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New Southern Strategies: Employment, Workers' Rights and the Prospects for Regional Resurgence

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Tue, October 03, 2017

... an understanding and attention to the political economy of the South can help funders and field organizations develop successful ... efforts in Tennessee and Mississippi impact the outlook for future organizing nationwide. Download Resource [PDF] New ...

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

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Sat, June 24, 2017

... briefing updated members with our current understanding of the major forces and players that impact worker justice. FJE members engaged ... discrimination based on migration status and gender, the future of work , emerging state and local policy and advocacy campaigns, and how ...

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

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

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... In fact, these public policies can advance a concentration of power and a monopolization of the market. These then drive geographic and ... Warehouse Workers for Justice Mariah Montgomery , Future of Work Director at the Partnership for Working Families ...

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New Southern Strategies Webinar: Employment, Workers’ Rights and the Prospects for Regional Resurgence

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Sunday, October 1, 2017

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Pittsburgh Learning Tour: Lessons Learned, Discussion, and Moving Our Work Forward

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

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... challenges, and opportunities that intersect issues of economic development, immigration, workers’ rights, housing justice, ... learning, we are hosting a call to share our experiences and future ideas to explore with funders and community partners. We look forward to ...

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

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

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Funders for a Just Economy - Network Meeting & Florida Tour Review

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Committee Meeting

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10:00am - 11:30am

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... García (Ford Foundation) who will share a recap and review of the recent FJE and Florida Philanthropic Network Learning Tour. They will ... friends. José García is a program officer on the Future of Work (ers) team. Prior to joining Ford, he served as program officer ...

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FJE 2017 Policy Briefing: The Road Ahead for Worker Justice

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Thursday, May 18, 2017 - Friday, May 19, 2017

Washington, DC

Check out our recap of this event In a fundamentally shifting political and power ... policy briefing will update our most current understanding of the major forces and players that impact worker justice; explore the ... times. Click here for the agenda, slides, and bios of each of the speakers. Panels & Discussions: ...

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Our Work Today: A Statement from FFJ Leadership

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08/14/2017

Just several days ago, the city council of Charlottesville, VA, voted to sell the Robert E. Lee statue and to create a ... package” which will invest $4 million in Black people of Charlottesville. Among those investments were funding for a heritage center, ... and principled in our support to them. We will work to continue to provide you with information, opportunities to support, and ...

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California Funders Working Group on Gentrification and Displacement

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

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Friday, October 26, 2018

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... that will highlight the potential for a collaborative effort of building a Midwest learning community committed to advancing racial justice, ... gaining a better understanding of the equity and justice work in the region is a central principle that philanthropy should further ...

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FJE 2018 Policy Briefing: Evolving Strategies for Worker Justice

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Washington, DC

... on low-wage workers in particular, the changing nature of work due to technology and automation, and the Federal Administration’s ...

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What's Next in the Movement for Working Families Webinar

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

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... the country, working people struggling on the frontlines of America’s service economy are standing up for jobs that deliver stability ... are taking bold measures to address our country's work -hours crisis as an essential part of a good jobs strategy. .....

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Hope in the Heartland: Racial Justice and the White Working Class

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

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... debates within progressive circles about the importance of “winning over” the white working class often fail to directly address ... Join us for a funder webinar in which Tarso Luis Ramos of Political Research Associates will have a conversation with Mark Schultz ...

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And Still I Rise/#BlackWorkersMatter

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Monday, May 11, 2015

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Couldn’t make it to the State of Black of Workers in America Conference last Friday? Here’s your chance to hear directly from the authors of the reports featured via webinar: Highlights, Recommendations, and ...

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Integrating Immigrant Workers into the U.S. Economy

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

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... While many immigrants come to the U.S. in search of greater opportunity, they face many barriers in accessing quality jobs and ... What roles can the public sector play in moving this work forward? How can efforts better engage businesses to directly connect ...

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Disrupt the System: How Labor and Philanthropy can Build Worker Power in a New Era

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019 -

8:30am - 5:00pm

Washington, DC

... Please reach out to Manisha Vaze, Senior Program Manager of Funders for a Just Economy, at manisha@nfg.org if you are interested in ... the way that workers can collectively bargain. In spite of these challenges, we have seen phenomenal and organic worker movements that ...

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Water Works: Building Partnerships to Create Jobs and Transform Communities

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

New York, NY

... and wastewater utility leaders. Water is the backbone of sustainable communities and the lifeline of American prosperity. It keeps our people healthy, our cities running, and ...

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The $3.4 Trillion Mistake: The Cost of Mass Incarceration and Criminalization, and How Justice Reinvestment Can Build a Better Future for All

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... a new report, The $3.4 Trillion Mistake: The Cost of Mass Incarceration and Criminalization, and How Justice Reinvestment Can Build a Better Future for All , detailing how the U.S.’s misguided criminal justice ... and How Justice Reinvestment Can Build a Better Future for All ...

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Welcome Manisha Vaze, Sr. Program Manager of Funders for a Just Economy

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03/02/2017

... grassroots organizing. Most recently, she was the Director of Organizing at Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE) ... and promote proactive solutions among funders around the future of work , with a focus on the social movements engaging and organizing ...

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A New Testament of Hope

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... Nearly a half century ago, during the final days of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, he penned what he called a “testament ... “the most formidable of all the ills which threaten the future existence of the Union.” He was right on both counts, of course. ...

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

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by Marisa Franco, lead organizer of the #not1more campaign for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network ... Network (NDLON) website "Last night completed a circle of tragedy and travesty. Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown in broad ... brothers and sisters, and holding us back from the life and future we all deserve. #BlackLivesMatter #YaMeCanse #Not1More .....

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

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... Matter organizers say their announced protest at the Mall of America was a “planned diversion” and a “decoy.” Their real goal was ... airport where they blocked traffic and caused delays at both of the airports. As proof that the airport action was planned and not just ...

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Philanthropy on the Frontlines of Ferguson

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... Few moments in life are filled with the hope and promise of a high school graduation. Marked by celebration and anticipation of the future , commencement is one of the most important milestones in a young ...

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

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... re-inspired by the undeniable potential for young people of color to play a transformative role in advancing social justice. Young ... an opportunity for young people of color to shape the future and create a more just and equitable society, but demography is not ...

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The Innovations and Independence of OUR Walmart

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Monday, August 24, 2015

New York, NY

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Neighborhood Funders Group, Working Group on Labor and Community ... changing Walmart continues to be a critical to our shared future . We will hear more about OUR Walmart’s innovative use of social media to build on the ground and on-line organizing and work with partners to seed new experiments around scale, power and ...

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Beyond Outrage: A Clarity of Purpose

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08/15/2019

Dimple Abichandani, Executive Director of the General Service Foundation, urges grantmakers and the philanthropic ... funders, our role is to resource a more just and equitable future . What we do in this moment will be far more important than what we ...

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NFG Midwest Equity Funders Meeting

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 -

9:00am - 4:00pm

Milwaukee, WI

... due to extreme weather conditions. The purpose of the meeting is to bring together a core group of Midwest funders working on issues of equity, justice, and economic inclusion ... we will spend time developing the initial scope of work for the Midwest Equity Funders Research Project , which is geared ...

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#HandsOffTheHomeless Protest of de Blasio’s NYPD

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... folks living on 125th Street, who have been the target of increasingly aggressive policing by Mayor de Blasio’s NYPD. This is part of a huge citywide effort to push the homeless people out of public space, with ...

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

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... Quarterly - March 22, 2016 This piece is part of our ongoing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Project created to ... some years ago, between criminal justice and democracy work . I don’t think that distinction, however misguided it may have been in ...

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

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National awareness of police brutality and the need for policing reform is at an all-time high. Sustained attention to horrific moments has led to the birth of a movement, and a tipping point is in sight. Tides and its sister organization, The Advocacy Fund, work closely with funders and grassroots organizers to accelerate policing ...

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The National Bar Association Responds to the Grand Jury's Decision Not to Indict Police Officer Darren Wilson in the Shooting Death of Michael Brown

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... should not be indicted and tried for the shooting death of Michael Brown. National Bar Association President Pamela J. Meanes expresses her sincere disappointment with the outcome of the Grand Jury’s decision but has made it abundantly clear that the ...

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

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... bill. As the Movement for Black Lives shines the light of justice on the crisis of police brutality plaguing Black communities across ... and challenge ourselves to seek more ways we can work together and commit to transformational solidarity. While the Movement ...

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The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America

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Fri, December 30, 2011

... Muhammad Lynch mobs, chain gangs, and popular views of black southern criminals that defined the Jim Crow South are well known. We know less about the role of the urban North in shaping views of race and crime in American society. ...

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Thinking About the Safety of Black Lives Beyond Policing

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Wed, February 25, 2015

... Soros Justice Fellow, Dante Barry, Executive Director of Million Hoodies Movement for Justice After a string of high profile police killings over two-hundred communities across the country ...

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

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Sat, May 31, 2014

... seeking to understand and provide resources in support of racial justice work , this timeline also includes some of the key events in philanthropy that ...

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Can place-based grantmaking help turn the tide of inequality?

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03/19/2015

... - swamped by historic disinvestment and the growing tide of economic and social inequality in our country. Place-based grantmaking can ... program officers must be co-learners with those doing work on the ground rather than “coming with the answers. Keep ...

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Webinar Recap of Stabilizing Communities: Advancing Housing Justice Organizing and Policy Strategies in This Political Moment

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Fri, April 21, 2017

... housing has had some success, but the demographics of many communities are still rapidly changing. At the center of these ... Dawn leads the local, regional and national policy campaign work for the organization and was lead author on CJJC’s report “Development ...

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Webinar Recap of From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance

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Tue, March 21, 2017

While the frame of sanctuary cities is designed as protection for undocumented and migrant ... development, and affordable housing to build upon emergent work that addresses the threat to undocumented residents. Although large urban ... Desautels | The California Endowment & member of NFG’s Democratizing Development Program ...

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Celebrating 20 Years of Leadership on Labor and Economic Justice

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09/01/2016

... we are celebrating a milestone—the 20 th anniversary of the Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships (WGLCP). What a feat! Since 1996, the working group has kept a revolving circle of funders engaged, informed, and organized around funding strategies that ...

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Is This a Better Place? The Art & Science of Place-Based Evaluation

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Monday, October 5, 2015

San Diego, CA

... approaches to place-based initiatives at different stages of development Deepen connections with others working in the field Encourage an ongoing community of practice Inform and share the results of this convening with the field ...

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Rapid Response Conference Call: Current Attacks and Burning of Black Churches

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

... Response Conference Call Current Attacks and Burning of Black Churches Tuesday, July 28, 2015 8am PT/ 9am MT/ 10am CT/ ... a connection to the current Black Lives Matter organizing work and recent church burnings? If so, how should funders and social justice ...

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

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Sunday, June 8, 2014

Washington, DC

... are carried along by people, who are not merely passengers of history, but pilots as well.” ― Doug McAdam , ... Mississippi to execute the Mississippi Summer Project. Their work focused on expanding the electorate to include registering voters from the ...

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 -

10:00am - 11:00am

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... immigration status, gender and workers’ rights. As part of this continued exploration, FJE is excited to host a conversation with key ... and why farm worker issues have historically been left out of US labor law protections, and how farm workers are building powerful ...

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04/27/2018

Next up in FF J’s series of interviews with our Advisors : Mary Hooks , Co-Director of ... to be willing to take risk than having a grand vision of the future . It’s about being able to see possibilities where it looks bleak and ...

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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Zachary Norris

A Decade After Katrina, Can Philanthropy Make Black Lives Matter?

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... By Nat Chioke Williams August 27, 2015, Chronicle of Philanthropy On Saturday, people from around the world will ... activists who will not just do the work today, but will lead future efforts to push for changes that will allow all black Americans to ...

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After #FergusonOctober

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... . 1) What would you offer as a synopsis of the Ferguson uprisings overall and of Ferguson October, from your own point ... and leverage change locally that can create models for the future . NAACP LDF: This community needs to see options. How might ...

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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Jenny Arwade, Interviewed by Manuela Arciniegas

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09/04/2018

By Manisha Vaze , Senior Program Manager of NFG's Funders for a Just Economy This Labor Day weekend, as we ... movement is facing some of the most serious threats to its future . Well-funded efforts are shutting down public sector unions and .....

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Bringing Our Whole Selves to Philanthropy and Our Grantmaking

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07/12/2018

... In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, ... , reflects on ways funders can live their values in their work . Often times in philanthropic spaces we are not ...

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Tour Reflections from a Native New Yorker

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Fri, May 02, 2014

... Senior Program Officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation and a Native New Yorker, writes about putting people ... and commitment to “protecting the past and rebuilding its future ,” as our morning session was titled. At every step of the way we heard ...

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We are the ones we’ve been waiting for

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VICTORY: HUD Program Changes to Reduce Foreclosures and Increase Affordable Housing

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04/30/2015

... Democracy (CPD), the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) of HUD announced significant changes to the Distressed Asset Stabilization ... housing policy that ensures that our communities and future generations have homes that are truly affordable, stable, and dignified. ...

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On Earth Day, Empowering Allies for the Year Ahead

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04/22/2015

... for equity, community, and faith are rising to the forefront of the environmental movement. Is the philanthropic community poised to invest ... intertwined. Building a sustainable and equitable future depends on how well we connect our work across issues and communities. ...

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Police Accountability: Organizing and Philanthropic Strategies

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Mon, September 15, 2014

... uprisings in Ferguson, MO, in response to the police killing of Michael Brown, have awakened national attention to racially biased policing. ... get the chance to cast their ballots this November and in future elections! Posted October 1, 2014. Resources for ...

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Field & Funder Convening explores strategies to resource transformative solutions to the US housing crisis

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Wed, August 01, 2018

... Housing Justice League , and deep discussion on the role of funders in movement building. “The conference was an incredible ... learning more about the work happening on the ground, future funder conversations and activities, and ways to connect to colleagues ...

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Little Rock, AR

... down for updated agenda overview. The Southeast region of the United States is in a moment of great change and great opportunity. The ... tour will delve into: Recent demographic shifts, future population trends, and their current and potential impact on the region ...

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Chicagoland Raise the Floor Site Visit September 24 – 25, 2015

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Chicago, IL

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Funder Delegation to AFL-CIO Quadrennial Convention

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Sunday, September 8, 2013 - Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Los Angeles, CA

... working people—will convene in Los Angeles to discuss the future for America’s workers and our movement. Delegates representing working ... new ways to help working people gain a voice—new forms of representation for workers, new approaches to politics and the global ...

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Racial Capitalism, Power, and Resistance Movements Convening

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Thursday, October 17, 2019 - 9:00am - Friday, October 18, 2019 - 3:00pm

Brooklyn, NY

... resistance movements currently tackling the concentration of wealth and power within corporations and building countervailing worker and ... and the shifts in the economy that are impacting the future of workers, and promote and develop strategies to integrate an ...

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Reflections from Philanthropy Forward's First Cohort

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10/24/2019

... first cohort started in October 2018 in furtherance of building and advancing a shared vision for the future of philanthropy. Hear perspectives from members of the first ...

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Fund for Rebuilding Baltimore

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07/23/2015

... that has been done and strengthen our community for the future . The Baltimore Community Foundation has a long history of working with neighborhood leaders and community organizations to strengthen ...

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WeTheProtesters Open Letter

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03/04/2015

An Open Letter affirming the protesters’ point of view and vision for this movement. We, the protestors of Ferguson and ... the humanity of oppressed people, promote the brightest future for our children, and secure the blessings of freedom for all black ...

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... decided not to indict a New York police officer in the death of Eric Garner on a Staten Island sidewalk this past July. "It's a very ... officer Daniel Pantaleo caused an uproar after video footage of the incident was released. It showed Garner repeatedly gasping, "I can't .....

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

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Private University Police Patrol Off-Campus (and Off the Record)

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... Standard Mar 17, 2015 Members of the University of Chicago Police Department carry guns, make arrests, and patrol tens of ...

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Protesters Demand Action From Ohio Attorney General Over Police Use Of Force

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... in Columbus. Protestors say Ohio has its own examples of police force that ended in the deaths of young black people. And, they are demanding changes from Ohio’s ...

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Relatives of fallen press Cuomo for special prosecutor

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... (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 ...

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St. Louis rapper: In U.S., police murder of blacks legal in all but name

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... has “come to terms with the fact that in the United States of America it is perfectly legal for police officers to murder people of color.” Poe’s comments come as Americans have taken to the streets ...

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Grantmakers for Girls of Color - Watch the National Funders Convening

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Thu, May 19, 2016

Watch the REPLAY of the livestream from the Grantmakers for Girls of Color National Funders Convening. Originally aired: May 19, 2016, ... here. Watch now . Grantmakers for Girls of Color - Watch the National Funders Convening ...

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L.A. RISING: The 1992 Civil Unrest, the Arc of Social Justice Organizing, and the Lessons for Today’s Movement Building

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Sat, April 28, 2012

... “This report is our attempt to unravel at least part of the story. It is a long and complicated tale, which partly explains the many ... in the fight for justice. But we try to capture parts of the puzzle, offering key lessons to activists, social movement observers, ...

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Just and Equitable Rebuilding of Cities After Disasters

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

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... Months after evacuating from catastrophic storms, millions of Americans from Puerto Rico, Houston, Florida, and other places are still ... out how they can get back home. In Puerto Rico alone, tens of thousands of people are displaced, with their homes destroyed and no relief ...

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NFG Member Spotlight: Tremaine Foundation

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04/27/2018

... CT, does grantmaking through a national lens in niche areas of Art, Environment, and Learning Differences. One of their recent initiatives ... Program Director, to respond to a few questions about their work , and how their membership with NFG is shaping their thinking. ...

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Democratic Development for Thriving Communities: Framing the Issues, Solutions, and Funding Strategies to Address Gentrification and Displacement

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Wed, May 31, 2017

... Development for Thriving Communities report is the result of collaboration between the California Funders Working Group on ... , field leaders, and academics. It builds on previous work from the philanthropic, academic, and organizing sectors to present a ...

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Journey Towards Intersectional Grant-Making

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Thu, May 24, 2018

... grant-making together and create the beginnings of a central framework on economic justice grantmaking through an ... and key thought partners to inform their understanding of intersectional grant-making. The approach was an appreciative inquiry to ... philanthropy; and began to create a blueprint for their work together in 2018 and beyond. Learnings from the Working at the ...

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FJE Funder Call on Forced Arbitration

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Friday, June 1, 2018 -

9:30am - 10:30am

Webinar

... to continue this conversation, learn about the implications of the case, and hear directly from attorneys working on the issue alongside ... for Popular Democracy Myriam Gilles, Cardozo School of Law Ceilidh Gao, National Employment Law Project Bob Shull, ...

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Grant-making with an Intersectional Lens

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Thursday, May 24, 2018 -

11:00am - 12:30pm

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... not designed for Black people, indigenous peoples, people of color, women, people who identify as LGBTQI, and migrants to thrive. As we consider the implications of this economic system, and philanthropy as a sector within that system, what ...

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

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Tue, July 19, 2016

In honor of the National Day of Action to End State Violence Against Black Women, Girls and Femmes, lawyer, ... seven areas would go a long way to reducing harm while we work toward deeper systemic change. Andrea J. Ritchie is a Black ...

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

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Los Angeles, CA

... movement building. The briefing will feature the work of Dignity and Power Now, a grassroots organization based in Los Angeles ...

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

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

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Monday, June 19, 2017 - Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Pittsburgh, PA

... in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. After decades of disinvestment and loss of manufacturing, Pittsburgh’s economy is ... offers tough questions and critical lessons to inform the work of NFG’s Democratizing Development Program. This two-day ...

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Reflections on Labor Day from Funders for a Just Economy

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09/01/2017

Alejandra L. Ibañez, Chair of NFG's Funders for a Just Economy and Lead Program Officer at Woods ... which celebrates the strength, resilience, and achievements of workers in this country, I am reminded of the history of organized labor in ... family, with an undocumented mother at the helm forced to work multiple minimum wage jobs, sometimes history can sound like a faint hum .....

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Stabilizing Communities: Advancing Housing Justice Organizing and Policy Strategies in This Political Moment

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Thursday, March 30, 2017 -

10:00am - 11:30am

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... housing has had some success, but the demographics of many communities are still rapidly changing. At the center of these shifts, philanthropy continues to play a critical role investing in ...

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Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers on What They Need from Funders

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Tue, June 05, 2018

... the Integrated Rural Strategies Group commissioned a scan of rural organizing work , Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers on What They Need from Funders ...

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Announcing Two New NFG Projects

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07/17/2018

... month in St. Louis. In case you missed it, here's a preview of what's coming. Philanthropy Forward: Leadership for Change ... The Integrated Rural Strategies Group seeks to support work that is creating deep democracy in rural areas; facilitating a transition .....

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

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Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - Thursday, June 7, 2018

St. Louis, MO

... with how to re-prioritize and step up to meet the needs of these times. With this sense of urgency and need to evolve, we are seeing ... and mobilizing philanthropy is at the core of NFG’s work . This role has increased in its value and impact as our membership and ...

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2018 Community Change Learning Exchange (CCLE)

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - Thursday, May 10, 2018

Chicago, IL

... (CCLE) on May 9-10, 2018 in Chicago, IL. This iteration of CCLE will highlight the philanthropic journey and process of Woods Fund ... both their past and current challenges in community change work . This one and a half day peer-learning exchange will include: ...

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DIVEST/INVEST: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities

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Mon, September 17, 2018

... security, and jobs will fail if we do not also proactively work to divest this nation’s resources from criminalization. ... As Zachary Norris, FFJ Field Advisor and Executive Director of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights notes, "Too often, conversations about .....

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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Stephanie Guilloud

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06/20/2018

... continues with Stephanie Guilloud, Co-Director of Project South . Read our interview below to learn more about how ... the state, and local families who have been impacted by the work of TOPS have come together to protect and defend Pastor Glasgow. He is out ...

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Statement from Within Our Lifetime

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10/07/2016

... Within Our Lifetime (WOL) supports the families of Alfred Olango, Keith Scott, Terence Crutcher, Terrence Sterling, and Tyre ... bias and racial trauma and seek opportunities for joint work and joint action toward racial equity, justice, dialogue and healing. In ...

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Foundation for Louisiana Supports Baton Rouge Organizing with Rapid Response Fund

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09/12/2016

... who are outraged, hurt and engaged by the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling, Deputy Brad Garafola with East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s ... for humanity and laser-focused attention on practices that work to ensure everyone receives justice and safety.” To invest in the ...

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Native Voices Rising: A Case for Funding Native-led Change

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Member Publication

Mon, June 10, 2013

... Native America. Opportunities are opening up as the result of improving economic standards, higher levels of educational attainment, and ... greater philanthropic interest and support for this work . Download Resource [PDF] Native Voices Rising: A Case ...

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Planting Roots in the South: Announcing a New Home for GSP at the Southern Education Foundation

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05/08/2017

... NFG is pleased to share some exciting news about the growth of Grantmakers for Southern Progress and plans to deepen its impact by planting ... SEF sees this partnership with GSP as a real opportunity to work with and through the philanthropic community to increase collaboration and ...

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2019 Budget and Policy Briefing

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Thursday, February 21, 2019 - Friday, February 22, 2019

Washington, DC

... will focus on federal and state budget and tax policy, work and job quality issues, and organizing and power building strategies. ... economy that works for all. This event is offered free of charge and open to foundations, donor collaborative representatives, and ...

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

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Mon, August 28, 2017

Pittsburgh is a “blue city," where nearly 80% of the population voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. ... but gentrification is rapidly displacing low-income families of color from hot areas of the city while other neighborhoods have not seen any .....

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How NFG is Disrupting Funder-Grantee Dynamics

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12/04/2018

... up in the field, as well as center racial equity in our work !” The outcome of this effort was a commitment to actively partner directly with the ...

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Amplify Fund

From Sector Newcomer to Board Member

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12/04/2018

... economic equity,” says Marjona. Initially, NFG was a space of learning for Marjona as a newcomer to the sector: I joined [FJE’s] ... background and perspective from the field anchors her work as a grantmaker and informs her relationships with grantees. At NFG, she ...

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Funders for Justice Meeting in New York City

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Friday, June 12, 2015

New York, NY

... to coordinate and mobilize resources in support of organizing in response to ongoing events of police brutality and state sanctioned violence faced by communities of color ...

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Real Talk on Police Reform

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Member Event

Thursday, April 7, 2016

New York, NY

... campaigned to create his position. Moderated by Kai Wright of The Nation, we’ll get an inside look at the special prosecutor’s role and what work lies ahead. This summer, families who have lost loved ones to police ...

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#ReclaimMLK Actions Across the US

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... Jr’s legacy this holiday weekend. The actions were part of a coordinated effort, dubbed #ReclaimMLK on social media, that sought to ... much needed three-day weekend, a respite after returning to work from a busy holiday season. Yet this year, King's legacy is being .....

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8 Lessons from Our Southern Grantees in the Fight for Equity and Justice

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... to our national culture and policies. Particularly for those of us who support vulnerable communities such as immigrants; refugees; Latinx, ... incarcerated individuals; sex workers; LGBTQ people; youth of color and people with disabilities, we are wondering how we can help defend ...

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A Chance to Rewrite America’s Racial Narrative

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... Tamir, was shot to death by police officers within moments of encountering him in a Cleveland park. I think of Gloria Darden and the shock ... Pulitzer Prize–winning history of Thurgood Marshall’s work in Florida as a crusading civil rights attorney. In the book, King ...

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Action Alert: Flush Transphobia Fund

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... Network for Safe Communities at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is honored to be leading this effort, under ... Jeremy Travis will collaborate with a consortium of national law enforcement experts to assess the police-community ... where trust has been harmed. We are eager to begin this work . “The Department of Justice is committed to using innovative ...

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As We Mourn Charleston's Victims, Philanthropy Must Act

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... McHarris, and Allen Kwabena Frimpong The Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 26, 2015 As we face the latest violent ... who were shot dead in their church in Charleston — those of us in philanthropy must think hard about our role in supporting the movement ...

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Enough is Enough: We Demand Quality Policing Now

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... yet again. Our legal system has denied justice to the family of Eric Garner less than forty-eight hours after President Barack Obama met ... after the Civil Rights Movement we are still in pursuit of justice. We are still confronting what Dr. King called, the triple evils of ...

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Executives' Alliance Foundation Leaders "Ban the Box"

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... conviction records. The foundations are members and allies of the Executives' Alliance for Boys and Men of Color—a philanthropic network committed to improving outcomes for boys and .....

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... or physically. That anxiety - which I know many parents of African-American and Latino children have - is by no means irrational. ... Center for Policing Equity and other organizations work with police departments to reduce the impact of bias on policing. It turns ...

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From Palestine to Ferguson— Justice for Mike Brown, Justice for Gaza

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For the last 70 days the youth of Ferguson, Missouri have led protests and vigils every night in remembrance of 18 year old Michael Brown and the countless other black lives that are cut ... from North Carolina who moved to St. Louis two years ago to work for the ACLU of Eastern Missouri. In the days after Michael Brown’s ...

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Funding needs in Ferguson, MO

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... MO, as compiled by Rev. Starsky D. Wilson, President & CEO of the Deaconess Foundation and Robert Hughes, PhD, President & CEO of the Missouri Foundation for Health. Funders engaged community-based ...

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Grant Makers Give Money Fast to Challenge Trump Policies

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03/13/2017

February 24, 2017 By Rebecca Koenig, The Chronicle of Philanthropy The unprecedented sums individual donors have given to ... to recommendations from grantees for how to best back their work . Some have made donations outright. The Rockefeller Foundation gave ...

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Headwaters Foundation for Justice Launches Emergency Fund For Black Lives

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... two groups have inspired, mobilized, and supported hundreds of community members to call out and change police violence against people of ... Minneapolis is supporting emerging leaders to move the work for racial justice forward. “We plan to use the dollars from ...

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Headwaters Foundation for Justice Relaunches Emergency Fund for Black Lives

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09/12/2016

... Our Response to Recent Events: July 2016 The killing of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights have ... advance equity and justice. We put race at the center of our work , and fund organizations that apply an intersectional lens to their ...

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I Did What I Was Paid to Do': Race Control and America

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by Troy Jackson, Director, The AMOS Project & Co-author of Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith Law enforcement, ... sacrifice and take great risks. And clergy, by and large, work hard to encourage, challenge, bless, and comfort their congregations. ...

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No more fake budgets?! Exploring Equity-Based Approaches to Financial Review

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Release Date:

03/31/2017

... Justice Funders Network, we met Carol Cantwell, the founder of Fun with Financials , who introduced a new tool for approaching financial ... Financial Health Indicators (FHI). The FHI pulls three years of financial data directly from an organization’s IRS Form 990 and provides ...

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Shifting Gears for Racial Justice

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03/08/2016

... “Joining direct action with other communities of color to demand reform, accountability and awareness.” These are a few of the answer that leaders of national civil rights organizations provided in ...

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Support Minneapolis Protesters

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... the past 10 days Minneapolis has experienced horrific acts of violence, first with the shooting of Jamar Clark, a 24 year old unarmed ... will be short and long term needs to sustain and grow this work , but we want to let you know about ways you can help right now. We think ...

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We will not be silenced.

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... to recent attempts by the NYPD to silence the efforts of citizens seeking justice for victims of police violence. The letter, ... unconstitutional police violence and repression. “Our work continues and we invite those who stand on the side of justice to join ...

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What We’ve Gained And Lost Since Stonewall

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... to getting it. By Miss Major There is no because of this or that — Stonewall just happened. There was a tendency at that ... in the 60s. And it just happened to be everywhere. Some of the girls back then, like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, tried to ...

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Agenda to Keep us Safe

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Tue, September 30, 2014

... dedicated to the long-term fight to end the criminalization of Black youth. We believe that strategies to achieve this goal and ultimately ... experiences as activists, we are compelled to approach the work of Black liberation with strategic thinking and actions. Public policy ...

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How to Fund the Revolution: Part 1

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Tue, March 01, 2016

By Mary Joyce, Movement Net Lab In Part 1 of this two-part series I argue why new social movement funding infrastructure ... the same employee, who spoke to me anonymously about her work . “Smaller grants tend to be more complicated.” Bureaucratic ...

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Sustaining Racial Justice Action in Philanthropy: Ferguson & Beyond

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Mon, December 15, 2014

... From Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity Many of us have watched or perhaps even marched, as community members mobilize to ... repeated travesty of justice and societal failure, how do we work to support the current movement and continue to build toward deeper ...

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Democratic Development for Thriving Communities Report

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Mon, June 12, 2017

... Gentrification and Displacement report is the result of collaboration between the California Funders Working Group on ... , field leaders, and academics. It builds on previous work from the philanthropic, academic, and organizing sectors to present a ... information, contact Nile Malloy, Senior Program Manager of the Democratizing Development Program , at nile@nfg.org . ...

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

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Fri, March 13, 2015

In response to a resurgence of interest in place-based grantmaking, the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions ... Philanthropy. This conference report provides an overview of the discussions that took place at this conference, including: ... program officers must be co-learners with those doing work on the ground rather than coming with the answers. They should be trusted ...

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Webinar Recap: Why Should Social Justice Funders Care About Impact Investing?

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Fri, July 14, 2017

... co-hosted a webinar to discuss the current landscape of impact investing and highlight examples of how philanthropic institutions are supporting social movements through ...

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Recap: 2017 Grantmakers for Southern Progress Spring Convening

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Fri, May 05, 2017

... navigate an inclusive way forward for everyone in this era of unprecedented political, economic, and demographic shifts. Yet ... about strategies for developing a shared understanding of progress in the region, approaches for supporting structural change, and ... and strategic collaborations are needed to help move this work forward. The time is now. The place is here. Let's get to .....

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Webinar Recap: How to Creatively Fund Social Movements

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Fri, February 24, 2017

... Molly Schultz Hafid works as assistant director of the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock, where she is ... 2012 after more than 15 years engaged in nonprofit advocacy work around issues such as access to health care, community engagement, and ...

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FFJ Call Recap: Policing and Criminalization in the Trump Era

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Wed, February 15, 2017

... National Immigration Law Center Over the course of these past few weeks, marginalized communities have been relentlessly ... webinar, speakers across communities shared insight on their work in context of this new political climate . Speakers discussed: ...

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Grantmakers for Southern Progress 2016 Post-Election Webinar Recap

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Mon, January 09, 2017

... briefing discussed how the election impacts social justice work supporting LGBTQ, people of color, and immigrant communities in the South. Leaders and practitioners ...

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Webinar Recap: Governance, Participatory Budgeting, and Grantmaking

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Fri, November 03, 2017

... philanthropic resources should be allocated. Here is a recap of the lessons learned, along with the video recording and slides from the ... gives people real power over how money is spent. Communities work to design the process, which can be used in and by foundations. The ...

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

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Mon, April 14, 2014

... a two-day learning tour that focused on the promise of both cities’ new mayoral administrations to be more transparent and ... experienced several ebbs and flows in its revitalization work over the past 25 years. Without long-term support for the organization as ...

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California Funders’ Convening on Gentrification and Displacement

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Thu, December 03, 2015

... 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 ...

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Peer Coaching Training Webinar

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Monday, November 5, 2018 - 1:00pm

Webinar

"In the midst of continual change and development, people rarely struggle because they lack some key piece of information or some precise procedure from a course or a book. Rather, they ... — Carter McNamara, Authenticity Consulting Our work with our members has taught us that peer support to work through goals and .....

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NFG 2018 Award for Excellence & Discount Foundation Legacy Award

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Release Date:

06/27/2018

... philanthropy and organizing: Molly Schultz Hafid, recipient of the NFG Award for Excellence, and Enrique "Kike" Balcazar, winner of the ... & Jerry's in October 2017. Read more about Enrique's work . NFG 2018 Award for Excellence & .....

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Michael Brown and Alison Corwin discuss why NFG membership is so critical for funders in this political climate

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11/29/2017

In this era of political uncertainty, we as funders have one simple task: accelerate the pace of systemic change for poor communities and communities of color by taking ... philanthropy forward, but is necessary if we are to work in real partnership with our movements and frontline communities. We ...

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What It's Going to Take to Change Philanthropy

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12/06/2017

... In October 2017, Funders for Justice (FFJ), a program of Neighborhood Funders Group, hosted a funder briefing on the Freedom ... what have you learned about the role of philanthropy in this work ? Ramatu : Jesenia and I came into our roles as ...

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Staff Transitions at NFG

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Release Date:

06/29/2017

... sad to say goodbye to Yolanda Hippensteele as our Director of Member Engagement, but delighted to welcome Adriana Rocha as NFG's new Vice President of Programs, and Lindsay Ryder as our new Membership Manager as well as .....

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“Advancing Together” the Democratizing Development Program

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10/13/2016

... Democratizing Development Program this summer with the goal of supporting our network to help create a shift in how development happens in ... and effective ways funders and community partners can work together. Speakers include: Josh Lerner, Executive Director of ...

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Roses Along A Journey: My Transformative Experience in NFG’s Project Phoenix

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Release Date:

10/03/2017

Tyler Nickerson, NFG Member and Director of Investments and State Strategy at The Solutions Project , was one of 33 ... to get better at doing. With a childhood-ingrained Puritan work ethic and first-child tendencies, I am close to the last person stopping ...

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Resilient Places Require Intentional Strategies

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11/29/2016

... Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Angela Brown of The Hyams Foundation reflects on the variety of grantmaking approaches in the field and the importance of working with ...

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#NFG2016 Conference Recap from Native Americans in Philanthropy

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08/04/2016

... content and programming centered around rethinking the role of funders in building long-term holistic transformation and community power. ... philanthropy opportunities; EDUCATE to master a method of philanthropy rooted in Native values; and EMPOWER each other to advance ...

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Release Date:

10/12/2015

Entrepreneurs of Color Fund will provide greater economic opportunity for small businesses ... program for Detroit businesses owned by entrepreneurs of color and businesses that primarily hire people of color. The Entrepreneurs ... During implementation of this initiative, DDF will also work with Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation’s Detroit entrepreneurship ...

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5 Hot Causes for Donors in 2015

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02/04/2014

Chronicle of Philanthropy, January 15, 2015 The Battle for Racial Justice: Grant ... issues as tensions remain high following the failure of grand juries to indict white police officers who killed unarmed black men in ... Mo., and New York City. Funders for Justice, a new group of about 30 foundations and other groups affiliated with the Neighborhood ...

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A Pivotal Moment for Racial Justice

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01/05/2015

Eric Ward, Program Officer of Ford Foundation 's Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice program, reflects ... no indictment would be delivered in the police killing of Eric Garner. Following the grand jury decision not to indict the police ... when they thought he was grasping for a weapon instead of the medication he was actually reaching for. And on December 8, 22-year-old .....

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Unions, Activists Align on Affordable Housing

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09/04/2014

August 19, 2014 - A group of New York City construction unions have forged a coalition with affordable ... Bill de Blasio to require organized labor in the building of 80,000 lower-cost apartment units over the next decade. The unions say they will begin supporting a call for 50% of the new units to be set aside for lower- and middle-income residents, a key ...

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NFG Announces LaTosha Brown as Project Director for Grantmakers for Southern Progress

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Project Phoenix Outcomes and Evaluation

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Wed, March 08, 2017

... and climate justice to worker co-ops under the frame of a “just transition” or “solidarity economy” or “economic ... transformed the ways in which they think and talk about the work of just transition to a new economy, and decreased their sense of cynicism ...

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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Kris Hayashi

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Release Date:

01/14/2019

Hear from Kris Hayashi, Executive Director of Transgender Law Center and FFJ Field Advisor, about the efforts to ... of $50,000. Together, if we can raise $50,000 for our work to bring justice for Roxsana, our generous donors will double your ...

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LA-Area NFG Member Happy Hour

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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 -

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Los Angeles, CA

Kick-off 2019 with NFG! Join us as we gather NFG staff and members in the LA area. Non-members wanting to learn more and connect with the NFG network welcome to join! Arts District Brewing Company 828 Traction Ave Los Angeles, CA 90013 Cash bar. Light appetizers will be served. Thank you to NFG member Liberty Hill Foundation for sponsoring this event!

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Prisons/Detention Centers, Racial Justice, and the Environment in Rural Places

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Monday, January 28, 2019 -

10:00am - 11:30am

Webinar

... the land, and ultimately rely on increasing the number of people in prison in order to grow. This often means heavier policing of ... will: Highlight rural community visions in this work , especially in regards to just transition and the solutions that rural ...

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Development Without Displacement in Opportunity Zones

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019 -

10:00am - 11:30am

Webinar

... a provision nested within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, presents significant opportunities and potential challenges for local ... hear how community, philanthropy, and the public sector can work together to prioritize investments in projects that yield equitable ...

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NFG Bay Area Member Happy Hour

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Thursday, November 15, 2018 -

4:30pm - 6:30pm

Oakland, CA

... Area on Thursday, November 15, join the staff and members of Neighborhood Funders Group for a fun happy hour in Uptown Oakland! ...

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Housing Justice Solutions: Field & Funder Webinar

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Webinar

... for funders and field leaders to develop a shared assessment of the work each group is moving around housing, development, and community. The ...

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2018 Post-Election Briefing for Grantmakers

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Washington, DC

... at the Crossroads. Note: This meeting is free of charge and open to foundation representatives and philanthropic advisors ... we build compelling and successful agendas for advancing our work to support struggling families, workers and communities. Join us ...

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Homes for All Funder Alignment Gathering

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Atlanta, GA

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2018 Affinity Equity Summit and Solidarity Defense & Action Funder Briefing

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Monday, February 12, 2018 - Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Oakland, CA

... Open to All Funders This reception will highlight the work of the Affinity Equity Summit and welcoming those joining the Solidarity ...

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Webinar

... am PT / 11 am MT / 12 pm CT / 1 pm ET In the aftermath of the August 2017 white nationalist attacks in Charlottesville, organizers on ... and principled in our support to them. We will work to continue to provide you with information, opportunities to support, and ...

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Funder Briefing: Freedom Cities

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Webinar

... for Just Immigration (BAJI)—organizations with decades of experience organizing and advocating for women, Black and immigrant ... on how Freedom Cities began, the community impact of their work and collaboration, and their strategies to advance their work both ...

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Puerto Rico: From Relief to Equitable Recovery

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Webinar

... — REGISTER HERE — In this webinar, the first of a series, local funders and nonprofit leaders will share on-the-ground details of current efforts as well as strategies for how funders can invest in the ...

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Power Research

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Democratizing Development Program Monthly Meetings

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Committee Meeting

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Conference Call

... (DDP) will be holding monthly calls on the second Thursday of each month. Join in for program updates and strategic discussion about ... Please contact Nile Malloy, Senior Program Manager of the Democratizing Development Program, at nile@nfg.org for more ...

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Systems Changes Towards Equity and Inclusion in the Midwest: Vision and Practical Grantmaking Steps

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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Webinar

... more equitable communities for low-income and communities of color becomes even more critical as cities and regions continue to develop ... and lack of job opportunities. Community groups continue to work towards solutions that will improve lives in these places. Navigating ...

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GSP 2017 Regional Convening

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Charleston, SC

... Progress working group is hosting a regional gathering of its members, funder partners, and practitioners to share and discuss the ...

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

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Washington, DC

... Warren Hosted by: American Federation of Teachers, Arca Foundation, Communication Workers of America, Ford Foundation, Inclusive Economy Fund, Open Society Foundations, ... that support will continue to be essential as communities work to defend these financial and democratic reforms and demonstrate the ...

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

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Monday, February 27, 2017

Webinar

... Throughout the country, we also see a heightened increase of hate violence and racially charged rhetoric in the media against immigrants, ... development, and affordable housing to build upon emergent work that addresses the threat to undocumented residents. Although large urban ...

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How to Creatively Fund Social Movements

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2016 Post-Election Briefing: Politics, Policy and Philanthropy

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Washington, DC

... 16-17, 2016 in Washington, DC. This meeting is free of charge and open to foundation representatives and philanthropic advisors. ... the election and identifying new windows of opportunity to work strategically and collaboratively will be essential to advancing the work ...

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FFJ Webinar on Gender, Race, and Criminalization

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Webinar

... Funders for Justice (FFJ) has intentionally lifted up the work , lives, and voices of women and trans folks of color, along with gender justice and LGBTQ ...

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

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Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - Thursday, June 16, 2016

Oakland, CA

... our program booklet . Photos courtesy of Lonny Mey er Photography Visit NFG's Facebook page to view more photos of the conference, and visit our YouTube channel to watch videos of our .....

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Hawaii Learning Tour

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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Honolulu, Hawaii

... 17th In the popular imagination, Hawaii is thought of as a tropical paradise, but it is also a state that is struggling to overcome centuries of colonialism, environmental degradation and displacement of its Native ...

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The LA Teacher Strike and Movement for the Common Good

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Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 12:00pm

Webinar

A powerful movement of educators, parents, students and community allies is taking rise across the ... to demand that public schools serve all students regardless of race, immigration-status, class and ability. Increased privatization and ... particularly those that serve low-income families, families of color and immigrants, are being starved of needed resources. Public school ...

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Funder Briefing call with Senator Al Franken on Forced Arbitration

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Webinar

... consumers from being ripped off and trapped in a cycle of debt and poverty isn’t over yet. And now what’s at stake is whether ... and abusive companies. Buried in the service terms of credit card and checking accounts, student loans, retirement accounts, ...

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Lead on Leave

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

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Friday, March 6, 2015 - Sunday, March 8, 2015

Selma, AL

... participate in the historic 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights, and to explore the role of philanthropy in continuing and expanding the work for social justice and economic opportunity in Alabama and the Blackbelt ...

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EPIP Police Accountability and Racial Justice: Sustaining a Movement

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Webinar

... here Webinar Description: The tragedies of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, John Crawford, Jessie Hernandez and others have ... a New York City based coalition, to learn about their local work and how it fits into a larger national and historical context. We'll .....

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Learning Tour in Puerto Rico

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Thursday, November 13, 2014 - Friday, November 14, 2014

San Juan, PR

... solutions that advance equity and resilience. Decades of inequitable development patterns coupled with urgent climate change and ... and civil society partnerships that prioritize the needs of the island’s low-income communities. Against this backdrop, community ...

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Funder Meeting on Government Alliance on Race and Equity

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Minneapolis, MN

... to a special funders learning/strategy meeting in advance of the Convening on Racial Equity, co-hosted by Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges ... at eliminating structural racism and opportunities to work in partnerships with government and the community at the regional level. ...

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JAG Unity Summit 2014

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Friday, June 6, 2014 - Sunday, June 8, 2014

Washington, DC

... Joint Affinity Groups (JAG) aims to build upon the power of shifting demographics that are making the US a majority-minority country of diverse communities. To be effective, philanthropy must develop responses ...

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Boston - New York City Learning Tour

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - Thursday, April 3, 2014

Boston, MA

... place based change strategies? What are examples of place-based approaches that both build resident leadership, capacity and, ... Initiative story. We'll spend the first half of the day with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, learning about ... and with City Life/ Vida Urbana, which leads a number of effective campaigns for foreclosure defense, just cause tenant eviction .....

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National Dialogue: Community Land Trusts

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Webinar

... webinar will focus on community land trusts – how they work and the grassroots organizing that make CLT's a powerful tool for ... by Christopher Sun, Open Society Foundations, and member of the NFG Working Group on Housing Justice and Community Transformation .....

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Amplify Fund Learning and Evaluation Partner RFP

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03/11/2019

... on Unsplash The Amplify Fund is in search of a Learning and Evaluation Partner. We would like the L&E Partner to begin as ... final grants in 2021 and expect the learning and evaluation work to continue through and possibly beyond the final grant cycle. Housed ...

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Healing Justice Institute

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Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -

9:00am - 5:00pm

Seattle, WA

... about supporting healing justice at the intersections of racial justice and health justice. Participants will: Build new ... funders Gain an understanding of healing justice work that is centered on power-building in communities of color, as part of ...

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Welcoming Two New FJE Coordinating Committee Members

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03/21/2019

... Guananja to its Coordinating Committee, the leadership body of the program. Andre Oliver was appointed senior program officer at ... in developing –and now manages –the Foundation’s Fair Work initiative, which aims to expand the voice and influence of low-wage ...

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Midwest Community Organizing Panel Discussion with the Needmor Fund

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Member Event

Friday, May 3, 2019 -

9:00am - 11:30am

Chicago, IL

On behalf of the Needmor Fund , members of Neighborhood Funders Group are invited to participate in a panel discussion featuring the leaders of several national organizing networks. This conversation, facilitated by ...

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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Zachary Norris

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04/02/2019

... Zachary Norris, FFJ Field Advisor and Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights , tells us about his vision for ... justice reform in California. How does your work connect to a vision for change in the communities that you work in? ...

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NFG speaks with place-based funders on how they are using impact investing to further justice and equity

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04/10/2019

... Markus Spiske on Unsplash An increasing number of foundations are embracing impact investing as a powerful strategy to ... to be at the beginning stages of its impact investment work and is exploring investment strategies to further its mission to increase ...

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Board Transitions at NFG

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Webinar: Building Movements with Narrative Change Strategies

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Tuesday, September 10, 2019 -

9:00am - 10:15am

Webinar

... capacity, deepening leadership development, and other ways of building infrastructure for movements and organizations. Note: This ... with Honors at the University of Texas at Austin. Outside of work , she finds joy in time spent with family & friends, gardening, and yoga. ...

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Funders for Justice - National Funder Organizing Meeting

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Friday, September 20, 2019 -

11:00am - 12:15pm

Webinar

A recording of this webinar is available here . (Enter contact info to access.) ... can play an important role in building power for communities of color and low-income communities by engaging in advocacy themselves and ... examples of a public foundation supporting the advocacy work of its grantees as well as engaging in institutional advocacy itself. ...

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Monday, November 4, 2019 -

10:00am - 11:30am

Webinar

The Real Cost of Dollars Moving Hosted by Amalgamated Foundation and Neighborhood ... , and United Philanthropy Forum In February of this year, Sludge broke the story that Donor Advised Fund platforms, including the philanthropic arm of major financial institutions – Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Schwab ...

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Speak Out: Social Justice Advocacy for Private Foundations

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9:00am - 10:30am

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... Advised Fund platforms, including the philanthropic arm of major financial institutions – Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Schwab ... for DAF providers to filter out hate and for donors of conscience to take a stand. Since March, over 80 philanthropic institutions ...

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

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03/30/2017

... these laws have begun to appear, at the beginning of the epidemic, over 600 prosecutions of people with HIV, more than half of ... To learn more about our efforts, or to get involved in our work , check out our website at www.fcaaids.org or email me at ...

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The Let Us Breathe Fund

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07/23/2015

... It will be both a rapid response to support immediate work on the ground, and a longer term investment in Black communities in New ... City. Let Us Breathe puts decision-making in the hands of experienced community activists, who understand priorities and have ...

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Sustaining Black Resistance: A Call to Black Racial Justice Leaders

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Events in the Field

Thursday, July 30, 2015 - Friday, July 31, 2015

... advocacy and messaging regarding the immediate crisis of state violence against Black communities. To strengthen the capacity of Black leaders to meet this moment by identifying and taking advantage of new ...

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Reclaim MLK 2016

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01/16/2016

... country have risen up and are calling for a transformation of our country. Following the Movement for Black Lives Convening in Cleveland ... what our movement stands for. Across all of the demands and work coming from different parts of the movement, we seek at least three basic ...

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Bolder Advocacy

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Sat, February 01, 2014

Bolder Advocacy advances and protects the role of nonprofits in influencing public policy. We use our expertise to ensure that ... that affects nonprofit advocacy, fighting for the rights of nonprofits and foundations to conduct advocacy, and responding to potential ...

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Racial Capitalism, Power and Resistance: Perspectives from the Philanthropic Front Lines

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12/19/2019

... the conversation throughout 2020 and integrate the frame of racial capitalism, power and resistance into all of our programming. As part ... Part of the reason I came to social justice work is that my personal became my political. I come from a very diverse ...

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NFG Member Spotlight: The Libra Foundation

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01/22/2020

... (Senior Program Officer) NFG's network is composed of 120+ members that work in every part of the nation, in both urban and rural settings, and .....

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Discount Foundation Legacy Award

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12/18/2019

... was launched in 2015 to commemorate and carry on the legacy of the Foundation’s decades-long history of supporting leading edge ... including but not limited to organizing and advocacy related work . Additionally, it is not necessary that nominees work in an organization ...

Letter to President Obama and US Attorney General Eric Holder

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Tue, November 25, 2014

... and US Attorney General Holder take action. The Department of Justice has the power to arrest and prosecute Officer Wilson under federal ... what you do in this moment will have a major impact on the future of racial profiling and police brutality in America. As President ...

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Honoring the Discount Foundation

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Washington, DC

... the WGLCP and organizing philanthropy to support this work . RSVP below to let us know if you'll be joining us to celebrate .....

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#FergusonNext

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Wed, December 03, 2014

... Riverfront Times. Beyond the Michael Brown case, how can we work together to find justice? Share your solutions on Twitter , ...

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National Mama’s Bail Out Day

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05/02/2017

... simply because they cannot afford bail. Everyday an average of 700,000 people are condemned to cages and separated from their families ... community through gatherings that highlight the impact of inhumane and destructed bail practices. Join the National Mamas Bail Out ...

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City Rising

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Mon, July 09, 2018

... that shows how gentrification is deeply rooted in a history of discriminatory laws and practices in the United States. This ... by those in power. City Rising follows the journey of California communities that are fighting gentrification and features a growing movement of advocates seeking responsible development across the state. Watch the ...

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Financialization

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Freedom to Thrive: Reimagining Safety & Security in Our Communities

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Fri, May 05, 2017

... and allies released a new report examining the budgets of 12 city and county governments that reveals the extent to which local ... pour money into policing and incarceration, at the expense of community safety priorities such as infrastructure and social safety net ...

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Ways to Support Organizers in North Carolina

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A Message From FFJ Leadership: In Solidarity With Chicago & Minneapolis

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California bans grand juries in fatal shootings by police

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... California the first state in the nation to ban the use of grand juries to decide whether police officers should face criminal charges when they kill people in the line of duty. The ban, which will go into effect next year, comes after grand ...

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Dream Defenders, Black Lives Matter & Ferguson Reps Take Historic Trip to Palestine

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... Representatives at the forefront of the movements for Black lives and racial justice have taken a historic ... Territories and Israel. The trip comes after a year of highly-publicized repression in Ferguson, the Gaza Strip, and West Bank ...

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A Ferguson Syllabus: Reading a Movement

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Mon, August 10, 2015

... 07, 2015 Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Mike Brown Jr., the 18-year old black teenager who was fatally shot by ...

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Bryan Stevenson on inequality, mass incarceration and criminalization

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Tue, February 23, 2016

... From the Ford Foundation: Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, explains how inequality and the abuse of power exploit people of color and the poor. Tell us what inequality ...

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

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Sun, June 14, 2015

... . www.justiceinpolicing.com The killing of Eric Garner, Mike Brown, John Crawford III, and Ezell Ford over just four ... planned direct actions, die-ins, walk-outs, and acts of civil disobedience to demand accountability and recognition that black lives ...

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Expanding Sanctuary: What Makes a City a Sanctuary Now?

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Mon, March 13, 2017

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Mapping Police Violence

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Tue, March 03, 2015

MappingPoliceViolence.org , a project of WeTheProtesters.org , is the most comprehensive analysis of police killings and their impact on black people in the US. We've mapped 302 .....

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Mapping the Field: Racial Justice and Police Accountability

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Sat, August 15, 2015

... to suggest an organization for this list, or you are part of an organization that you think should be on this list, please write to us ... funding was collected via a Funders for Justice survey of philanthropic responses to the uprisings across the country in 2014 and ...

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Moving Forward on Racial Justice Philanthropy

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Fri, November 28, 2014

... Forward on Racial Justice Philanthropy is the fifth volume of Critical Issues Forum series, which aims to deepen the discourse around ... repeatedly and knew it was important to take stock of what many of us have been collectively aiming to move for decades. Through ...

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Race and Policing - A Resource from IssueLab

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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 ...

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Race Files

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Mon, December 01, 2014

We live in an age of colorblind racism. We claim we don’t see color, yet American society ... and divided by race. Race Files exists to lift the veil of colorblindness – to make race and racism visible. Race Files uses analogy, pop culture, and personal narratives to tell the story of race and create a language that will help us defeat racism. Visit ...

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Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation

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Fri, November 28, 2014

... Center for Racial Justice Innovation's most recent edition of Moving the Race Conversation Forward includes a section with content analysis on print, cable, and social media coverage of Ferguson. ColorLines , an online publication by Race Forward, has had .....

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White People and Activism in the Trump Era

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07/19/2018

... In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of local, regional, and national funders for the NFG 2018 National Convening, ... reflects on leveraging privilege and dissent in the face of fear. People in the United States are scared. Some ...

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Welcome New NFG Board Members

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02/21/2018

... Michael Brown Vice-President of Community Leadership The Seattle Foundation Our heartfelt ... are dedicated to our outgoing board members, each of whom have devoted significant talent, time and energy in service of NFG’s ...

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CANCELED: NFG Conference Call on Funder Responses to the Moment

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Webinar

... NFG soon. In the meantime, you might be interested in a list of post-election resources we have curated here: ... the moment. We will invite members to share their analysis of the urgency of the moment and its impact on vulnerable communities, key issues, and ...

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Governance, Participatory Budgeting and Grantmaking

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Webinar

... Budgeting Project Tyler Nickerson | Director of Investments and State Strategy, The Solutions Project Matthew Hart | ... date. This webinar is open to all staff and trustees of foundations and philanthropy-supporting organizations. For more ...

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Weathering the Storm: Building Resilience Against Opposition Attacks

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Monday, June 29, 2015

Webinar

... and field partners are not vulnerable to these kinds of attacks, in fact organizations are confronting them more and more. The good ... Read their new report on their first three years of Weathering the Storm, and learn about how your grantees can prepare for and ...

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

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Monday, April 13, 2015

New York, NY

... a Funder Learning Breakfast in New York: Intersection of Equity, Environment and Democracy in Puerto Rico When: Monday, April ... tour that took place last fall in Puerto Rico and part of a series of conversations that will be planned in the coming year. ...

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NFG Colorado Funders Happy Hour

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Tuesday, September 10, 2019 -

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Denver, CO

... to support grassroots power building so that communities of color and low-income communities thrive. Come say hello to NFG's ... friends in philanthropy — including NFG's new Director of Development and Communications, Courtney Banayad. Courtney has called .....

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Identify. Describe. Dismantle. Repeat.

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08/08/2019

Nicky Goren, president and CEO of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, writes about calling out and ... published here on Medium. Nicky was part of the first Philanthropy Forward: Leadership for Change Fellowship cohort, a joint initiative of Neighborhood Funders Group and The Aspen Institute Forum for Community ...

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#BlackLivesMatter Philanthropic Action for Racial Justice

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04/21/2015

... in philanthropy commit to supporting the objectives of the #BlackLivesMatter Philanthropic Action for Racial Justice by signing ...

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14 Questions And Answers About The Ferguson Grand Jury

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