As the South Grows

Resource type: 
Partner Resource
Tue, June 12, 2018
As the South Grows is an initiative of Grantmakers for Southern Progress ( GSP ) and the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy ... to partner effectively with visionary leaders across the South . The initiative will produce a four-part investigative ...

GSP 2017 Regional Convening

Event type: 
Convening
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Charleston, SC
April 5 - 7, 2017 | Charleston, South Carolina In April 2017, NFG's Grantmakers for Southern ... supporting structural change and advancing progress in the South . Registration is now open! Click here to RSVP and pay ... contact Dani Johnson at dani@aspecialgathering.com . GSP 2017 Regional Convening .....

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Webinar
... Foundation and Funders for LGBTQ Issues' Out in the South Initiative , are co-hosting a conference call for ... the current national narrative about what happened in the South and what is needed as we move forward. Partners from ... LGBTQ, people of color and immigrant communities in the South . We will also explore what we know about the impacts of .....
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Topic: 
Philanthropic Practice

American Dreams in the South: Immigrants, Philanthropy and Opportunity for All

Event type: 
Learning Visit
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Little Rock, AR
American Dreams in the South : Immigrants, Philanthropy and Opportunity for All ... is in a moment of great change and great opportunity. The South is home to the fastest growing foreign-born population ... changing population and collaborative organizing in the South . The tour will delve into: Recent demographic shifts, ...

Recap: 2017 Grantmakers for Southern Progress Spring Convening

Resource type: 
Event Recap
Fri, May 05, 2017
... hollers, cities, and small towns across the American South , visionary leaders have long pioneered cutting edge, ... Progress hosted a funder gathering in Charleston, SC, for GSP members, national and regional foundations, and regional ... Grows: On Fertile Soil During the three-day gathering, GSP launched its long-awaited As the South Grows research ...
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Topic: 
Community Power-Building

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

Event type: 
Other
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Webinar
... take to win successful economic justice campaigns in the South ? With many families facing chronically low wages and ... and attention to the political economy of the South can help funders and field organizations develop ... economic indicators affecting quality of life in the South and examines corporate strategies that are driving ...
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Topic: 
Workers' Rights
Program: 
Funders for a Just Economy

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

Resource type: 
NFG Report
Tue, October 03, 2017
... take to win successful economic justice campaigns in the South ? With many families facing chronically low wages and ... and attention to the political economy of the South can help funders and field organizations develop ... economic indicators affecting quality of life in the South and examines corporate strategies that are driving ...

JAG Unity Summit 2014

Event type: 
Convening
Friday, June 6, 2014 - Sunday, June 8, 2014
Washington, DC
... 20001 Hear about grassroots movements taking place in the South in response to recent attacks on social justice, such ... response to these attacks on social justice in the South , and some of the ways we are looking to respond ... and Stephanie Guilloud (@ProjectSouth), Project South What is a Justice Funder? Saturday, June 7, 2014 at ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
... racist murders of nine Black members of the Emanuel AME in South Carolina, nine Black churches were burned to the ... in the Black community. There is a long history in the South of Black churches being attacked by racial hate groups ... Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School Bernie Mayzek, South Carolina Association for Community Economic ...

FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Stephanie Guilloud

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
06/20/2018
... with Stephanie Guilloud, Co-Director of Project South . Read our interview below to learn more about how ... and extreme punishment in Alabama and other parts of the South . They got big investments. Google partnered to make ... to my mother’s hometown with eight folks from Project South , some who were born after I graduated from high school ...
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Funder Coalition Calls for Building a Just and Resilient New Orleans

News type: 
Member News
Release Date: 
09/01/2015
August 29, 2015, Philanthropy News Digest - While challenges such as entrenched poverty and overincarceration remain, funder collaborations, cross-sectoral partnerships, and community-based leadership and participation have helped transform New Orleans in the decade since Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic damage to the city, a paper from the Greater New Orleans Funders Network argues. The paper, Fulfilling the Promise, Making New Orleans a Just and Resilient City (16 pages, PDF), outlines the progress made and challenges that remain in areas where philanthropy has played an important role...
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Topic: 
Climate Justice
Economic Justice

NFG Newsletter - February 2020

News type: 
Newsletter
Release Date: 
02/28/2020
... and organizations in Charleston and Edisto Island, South Carolina — one of Amplify’s eight sites. Both ... Communities , Carolina Youth Action Project , and South Carolina Association for Community and Economic ...
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NFG Colorado Funders Happy Hour

Event type: 
Reception
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 -
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Denver, CO
... available in The Colorado Health Foundation's lot directly south of the building, in addition to free two hour street .....
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Strike Watch, Labor Day: Vonda McDaniel on Workers Redefining “Nash-Vegas” and Taking on Power in Tennessee

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/04/2020
... across the US. There’s been a lot of attention to the South in regards to re-opening and the effects of COVID-19. ... for firing by the company .] One of the big issues in the South (and the Midwest) is the way conservative state ... at this moment? You know there's a saying that however the South goes so goes the nation. Whatever is really bad in the .....

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
09/10/2019
... calls on fellow funding organizations based in the South to respond to the federal government's anti-immigrant ... North Carolina Congress of Latino Organizations Project South Southeast Immigrant Rights Network Southern Partners ... more about the organizations on the ground across the South – or think about ways we can do more together – .....

Funders for Justice Announces 2nd Cohort of Field Advisors

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
05/15/2018
... rights, youth and multi-generational organizing, South Asian migrant and worker justice, power-building in the South , bail reform, Black organizing and power-building, ... Gali , Native Justice Now Stephanie Guilloud , Project South Kris Hayashi , Transgender Law Center Mary Hooks , ...
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Funders for Justice Announces Inaugural Advisory Committee of Field Leaders

News type: 
NFG News
Release Date: 
07/05/2017
... , Black Youth Project 100 Stephanie Guilloud , Project South Kris Hayashi , Transgender Law Center Mary ... in St. Louis. Charlene was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago where she currently resides and ... charlene@byp100.org Stephanie Guilloud, Project South Stephanie Guilloud is originally from Houston, Texas ...
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Organizations Addressing Police Accountability and Racial Justice

Resource type: 
NFG Resource
... Arizona PolicyLink National Project NIA National Project South Southern U.S. PROS Network New York PRYSM Rhode Island ... working to promote human rights in Downtown and South Los Angeles. We engage in community organizing, ... performed rolls calls and smoke out on our west side and south side communities. We have also discussed in our monthly ...

Announcing FFJ’s Latest Field Advisor Cohort

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
01/13/2020
... and led-intergenerational social movements across the South . She serves on the governance council of the Southern ... and Respect" focused on Black domestic workers in the South , in partnership with IPS. Before joining NDWA Celeste ... Within DRUM, Fahd co-led the work with Muslim, Arab, and South Asian immigrant detainees before, and immediately after .....

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

News type: 
NFG Blog
Release Date: 
10/21/2020
... of institutions have not moved many resources in the deep South . It’s a good chance to be able to demystify what I ... are incredibly important and organizations in the South have been building for a long time, with few resources. ...

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

Event type: 
Webinar
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 -
9:00am - 10:15am
Webinar
... will feature leaders of organizations working in Deep South , the Midwest, the Southwest, and nationally to share ... Matt Hildreth grew up on a small farm in eastern South Dakota and is a graduate of Bethel University in St. ...

Baltimore Uprisings

Resource type: 
Other
Tue, April 28, 2015
... phone cameras and social media. As in Ferguson, New York, South Carolina and many other regions, funders in Baltimore ...
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Topic: 
Funding Opportunity