labor standards, civil rights, broadband, environmental protection, and public health. Preemption is now being used to negate...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Racial Justice

Eroding the Power of Police Unions

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, September 3, 2020 -
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
Across the nation, divest/invest campaigns and calls for police accountability are being blocked, and successes rolled back, by the political power of police unions. Join NFG's Funders for Justice for this webinar, to hear from movement leaders in Texas, California, and Arizona, on strategies and learnings to erode police union power. They will also share funding needs and opportunities to significantly move the needle. Campaigns that will be covered include preventing the renewal of a detention center contract, cutting the police union contract in half, cutting $150 million from the police...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights

Webinar Recap of From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Tue, March 21, 2017
... for whom and from what? Immediately after the presidential election , mayors across the country took a bold public ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

The Road Ahead for Worker Justice: Where to Lean In, Pull Up, Push Back and Pivot

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Sat, June 24, 2017
... Funders for a Just Economy (FJE) has held a yearly policy briefing to engage its members on specific policy issues that ... shifting political and power map, this year’s policy briefing updated members with our current understanding of ... The Opportunity Agenda . Participants left the policy briefing energized and ready for the road ahead! FJE will be ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Executives' Alliance Foundation Leaders "Ban the Box"

News type: 
Member News
... to Adopt Fair Chance Hiring Measures NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leaders from 42 foundations ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Criminalization

Race and Policing - A Resource from IssueLab

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, August 15, 2016
Again and again the data show that people of color in the U.S. are disproportionately, and systematically, stopped, frisked, arrested, and exposed to the use of force by police. Police departments and communities across the U.S. are struggling with these realities and with what has become a glaring divide in how Americans experience and relate to policing. This special collection includes research from nonprofits, foundations, and university based research centers, who have not only described and documented the issue but who also provide much-needed recommendations for addressing this chronic...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Philanthropic Practice

After #FergusonOctober

News type: 
NFG Blog
... My definition of a movement moment is like St. Louis post -Ferguson. So much is happening it is not controlled by ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Funding Opportunity

FergusonOctober – Voices from the Ground

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/16/2014
... My definition of a movement moment is like St. Louis post -Ferguson. So much is happening it is not controlled by ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice

Funders for Justice Announces Inaugural Advisory Committee of Field Leaders

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/05/2017
... publications including the New York Times, Washington Post , Chicago Reader, The Nation, Ebony and Essence ... Public Interest Award in 2015, and is a member of the 2016 class of the Levi Strauss Foundation's Pioneers of .....
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Strike Watch: San Francisco Foundation's Jidan Terry-Koon on Finding our (Philanthropic) Front Lines

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/21/2020
... At the time, I was the Deputy Director and once we hit 2016 , I was clear that I needed to find work that was more ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Timeline of Race, Racism, Resistance and Philanthropy 1992-2014

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, May 31, 2014
... in this timeline belies the notion that the U.S. is a " post -racial" society. For funders seeking to understand and .....
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Philanthropic Practice

From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance - Conference Call for Funders

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, February 27, 2017
Webinar
... MT / 3 pm CT / 4 pm ET Immediately after the presidential election , mayors across the country have taken a bold public ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Freedom Side Open Letter

News type: 
News from the Field
To Whom It May Concern; This is an open letter from frontline leaders engaged in the struggle for justice in Ferguson and the larger fight against police brutality and Black dehumanization, to request real solidarity. This is a moment recorded for the future and we are writing this letter to open up ways for people to stand in solidarity. This is a historical moment that young people are leading, but that should come as no surprise because young people have always been the fuel of social movements. Youth leaders recruiting, planning, living and creating the change we want to see and the world...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Community Power-Building
Racial Justice

After Ferguson: Conference Call looking at the role of the faith community in mobilizing around racial justice

Event type: 
Briefing
Monday, July 23, 2018
Conference Call
Social justice non-profit Sojourners has been working on racial reconciliation and economic justice organizing since the early 1970s, and this past fall Sojourners has been working closely with Ferguson leaders, at their request, as well as with national partners, to achieve a bold agenda—to help America, and particularly communities of faith to listen across racial lines and build a multi-racial and bipartisan movement to achieve racial reconciliation and transform our criminal justice system. Listen to the following conference call with Lisa Sharon Harper, Sojourners’...
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After Ferguson: Conference Call looking at the role of the faith community in mobilizing around racial justice

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Sat, April 11, 2015
Social justice non-profit Sojourners has been working on racial reconciliation and economic justice organizing since the early 1970s, and this past fall Sojourners has been working closely with Ferguson leaders, at their request, as well as with national partners, to achieve a bold agenda—to help America, and particularly communities of faith to listen across racial lines and build a multi-racial and bipartisan movement to achieve racial reconciliation and transform our criminal justice system. Listen to the following conference call with Lisa Sharon Harper, Sojourners’...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Working Better Together to Further Advance a Midwest Funders Strategy for Equity and Opportunity

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, October 26, 2018
Webinar
Come join your peers in philanthropy for a strategy discussion that will highlight the potential for a collaborative effort of building a Midwest learning community committed to advancing racial justice, powerbuilding, and opportunity for all people. This discussion aims to: deepen connections with and among Midwest funders working on increasing equity and opportunity engage funders in the process of developing a Midwest scan of grantmakers and nonprofit institutions interested in building shared equity and opportunity Over the last two years, Neighborhood Funders Group has brought together a...
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The Innovations and Independence of OUR Walmart

Event type: 
Briefing
Monday, August 24, 2015
New York, NY
... Partnerships, we would like to invite you to a funder briefing on The Innovations and Impact of OUR Walmart . ...
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Community Power-Building
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Staff Transitions at NFG

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
06/29/2017
... a half years, Yolanda has spearheaded NFG's successful 2016 National Convening , helped to launch the California .....
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Pathways to Effective State Funding Strategies

Event type: 
Webinar
Monday, February 5, 2018
Webinar
Join this installment of the First Monday + Election Series Discussion, hosted by Funders' Committee for .....
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Community Power-Building
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Midwest Community Organizing Panel Discussion with the Needmor Fund

Event type: 
Member Event
Friday, May 3, 2019 -
9:00am - 11:30am
Chicago, IL
... members in the democratic process in the upcoming 2020 election cycle. Panelists will include: Jen Epps Addison, ...
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Community Power-Building

Ohio Student Association: Justice for John Crawford

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
10/18/2014
From Ferguson to LA, New York to Beavercreek, the story is becoming clearer and clearer. We need a fundamental shift between our communities and law enforcement. Will you join us for “What is Justice? – Rally at the Statehouse” a t 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, OH at 12pm this Sa turday October 18th? John Crawford was a young black man who picked up a toy gun from a shelf at the Beavercreek, Ohio Wal-Mart. After 911 caller Ronald Ritchie made false accusations about his behavior, Officer Sean Williams responded to the...
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Community Power-Building
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NFG's 2020 Convening Series — Youth of Color Taking the Lead: Collaborative Leadership and the Path to Power

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, September 10, 2020 -
9:00am - 11:00am
Virtual
... reproductive rights, immigration, criminal justice, and election protection and voter engagement. Yet, only 5% of ...
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A Pivotal Moment for Racial Justice

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/05/2015
... opportunities for the racial organizing movement. This post originally appeared on Ford Foundation’s Equals Change ...
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Criminalization
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#ReclaimMLK Actions Across the US

News type: 
News from the Field
... was a society with human rights for all. To read this post in its entirety, visit Huffington Post online . #ReclaimMLK Actions Across the US ...
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Community Safety & Justice

Ways to Support Organizers in North Carolina

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
10/07/2016
... People of Color Collective. On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 , Keith Lamont Scott, a disabled Black man, was shot and ...
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Racial Justice
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8 Lessons from Our Southern Grantees in the Fight for Equity and Justice

News type: 
Member News
8 Lessons from Our Southern Grantees in the Fight for Equity and Justice By Miabi Chatterji , Senior Program Officer at Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice My colleagues and I at the LGBTQ Racial Justice Fund (RJF) have been thinking hard about how our institutions need to respond to the changes the Trump administration will make to our national culture and policies. Particularly for those of us who support vulnerable communities such as immigrants; refugees; Latinx, Muslim and black people; incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals; sex workers; LGBTQ people; youth of color and...
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Gender Justice
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Enough

News type: 
Member News
July 7, 2016 Headwaters Foundation for Justice mourns the death of ...
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Funding Opportunity
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Criminalization

Police Shootings Since Ferguson Put Foundations to the Test

News type: 
Member News
By Drew Lindsay, Chronicle of Philanthropy July 19, 2016 In mid-April, a police-reform task force appointed by ...
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Racial Justice
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Can you tackle poverty without taking on place?

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/29/2016
Earlier this month, House Republicans released a new plan to fight poverty and social immobility. However, there is little mention of the role that place plays in perpetuating poverty or shaping economic opportunity. Growing research shows that geography plays a powerful role in determining life outcomes in the United States. This article from the Urban Institute discusses the importance of place on poverty and makes several policy recommendations. By Solomon Greene, Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute and former NFG board member Earlier this month, House Republicans released a new plan to...
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Economic Justice
Housing Justice

Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practice in Place-Based Philanthropy

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, September 19, 2016 - Wednesday, September 21, 2016
... as a part of community power building. On September 19-21, 2016 , Neighborhood Funders Group and the Aspen Institute ...
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Philanthropic Practice

Statement from Within Our Lifetime

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
10/07/2016
... rapid response statement on police killings in September 2016 was originally released by Within Our Lifetime on September 29, 2016 at http://www.withinourlifetime.net/ . Within Our ...
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Community Safety & Justice
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Funders for Justice Announces 2nd Cohort of Field Advisors

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/15/2018
... publications including the New York Times, Washington Post , Chicago Reader, The Nation, Ebony and Essence ... Public Interest Award in 2015, and is a member of the 2016 class of the Levi Strauss Foundation's Pioneers of .....
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Building Trust Between Communities and Local Police

News type: 
News from the Field
David Hudson December 01, 2014 08:25 PM EST Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and around the country have grabbed the attention of the nation and the world, and have highlighted the importance of strong, collaborative relationships between local police and the communities that they protect. Today, the Administration announced new steps we’re taking to strengthen the relationships between law enforcement agencies and the communities they are obligated to protect and serve, including: Advancing the use of body worn cameras and promoting proven community policing initiatives Creating a new...
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Criminalization
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Grant Makers Should Seize the Moment to Seek Racial Justice Solutions

News type: 
NFG Blog
... Pacific Islands in Philanthropy Civic Engagement Fund This post originally appeared as a "Letter to the Editor" in the .....
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Philanthropic Practice
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Grand Jury Decision

News type: 
News from the Field
By Ashley Alman , Huffington Post , November 17, 2014. Gov. Jay Nixon (D) issued an ...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization

Reclaim, Remain, Rebuild: A Conversation with Funders on New Strategies for Urban Democracy & Equity

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, October 20, 2014
New York, NY
... are outside New York City and will be calling in to the briefing , please indicate that in the questions box. Please ...
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Community Power-Building
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Inclusive Development

We will not be silenced.

News type: 
News from the Field
ACTIVISTS BLAST NYPD ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE New York, NY — Activists issued a scathing statement this afternoon in response to recent attempts by the NYPD to silence the efforts of citizens seeking justice for victims of police violence. The letter, drafted by Ferguson Action, and cosigned by over a dozen grassroots organizations takes aim at PBA president Patrick Lynch and Commissioner Bratton for their reckless attempts to conflate constitutionally protected protest activities with the tragic murders of officers Ramos and Liu: “The events...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization

For Philanthropy, Time to Double Down to End Injustice

News type: 
Member News
... have increasingly supported in recent years. Even before Election Day, foundation dollars dedicated to social justice ...
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Philanthropic Practice
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USHRN Statement on the State of Emergency of Anti-Trans Hate Violence

News type: 
News from the Field
August 21, 2015 The US Human Rights Network's Coordinating Center extends our thoughts and prayers to the families and loved ones of the 18 transgender women, - primarily women of color, and specifically Black, - whose lives have been taken this year due to hate violence. Along with our members, we raised this issue as a human rights crisis in March and have since seen the numbers increase at an alarming rate. These numbers are likely on the conservative end as they are only the reported cases. When we include Mya Hall, a Black trans woman who was killed by the NSA, the number jumps up to 19...
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Gender Justice
Community Power-Building

The New Jim Crow

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, January 16, 2012
... States celebrates its “triumph over race” with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of black men in major ...
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Racial Justice
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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Jenny Arwade

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/01/2019
... Chicago, we are coming off of a historic Mayoral run-off election , with voters electing the city’s first Black, ...
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Community Safety & Justice
Healthy Communities

The Road Ahead

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
11/11/2020
... of the road ahead There is much to grapple with this election cycle and all that has come with it. Our democracy ... the effects of such grassroots resistance are evident in election results across the country: from an unprecedented ... an eye on long-term change to sustain movements beyond election cycles. Organize philanthropy to make use of both ...
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Community Power-Building
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Changing Foundation Culture to Support Place-Based Change

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
11/02/2016
In September 2016 , the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and ...
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Philanthropic Practice

The Power of the People – SB1445 is a Strategic Victory With Lessons for Alliance Building

News type: 
News from the Field
Post by Tia Oso, National Coordinator for the Black ... a democracy that works for us all. Read the original post on BAJI's website. The Power of the People – SB1445 .....
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Racial Justice
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What's Next in the Movement for Working Families Webinar

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Webinar
... Initiative: http://www.fairworkweek.org/ Washington Post : Fast-food Workers Learn Their Hours On the Fly. Oregon Wants to Change That Huffington Post : Oregon Passes Pioneering Worker-Rights Bill Racked: ...
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Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

News type: 
News from the Field
... for Black people after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was post -humously placed on trial for his own murder and the ...
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Gender Justice
Racial Justice
Community Power-Building

Ferguson: A Miscarriage of Justice and a Movement That Won't Give Up

News type: 
News from the Field
by Marisa Franco, lead organizer of the #not1more campaign for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network Originally posted on the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) website "Last night completed a circle of tragedy and travesty. Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown in broad daylight, but his protectors used the thick of night to announce their decision to not indict. While the St. Louis prosecutor’s explanation rang empty and hollow, the clamor for justice in the streets of Ferguson was once again clear, resounding, and this time nationwide. Our hearts were...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Power-Building

The Immigration Detention Transparency and Human Rights Project: August 2015 Report

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, August 31, 2015

NIJC Freedom of Information Act Litigation Reveals Systemic Lack of Accountability in Immigration Detention Contracting

(August 2015) — The National Immigrant Justice Center’s (NIJC’s) three-year Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation resulted in the most comprehensive public release to date of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration detention center contracts and inspections. With The Immigration Detention Transparency and Human Rights...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization

Thinking About the Safety of Black Lives Beyond Policing

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015 Huffington Post By Marbre Stahly-Butts , Soros Justice Fellow, Dante ...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Black Lives Matter: We Say Their Names

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/02/2020
... take action to fund transformative justice in this blog post from NFG’s Funders for Justice. NFG cares about you, ...
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Community Safety & Justice
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The long, halting, unfinished fight to end racial profiling in America

News type: 
News from the Field
... individuals." The issue had, in fact, played into the 2000 election . The national news was full of stories of doctors .....
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Racial Justice
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Decriminalization and Community-Led Safety and Justice Models in Communities of Color

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, June 8, 2017
New York, NY
Thursday, June 8, 2017 8:30am - 5pm | Union Loft Square , New York, NY Decriminalization and Community-Led Safety and Justice Models in Communities of Color This event has now passed. Please check back in August for a convening recap. If you have questions, write to us at fundersforjustice@nfg.org . What makes communities safe? What models exist for creative, transformative solutions for community-based justice and safety? How can restorative justice transform communities and block the school-to-prison pipeline? And how are these all connected? These conversations, the evolving organizing,...
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Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

Funder Meeting on Government Alliance on Race and Equity

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Minneapolis, MN
The Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) , the Neighborhood Funders Group , and the Government Alliance on Race and Equity invite you to a special funders learning/strategy meeting in advance of the Convening on Racial Equity, co-hosted by Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and St Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. The funders meeting will be followed by an informal networking session with a light dinner. The convening begins at 7 pm. August 5, 2014 3:30 - 5:30pm The McNamara Alumni Center University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus...
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Economic Justice
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Funder Delegation to AFL-CIO Quadrennial Convention

Event type: 
Convening
Sunday, September 8, 2013 - Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Los Angeles, CA
You're invited to the Funder Delegation to the AFL-CIO Quadrennial Convention! September 8-10, 2013 Los Angeles, CA This September, the AFL-CIO—the federation uniting more than 12 million working people—will convene in Los Angeles to discuss the future for America’s workers and our movement. Delegates representing working families from all over the country will be prepared to make big decisions about new ways to help working people gain a voice—new forms of representation for workers, new approaches to politics and...
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Community Power-Building
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Rural Organizing

Raising expectations & creating community in philanthropy: NFG's November 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
11/23/2020
On October 1, I enthusiastically moved into the role of Vice President of Programs for Neighborhood Funders Group after being on our staff team since January 2019 and a former NFG member leader. I am proud to continue NFG’s 40-year legacy of mobilizing philanthropy to redefine what is possible for this sector and our communities. Being part of a team that is creating inspiring spaces to shift power and money towards justice and equity is an honor, and doing so as part of a community of funders, is of great personal and political importance to me. NFG’s mission is to organize philanthropy to...
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NFG Member Spotlight: Tremaine Foundation

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
... to NFG’s cross-sector, community, and equity lenses. In 2016 , we attended NFG & Aspen Institute’s convening, ...
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Philanthropic Practice

Funders for Justice Meeting in New York City

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, June 12, 2015
New York, NY
... accountability and racial justice in the next year (2015- 2016 ). Participants collectively committed to mobilize ...
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Community Power-Building
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Headwaters Foundation for Justice Relaunches Emergency Fund for Black Lives

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/12/2016
... La Cruz, 612-400-6263 Our Response to Recent Events: July 2016 The killing of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis and Philando ...
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Criminalization
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Spotlight: Justice Committee, North Star Fund Grantee

News type: 
Member News
... of Programs and Operations North Star Fund January 2016 The Justice Committee (JC) is among the groups leading a ...
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Funding Opportunity
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From Protest to Power - Behind the scenes of disruptive social movements

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, November 07, 2016
... Ford Foundation and the Solidaire Network on February 26, 2016 . We live in a political era defined by crisis, but ...
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Community Power-Building
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Resourcing the Movement for Black Lives

Fri, June 03, 2016
... & distantdreams.me By William Cordery - March 17, 2016 Grassroots Fundraising Journal - editorial board THE ...
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Criminalization
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

A Community-Centered Response to Louisiana Flooding

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
08/26/2016
The recent flooding disaster in Louisiana is responsible for loss of life, major destruction of property, and significant impacts on safety in a region already struggling with disinvestment. Over 10,000 people are in shelters, and thousands more will return to damaged homes, neighborhoods, and communities. Thankfully, government’s response to this disaster has been much better than its response to Hurricane Katrina. First responders have saved lives and served evacuees, and disaster agencies are assessing the recovery landscape. Meanwhile, philanthropic organizations—like NFG partner...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Funding Opportunity

Backing Protests: Funders for Justice Members Answer Activist Movements' Call

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
07/19/2016
... Put Foundations to the Test ". Published on July 19, 2016 and written by Drew Lindsey.) Backing Protests If .....
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Criminalization
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

Funders for a Just Economy's Alabama Learning Tour Resources

Resource type: 
Event Recap
... by statute in 1953, and by constitutional provision in 2016 ), has contributed to lower wages and less worker ...
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Economic Justice
Racial Justice
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Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Support Protesters in Chicago

News type: 
News from the Field
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 1, 2015 Contact: Camesha Jones 240-533-2876 chicago.chapter@byp100.org OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE BYP100 ON THE FIRING OF CPD POLICE SUPERINTENDENT GARRY MCCARTHY BYP100 calls for resignation of Mayor Emanuel and States Attorney Alvarez, defunding of policing and investment in Black futures The Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) is pleased to learn that Mayor Rahm Emanuel has taken one necessary step towards holding himself and the city of Chicago accountable for its promotion and...
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Funding Opportunity
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Racial Capitalism, Power and Resistance: Perspectives from the Philanthropic Front Lines

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/19/2019
... As we close 2019 and in the first weeks of 2020, we’ll post these conversations as a means to ground where we go ...
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Philanthropic Practice
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Workers' Rights
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Funders for a Just Economy

Administrative Relief and Philanthropy Webinar Series

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Webinar
... meet DACA’s educational criteria and access additional post -secondary education and training. Funders can help ...
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Criminalization
Economic Justice
Racial Justice

State of Black Worker Conference

Event type: 
Convening
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - Friday, October 11, 2013
Washington, DC
**For funders and philanthropic advisors only.** ""The two most dynamic and cohesive liberal forces in the country are the labor movement and the Negro freedom movement. Together we can be architects of democracy."" – Martin Luther King, Jr., at the AFL-CIO National Convention, Miami Beach, Florida, December 11, 1961 The Discount Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Neighborhood Funders Group are partnering to organize a day-long meeting on black worker organizing. The meeting will be held at Georgetown University in Washington, DC on Thursday, October 10. In the morning...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights

OBS Launches Quality Policing Initiative

News type: 
News from the Field
In December 2014, Organization for Black Struggle launched their Quality Policing Initiative : The killings of Mike Brown, Kajieme Powell, Vonderrit Myers and others are not the result of abnormal incidents resulting in accidents, nor do these killings reflect “one bad apple” police officer. It is a manifestation of a system of policing that is unaccountable, out of control and acts from its worst impulses of racism and aggression. It sees black and brown citizens as individual targets and whole communities as collective threats. The existing situation means that too frequently there will be...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Lessons for Ferguson from 4,000 Miles Away

News type: 
Member News
... Officer, Open Society Foundations Read the original post on the blog of the Open Society Foundations We ... bring us closer to that world we crave. Read the original post on the blog of the Open Society Foundations Lessons ...
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Racial Justice
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Response to Eric Garner's Case: A Deeper Conversation

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Wed, December 03, 2014

Eight days after thousands took to the streets in protest, grief, and outrage following a Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager, we are faced ­with the reality that a New York grand jury, tasked with determining whether to hold another white police officer accountable for the publicly witnessed and video recorded death of an unarmed black man, reached the same decision: no indictment.

We are faced with the reality of a...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

A Call for Social Solidarity: COVID-19 Response from NFG's Programs

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
03/30/2020
... emergency calls with funders and its annual two-day Policy Briefing . We surveyed funders and community organizations to ...
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Community Safety & Justice
Philanthropic Practice
Funding Opportunity
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program
Funders for a Just Economy
Amplify Fund
Integrated Rural Strategies Group
Philanthropy Forward

Tour Reflections from a Native New Yorker

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, May 02, 2014
... several weeks immediately following the city’s mayoral election . This was a milestone first that brought over ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

From Bail Reform to Closing the Jail: Organizing Wins for Divestment

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, July 30, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:30am
Webinar
Hosted by the Bail Reform Strategy Group of Funders for Justice . In recent months, as hundreds of thousands of people across the country took to the streets to demand that elected leaders #DefundPolice and #DefendBlackLives, bail funds have been flooded with millions of dollars. People across the country donated anywhere from a few dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Yet, as we know, contributing bail money for protesters is both critical and only the beginning of a larger understanding of the US carceral system. We must all do more to end the pre-trial incarceration of people —...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice
Healthy Communities
Racial Justice

I cried like a baby, I swore like a sailor: NFG's December 2020 Newsletter

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
12/17/2020
At Neighborhood Funders Group’s final board meeting of 2020, the toll of the year hit me — suddenly. While saying farewell to Mary Sobecki (Executive Director of the Needmor Fund) as she ended her term on NFG’s Board of Directors, I found myself crying like a baby. I have known Mary since NFG’s National Convening in Cleveland in 2007: the conference I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Kevin Ryan (my fellow New York Foundation colleague at the time), Frank Sanchez (then at Needmor Fund) and my adopted tio Victor Quintana (then at the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter...
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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Zachary Norris

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
... Cities Movement . In case you missed last month’s funder briefing and webinar, then you can read our recap .) ...
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Community Power-Building
Criminalization

Sustaining a movement for fair and just policing: Accelerating the pace of real change

News type: 
Member News
... Atlantic Philanthropies, and The Advocacy Fund, hosted a briefing last month to contextualize the recent police reform ...
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Philanthropic Practice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Foundation for Louisiana Supports Baton Rouge Organizing with Rapid Response Fund

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/12/2016
... released by Foundation for Louisiana on July 21, 2016 at ...
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Topic: 
Community Safety & Justice
Funding Opportunity

FFJ Webinar on Gender, Race, and Criminalization

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Webinar
DATE: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 TIME: 10:30 am - noon PT / 11:30am - 1 pm MT / 12:30 - ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Gender Justice
Racial Justice

2020 Nashville Virtual Site Visit

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Monday, September 21, 2020 - Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Virtual
Welcome! NFG’s Amplify Fund and Funders for a Just Economy were excited to host a virtual learning visit in Nashville, Tennessee with our partners Stand Up Nashville and The Equity Alliance . On this site, you can learn about the learning visit events and access videos, readings, and resources. Catch highlights and quotes shared by participants in our Twitter moment recap . Virtual Visit Dates: September 21-23, 2020 Background Located in middle Tennessee, Nashville has now become one of the fastest growing cities in the last decade since...
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Funders for a Just Economy
Amplify Fund

2018 Community Change Learning Exchange (CCLE)

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - Thursday, May 10, 2018
Chicago, IL
... Justice [National Committee For Responsive Philanthropy, 2016 ] Moving Forward on Racial Justice Equity ... held in Cincinnati, Detroit and San Diego between 2014 and 2016 . The foundations that hosted the CCLE meetings have been ...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

#HandsOffTheHomeless Protest of de Blasio’s NYPD

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
09/09/2015
... released Wednesday by Picture the Homeless.” New York Post : “Homeless Launch Twitter War Against de Blasio” ...
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Topic: 
Criminalization
Economic Justice

Activists Locked Down Outside Tacoma Detention Center

News type: 
News from the Field
... violent police state.” ### Watch video and see original post . ...
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Criminalization
Racial Justice

Minneapolis repeals lurking, spitting laws that criminalize people of color

News type: 
News from the Field
... pervade our criminal justice system.” Read the original post on MN NOC's website. Minneapolis repeals lurking, .....
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Racial Justice
Criminalization

The criminalization of Muslim students must end

News type: 
News from the Field
Ahmed Mohamed’s treatment by teachers and police show us the extent to which Islamophobia has spread to schools September 17, 2015 by Deepa Iyer, for Aljazeera America The experience of Ahmed Mohamed — a Sudanese Muslim high school freshman who was suspended and arrested in Irving, Texas, after his teachers and administrators believed that a clock he made was a bomb — has caught America’s attention. Even President Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg weighed in, inviting Mohamed to the White House and Facebook , respectively. But these gestures, as sincere as they are, cannot by themselves...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization

Moving Money, Making Change: Funding the Movement for Black Lives

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Thu, November 05, 2015
... local giving circle in Washington, D.C. Read the original post . Moving Money, Making Change: Funding the Movement ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity
Racial Justice

Just and Equitable Rebuilding of Cities After Disasters

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Webinar
... other impacted communities. We will hear from experts on post -disaster solutions and the challenges of previous storms ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

The Fund for New Jersey Reaffirms Commitment to Racial Justice

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
07/31/2020
... The Fund for New Jersey believes New Jersey’s COVID and post -COVID policy and advocacy response must address directly ...
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Leadership Development
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Philanthropy Forward

Strategy in Action Learning Tour: Equitable Revitalization and Regional Power-Building in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Monday, June 19, 2017 - Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Pittsburgh, PA
Photo by Matthew Field / CC Neighborhood Funders Group, The Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh United, Ford Foundation, and The Colorado Trust are pleased to invite you to the Strategy in Action Learning Tour: Equitable Revitalization and Regional Power-Building in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. After decades of disinvestment and loss of manufacturing, Pittsburgh’s economy is resurging, bringing new opportunities and threats to low-income communities of color. With aligned progressive strength across the organizing community, elected leadership, and philanthropy, Pittsburgh is striving to be...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

I Am the Black Woman Who Interrupted the Netroots Presidential Town Hall, and This Is Why

News type: 
News from the Field
by Tia Oso Identities.mic, July 21, 2015 I am Tia Oso, the black woman who took to the stage and demanded a microphone on July 18 at the Netroots Nation Presidential Town Hall in Phoenix, Arizona. I did this to focus the attention of the nation's largest gathering of progressive leaders and presidential hopefuls on the death of Sandra Bland and other black women killed while in police custody, because the most important and urgent issue of our day is structural violence and systemic racism that is oppressing and killing black women, men and children. This is an emergency . Sandra Bland and I...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Power-Building

Boston - New York City Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - Thursday, April 3, 2014
Boston, MA
Registration is full and is now closed. We have reached our maximum capacity for tour participants. If you would like to fill out the registration form below, we would be happy to add your name to our wait list. From Boston to New York: Is a More Just City Possible? Two Cities Two Historic Transitions Two Days Funder Learning Tour, April 2-3, 2014 Join the Neighborhood Funders Group for a two day, northeast learning tour in Boston and New York City...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development

Funding the Ecosystem: Organizing to Build Housing and Community Ownership Opportunities

Event type: 
Webinar
Thursday, September 17, 2020 -
11:00am - 12:30pm
Webinar
... September 22 | The Homestretch As a part of an election webinar series hosted by NFG’s Integrated Rural ...
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Topic: 
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
Racial Justice
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program

Project Phoenix

Event type: 
Convening
Monday, February 1, 2016 - Monday, January 30, 2017
Overview Project Phoenix: Connecting Democracy, Economy, and Sustainability (Phoenix) was a year-long cohort collective learning program for funders. This project adds to several conversations that have emerged in philanthropy over the past few years exploring fronts ranging from local economies and climate justice to worker co-ops under the frame of a “just transition” or “solidarity economy” or “economic resiliency” or “new economy.” For Phoenix, the term “new economy” described intersectional activities with an intention to support: a democracy that works for all an...
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Topic: 
Leadership Development
Philanthropic Practice

Funders for a Just Economy Florida Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Monday, April 8, 2019 - Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Fort Myers, FL
... murder in 2012, the murders at Pulse Nightclub in 2016 , Hurricane Maria, the murders at Stoneman Douglas High ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Funders for a Just Economy - Alabama Learning Tour

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Webinar
... by statute in 1953, and by constitutional provision in 2016 ), has contributed to lower wages and less worker ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

A Multiracial Rural Equity Summit: Why Now

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/16/2020
As part of Neighborhood Funders Group’s virtual convening series , NFG’s Integrated Rural Strategies Group (IRSG) will host its first ever Multiracial Rural Equity Summit on July 1. As Americans across the country rise up in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, IRSG calls on philanthropy to: Uplift the voices of rural communities demanding economic and environmental justice. Uplift the voices of Black, Indigenous and people of color in rural places. Uplift racial solidarity and shared prosperity. IRSG’s Multiracial Rural Equity Summit will explore how systemic racism is harming rural...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Economic Justice
Racial Justice
Rural Organizing
Program: 
Integrated Rural Strategies Group

Enough is Enough: We Demand Quality Policing Now

News type: 
News from the Field
The Organization for Black Struggle Originally post on obs-onthemove.org , December 3, 2014. Today American ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

Five Things President Obama Could Do to Stop the Killing

News type: 
News from the Field
By Gordon Whitman, Deputy Director, PICO National Network If my son - who is 14 years old, has Autism and is hearing impaired - were African-American I would be worried every time he left the house to walk to school or the library, worried that he'd have a failed encounter with a teacher, school administrator or police officer that would result in him being hurt, psychologically or physically. That anxiety - which I know many parents of African-American and Latino children have - is by no means irrational. Whites bring a host of unthinking stereotypes into their encounters with African-...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Criminalization
Community Safety & Justice

We Can’t Win a Right To The City Unless #Black Lives Matter

News type: 
News from the Field
... cry for a right to the city. Read the original post . We Can’t Win a Right To The City Unless ...
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Topic: 
Racial Justice
Economic Justice
Community Power-Building

How White Foundation Leaders Can Promote Racial Justice

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sat, March 14, 2015
... Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. View original post here . How White Foundation Leaders Can Promote Racial ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Racial Justice

Standing in Our Power Together

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/16/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Manisha Vaze , Senior Program Manager of NFG's Funders for a Just Economy , reflects on funder strategy discussions for building worker power. These days, between the news cycle and continued attacks on working families, it can feel overwhelming to push forward our agenda for justice. This feeling isn’t a new one – movement work comes with big ups and downs, especially as the political landscape...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Reimagining How We Fund and What We Fund

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/19/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice . Here, Dr. Carmen Rojas , NFG Board Member and Co-Founder & CEO of The Workers Lab , reflects on reimagining the role of philanthropy in these pressing times. The NFG conference could not have come at a better time. We are at a critical juncture as a country, and the field of philanthropy has a number of hard truths to face if it hopes to realize a better tomorrow for everyone in the U.S. We are living...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Answering the Call from Movement Leaders

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice. Here, Julia Beatty , Program Officer for the Black-Led Movement Fund and the Communities Transforming Policing Fund at Borealis Philanthropy , reflects on philanthropy's accountability to grassroots movements. “Uprising creates the authorization for funding movements.” These words, spoken by Reverend Starsky Wilson, Executive Director of the Deaconess Foundation in St. Louis, are some of...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Choosing to be a Liberated Gatekeeper

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice. Here, Amoretta Morris , — Director of National Community Strategies at The Annie E. Casey Foundation , NFG Conference Co-Chair, and NFG Board Member — reflects on the theme of her opening plenary address. Recently, a trusted social justice leader called me a philanthropic gatekeeper . And hearing those words stung — a lot. But once I got over my initial defensiveness, I realized it was true. Gatekeepers,...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Bringing Our Whole Selves to Philanthropy and Our Grantmaking

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/12/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice. Here, Ryan Li Dahlstrom , Program Officer for the Fund for Trans Generations at Borealis Philanthropy , reflects on ways funders can live their values in their work. Often times in philanthropic spaces we are not encouraged to bring our whole selves—to share and reflect on how our identities and values as people and as funders intersect. This year, during my first time attending the Neighborhood Funders...
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Philanthropic Practice

Facing and Recovering from Soul Trauma

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/09/2018
In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice. Here, Andrea Dobson , NFG Board Member and Chief Operating & Financial Officer of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation , reflects on the realities of philanthropy's role in building community change. “Soul trauma: when who you thought you were runs smack into the realities of your life.” I’ve experienced plenty of soul trauma as I’ve watched communities disintegrate and people polarize, as poverty has...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Towards a Better Place: A Conversation About Promising Practice in Place-Based Philanthropy

Resource type: 
Event Recap
NFG Report
Fri, March 13, 2015
... deeper with video of conference sessions. Read the blog post . Report Summary “Place-based” initiatives, which 20 ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

Towards a More Resilient Place: Voices from the Convening

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Wed, October 18, 2017

Last month, the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and Neighborhood Funders Group convened 100 local, regional, and national funders for Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . This convening builds on our 2014 Towards a Better Place convening and our 2015 convening with the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation,...

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Philanthropic Practice

From Boston to New York: Is a More Just City Possible?

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Mon, April 14, 2014
... and the organizations we visited with and their work. This post originally appeared on New York Foundation's blog, which .....
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Economic Justice
Housing Justice
Inclusive Development
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Democratizing Development Program

Beyond Outrage: A Clarity of Purpose

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/15/2019
... speak out against racist attacks on people of color. This post was originally published here on the foundation's .....
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Leadership Development
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Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

Say Their Names: Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Dion Johnson

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
05/29/2020
This piece was written by NFG's Funders for Justice program leadership. We say their names: Breonna Taylor in Louisville, KY, George Floyd in Minneapolis , MN, Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County, GA, Tony McDade in Tallahassee, FL, Dion Johnso in Phoenix, AZ. Black Lives Matter, today and every day. Fund Black lives, Black futures, Black organizing. We Stand in Solidarity: Funders for Justice stands in solidarity with protestors in Minneapolis, Louisville, Phoenix, New York, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other cities across the country, fighting for the lives and freedom for all Black people...
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Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization
Racial Justice

Justice Oregon for Black Lives: A five-year, $25 million commitment

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
07/14/2020
... working toward justice and systemic change. This post was originally published here on the foundation's .....
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Leadership Development
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Racial Justice
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Philanthropy Forward

What It's Going to Take to Change Philanthropy

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
12/06/2017
... a program of Neighborhood Funders Group, hosted a funder briefing on the Freedom Cities Movement at the NoVo ...
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Philanthropic Practice

Local Housing Solutions: Tackling a national problem on a local scale

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
08/14/2019
A growing number of places are grappling with housing affordability. As the problem spreads from famously high-cost areas like New York and San Francisco, it is becoming a more pressing concern for middle-income households. These trends have pushed housing affordability onto the national stage in an unprecedented way, with several presidential candidates releasing detailed policy plans, and speaking about housing frequently on the campaign trail. Yet despite its national prominence, housing remains an issue where local governments play an enormous role. As Neighborhood Funders Group's...
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Healthy Communities
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Inclusive Development
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Democratizing Development Program

Strategies to Address How Amazon’s HQ2 Will Impact Workers and Local Economies

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Webinar
... strategic partner to the Our Walmart campaign. In late 2016 , Stacy published an in-depth and wide-ranging report, ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Workers' Rights
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Democratizing Development Program
Funders for a Just Economy

Strategies to Address How Amazon’s HQ2 Will Impact Workers and Local Economies

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Webinar
... strategic partner to the Our Walmart campaign. In late 2016 , Stacy published an in-depth and wide-ranging report, ...
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Topic: 
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

Announcing FFJ’s Latest Field Advisor Cohort

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/13/2020
... Equity fellow, Funders for Justice fellow 2018-2021 and a 2016 -2018 Rosenberg Foundation Leading Edge Fellow, focusing ... juvenile justice systems on Native Americans. Between 2012- 2016 , Ms.Gali previously worked as the Tribal Historic ... Public Interest Award in 2015, and is a member of the 2016 class of the Levi Strauss Foundation's Pioneers of .....
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Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice
Criminalization

Highlights from Amplify this July

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/23/2020
... (@CLOSEWorkhouse) July 20, 2020 View this post on Instagram We did it!!! ... a jail. We are proving that another world is possible. A post shared by ClosetheWorkhouse (@closetheworkhouse) on Jul ...
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Amplify Fund

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Charlene Carruthers

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
04/27/2018
... Magazine, Feministing.com , USA Today and the Washington Post . You can find Charlene on twitter at @CharleneCac . ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building
Economic Justice
Healthy Communities

Key Insights from #BaltimoreUprising

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Mon, May 18, 2015
... the announcement by State Attorney Mosby. But this post -announcement jubilation is quickly giving way to a sober ...
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Racial Justice
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Funding Opportunity

We didn’t start a movement. We started a network.

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Sun, February 21, 2016
... differences? I am committed. Are you? Read the original post on Medium.com . We didn’t start a movement. We ...
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Racial Justice
Criminalization

The Beat is (Back) On! Labor Reporting Reemerges

Event type: 
Webinar
Friday, May 3, 2013
Webinar
... publications, including The New York Times, the Washington Post , O, The Oprah Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, Saveur, and ...
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Topic: 
Future of Work
Workers' Rights

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Stephanie Guilloud

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/20/2018
Our discussion series with FFJ’s Field Advisors continues with Stephanie Guilloud, Co-Director of Project South . Read our interview below to learn more about how the Legacy Museum and Lynching Memorial can be “a tool and weapon of truth in our long-term struggle to defeat white supremacy and win freedom and justice for us all.” If you could stop a lynching today, would you? “Thank you for taking our case,” Anna Deavere Smith told the 2,000 person crowd at the Grand Opening of the Legacy Museum and Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama...
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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Kris Hayashi

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/14/2019
... he presented himself for asylum also at SYPOE in December 2016 . He was detained for nearly two years before being ...
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Community Safety & Justice
Gender Justice
Racial Justice

A New Testament of Hope

News type: 
Member News
... Because, time and again, we have. Read the original post on Medium . " A New Testament of Hope .....
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Community Power-Building
Community Safety & Justice

Baltimore Uprisings

Resource type: 
Other
Tue, April 28, 2015
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Funding Opportunity

Surdna Foundation Stepping Up for Racial Justice

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
10/14/2020
... and networks most affected by systemic racism. This post was originally published here on the foundation's .....
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Leadership Development
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Racial Justice
Program: 
Philanthropy Forward

Support Minneapolis Protesters

News type: 
News from the Field
Release Date: 
11/27/2015
Last updated December 2, 2015. Please check back regularly for updates. DONATE to Black Lives Matter Minneapolis : Please donate to help support their efforts with bail, legal support, and other supplies. November 27, 2015 Dear Community, In the past 10 days Minneapolis has experienced horrific acts of violence, first with the shooting of Jamar Clark, a 24 year old unarmed black man, who was killed by the Minneapolis police just over a week ago. Then, on Monday night, in the wake of an ongoing peaceful occupation demanding justice for Jamar Clark outside of Minneapolis’ 4th...
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Community Safety & Justice
Racial Justice
Funding Opportunity

Making Black Lives Matter

Resource type: 
Member Publication
Wed, February 25, 2015
... (e.g., reverse racism, criminalization of Black youth, post -racial, political correctness, etc.) in a successful ...
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice
Community Power-Building
Racial Justice

Strike Watch: Workers refuse to relent for Black lives, as COVID-19 workplace dangers expand

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/26/2020
If there is an image that encapsulates the continued expansion of worker-led direct action in the last few weeks, it is Angela Davis on Juneteenth. With her fist raised high and face mask tight, Dr. Davis stood strong out of a roof of a car moving through a massive strike linking dockworkers and community to shutter the Port of Oakland for 8-plus hours. Led by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) shipping and transport workers, 29 ports were shut down as tens of thousands came together, and drew connections by featuring speakers such as fired Amazon warehouse worker Chris...
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Criminalization
Economic Justice
Future of Work
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

NFG 2018 National Convening — Raise Up: Moving Money for Justice

Event type: 
Convening
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - Thursday, June 7, 2018
St. Louis, MO
... Group Angelica joined NFG as Program Associate in March 2016 . As a professional multi-hat wearer at NFG, Angelica ...
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COVID-19 Funds: Where to Donate to Support Communities

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
Sat, March 28, 2020

In this new moment of growing uncertainty brought by the outbreak of COVID-19, we are seeing the intersection of health care, public health, and community care in this critical time of physical distancing, economic crisis, and social solidarity. We are seeing that health care, housing, social protections, water, electricity, and wireless internet for all is possible, when people are put ahead of profits for even a moment. Yet this will be only a temporary glimpse of what’s possible if philanthropy does not step up in this moment and in the months to come to fund both basic life...

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Funding Opportunity
Program: 
Democratizing Development Program
Funders for a Just Economy
Amplify Fund
Integrated Rural Strategies Group
Philanthropy Forward

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