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Ferguson to Geneva

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Sat, November 01, 2014

... Organization for Black Struggle (OBS), and Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE) submitted a brief to the United Nations and will present it in Geneva November 12-13, 2014. They aim "not only to achieve justice in Ferguson , but to unite governments around the world against .....

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Ferguson October

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10/13/2014

... solidarity actions, and participating organization. Ferguson October ...

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Thoughts on Ferguson

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Mon, September 08, 2014

... Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson , Missouri. In the weeks after his death, protests ensued and a national ...

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Police Accountability: Organizing and Philanthropic Strategies

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Mon, September 15, 2014

The uprisings in Ferguson , MO, in response to the police killing of Michael ... might support racial justice movements, including organizing for police accountability. To recommend additional ...

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A Ferguson Syllabus: Reading a Movement

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Mon, August 10, 2015

... shot by 28-year old Darren Wilson, a white police officer, in Ferguson , Missouri. Brown's killing — and the subsequent ... the perspectives of the black people who spent many days organizing and demonstrating in the sweltering streets of .....

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Organizations Addressing Police Accountability and Racial Justice

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... and racial justice . Please note that this list is in formation and is regularly expanded based on ... Matter National Black Lives Matter Memphis Tennessee Black Organizing for Leadership & Dignity National Black Organizing ... and long-term response to the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson and an ongoing effort to establish an empowered ...

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Ferguson Solidarity: Ways to Support the Fight

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Tue, August 19, 2014

" Organization for Black Struggle (OBS) , Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment and the Center for ... identified several critical ways for allies outside of Ferguson to support OBS's organizing efforts: financial resources, legal support, and solidarity actions in localities across the country. Ferguson Solidarity: Ways .....

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

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... of the #not1more campaign for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network Originally posted on the National Day ... tragedy and travesty. Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown in broad daylight, but his protectors used the thick of night ... empty and hollow, the clamor for justice in the streets of Ferguson was once again clear, resounding, and this time ...

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

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Thursday, July 30, 2020 -

9:00am - 10:30am

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... the Bail Reform Strategy Group of Funders for Justice . In recent months, as hundreds of thousands of people across ... The campaign emerges directly from the outcry that was the Ferguson Uprising. It is grounded in a commitment to end an ... . From Bail Reform to Closing the Jail: Organizing Wins for Divestment ...

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Following Ferguson

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... and Minority Rights, Ford Foundation August 22, 2014 In Ferguson , Mo. protests are in their 13th day. And while a governor-imposed curfew has ...

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Ferguson in Focus

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Mon, October 13, 2014

A new NAACP LDF report, Ferguson in Focus, looks at Ferguson through the lenses of educational inequality, ... inequality, and the criminal justice system. Ferguson in Focus ...

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The Making of Ferguson

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Tue, October 14, 2014

... Policy Institute, October 15, 2014. Executive summary In August 2014, a Ferguson , Missouri, policeman shot and killed an unarmed ... we had come to associate with inner cities now duplicated in a formerly white suburban community: racially segregated ...

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Monday, July 23, 2018

Conference Call

... been working on racial reconciliation and economic justice organizing since the early 1970s, and this past fall Sojourners has been working closely with Ferguson leaders, at their request, as well as with national ... about how this movement is being mobilized and organized in the aftermath of Ferguson and how communities of faith can ...

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

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Sat, April 11, 2015

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What President Obama told me about Ferguson's movement: think big, but go gradual

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Fri, December 05, 2014

... The Guardian . On Monday, representatives from a community in active struggle against state sanctioned killing, violence ... Rasheen, who at 20 years old is the youngest member of the Ferguson Commission, told the president that his fight ... Oval Office. He asked for our help, harkening back to his organizing days when, in the streets of Chicago, the cries of ...

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019 -

9:00am - 5:00pm

NoVo Foundation

... funders and field leaders for FFJ's third National Member Organizing Meeting. At this political moment, with attacks ... field to support power-building and creative grassroots organizing . Participants will spend the morning listening ... effectively. We’ll spend the second half of the day in issue-focused breakout groups, identifying collaborative .....

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Midwest Community Organizing Panel Discussion with the Needmor Fund

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Friday, May 3, 2019 -

9:00am - 11:30am

Chicago, IL

... of Neighborhood Funders Group are invited to participate in a panel discussion featuring the leaders of several national organizing networks. This conversation, facilitated by Frank ... email ( cslabaugh@needmorfund.org ). Midwest Community Organizing Panel Discussion with the Needmor Fund ...

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Can Ferguson turn into a sustainable movement?

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11/22/2014

Can Ferguson turn into a sustainable movement?: The MHP table talks about how the current moment stemming from Ferguson can turn into a sustainable movement . Melissa Harris-Perry November 22, 2014 on MSNBC Can Ferguson turn into a sustainable movement? ...

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Embattled Ferguson police chief resigns

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CBSnews.com Last Updated Mar 11, 2015 9:40 PM EDT Ferguson police chief Tom Jackson resigned his position ... a Department of Justice report heavily criticized the Ferguson police department for bias against African American ... View original news clip and read the story here. Embattled Ferguson police chief resigns ...

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Montgomery to Ferguson: A New Movement for Democracy

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10/13/2014

... Foundations and an ABFE Fellow, during his weekend in St. Louis/ Ferguson during the national mobilization, FergusonOctober. Montgomery to Ferguson : A New Movement for Democracy ...

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

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Tue, June 05, 2018

As a first step in establishing a framework and priorities, the Integrated ... Rural Strategies Group commissioned a scan of rural organizing work, Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers on ... . From this scan, the group has gained literacy in the organizing work already taking place and further defined the ...

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Many organizers at the forefront of protests are women, despite men taking center stage

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... the narratives of marginalized individuals and communities in the United States. After hours of more than a thousand ... members of the Gilmor Homes community with key involvement in the protests are very young people. On Saturday, women ... member of Freddie Gray’s family, who joined the march in her wheelchair, was able to stay on the front lines. ...

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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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... institutions and their allies continue to build organizing strategies that address housing, displacement, and ... philanthropy continues to play a critical role investing in expanding the power of low-income communities to build ... Stabilizing Communities: Advancing Housing Justice Organizing and Policy Strategies in This Political Moment ...

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

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Thursday, September 17, 2020 -

11:00am - 12:30pm

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In the same community where George Floyd was brutally ... during the pandemic. We will discuss how organizing , power building, place-based grantmaking ... Group, come and get real-time insights into emerging organizing , advocacy, and voter engagement campaigns in rural ...

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Foundation for Louisiana Supports Baton Rouge Organizing with Rapid Response Fund

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09/12/2016

... Rouge, LA — Foundation for Louisiana (FFL) stands in solidarity with the Baton Rouge community and people ... and organizations who are on the front lines in organizing around systemic issues of police violence, ... Foundation for Louisiana Supports Baton Rouge Organizing with Rapid Response Fund ...

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Protecting Assets: Developments in Payday Lending Reform and the Role of Faith-Based Organizations

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

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In the next several months, the Consumer Financial Protection ... CFPB. Faith-based advocacy has played a critical role in local, and now national, campaigns to end payday lending ... to reform efforts, and what is expected to happen in the coming year. Funders involved in this effort will ...

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

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Fri, April 21, 2017

... institutions and their allies continue to build organizing strategies that address housing, displacement, and ... philanthropy continues to play a critical role investing in expanding the power of low-income communities to build ... Slides: Stabilizing Communities: Advancing Housing Justice Organizing and Policy Strategies in This Political Moment ...

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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

... Economy, Solidaire Network As economic and political power in the United States has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of billionaires and ... be shared with confirmed attendees closer to the date. Organizing for Wall Street Accountability and Financial ...

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020 -

12:30pm - 2:00pm

Virtual

For 40 years NFG has been bringing funders who believe in the power of people to transform communities together to ... to learn more about Amplify’s funding model, including organizing to realize a vision for racial justice ... How the Amplify Fund Supports Black-led Power Building and Organizing ...

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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

... institutions and their allies continue to build organizing strategies that address housing, displacement, and ... philanthropy continues to play a critical role investing in expanding the power of low-income communities to build ... articles on topics ranging from equitable development, to organizing and movement building. Dawn is also Executive ...

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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

... actors, so many turning points, and so many skirmishes in the fight for justice. But we try to capture parts of the ... our knowledge of the history, and the perspectives offered in a unique set of interviews with twenty- three of the top ... RISING: The 1992 Civil Unrest, the Arc of Social Justice Organizing , and the Lessons for Today’s Movement Building ...

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

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05/21/2020

... government enforce rapid re-opening and block closures in some sectors like meatpacking, workers continue to put ... union election since the pandemic ), worker advocacy and organizing non-profits and a new crop of grassroots unions. ... In some manufacturing sectors , the benefits of strong organizing and early strikes are showing. In GM plants, ...

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Press Release from Amnesty International

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Fri, October 24, 2014

... , October 24, 2014. Following the initial protests in Ferguson , Missouri sparked by the shooting death of unarmed ... report, On the Streets of America: Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson ,documenting the human rights concerns witnessed ...

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Statement from Center Social Inclusion

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... for the rest of their lives. We look to the residents of Ferguson , particularly young people, who peacefully took to ... to indict Officer Wilson, while the system succeeded in indicting Mike Brown. For this, we must continue to demand ... and advocates are working to transform this system, organizing to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline , demand ...

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FergusonOctober – Voices from the Ground

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10/16/2014

How can philanthropy support organizing in this moment and in the long term? The Neighborhood Funders ... . 1) What would you offer as a synopsis of the Ferguson uprisings overall and of Ferguson October, from your ...

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After #FergusonOctober

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" How can philanthropy support organizing in this moment and in the long term? The Neighborhood Funders ... . 1) What would you offer as a synopsis of the Ferguson uprisings overall and of Ferguson October, from your .....

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

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07/19/2016

Groups that emerged after Ferguson are mobilizing thousands of people for protests that ... that swelled following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson , Mo., offer another. Groups that emerged after ... to some grant makers. "I’ve never seen the level of organizing and activism in Chicago in the 25 years that .....

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Bending the Arc from Interest to Advancement

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Wed, April 08, 2015

... committed to collaborate and leverage resources to invest in these communities and change systems to ensure full and ... an awareness of the need for broad-based investments in Ferguson , throughout the region, nationally and ... summarizes several potential areas for investment: Organizing and Civic Engagement Capacity The Ferguson ...

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Urgent Funding Needs and Opportunities

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Following are opportunities to fund local organizing in Ferguson , MO, New York, California and nationally. Last ...

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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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Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing , Jan 9, 2015 As we begin 2015, we at the Funders' ... for young people of color to play a transformative role in advancing social justice. Young people of color are ... This included massive protests against police brutality in Ferguson , New York, and beyond ; continued pressure from .....

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St. Louis Activist: Decades After 1968 Urban Uprisings, Key Economic & Race Issues Remain Unresolved

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Tue, August 19, 2014

Democracy Now! - August 19, 2014 The upheaval in Ferguson , Missouri, has called to mind the racial divisions that split open in the 1960s with a series of uprisings in cities across the ...

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12/10/2014

... agenda of increasing public and private investments in Black communities. We offer attendees a set of ... to support Black communities. Given the events in Ferguson , MO and other cities across the country, Empower ... look at investment strategies that support community organizing and build leadership and power. These principles ...

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Outrage Over Garner and Brown Cases Should Keep Philanthropy Focused on Criminal Justice

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... of Philanthropy. December 17, 2014 The streets of Ferguson , Mo., New York City, and many other cities across ... have been overflowing with protests for the past month in reaction to grand-jury decisions not to indict police ...

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Feature: Freedom Inc.’s Creative Response to the Criminalization of Black Communities in Madison, Wisconsin

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03/08/2016

... supporting Freedom Inc. (FI) for 4 years. FI was founded in 2003, is based in Madison, WI and has used particularly ... of violence through leadership development and community organizing in Black and Southeast Asian, particularly Hmong ... to examine the murder. Since Mike Brown’s murder in Ferguson , FI youth have been building solidarity with ...

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Making Black Lives Matter

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Wed, February 25, 2015

... teenager, Michael Brown, by a white police officer in Ferguson , Missouri gave a new energy and national platform to ... like SNCC that did deep grassroots organizing in local communities and provided a vehicle for ...

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We will not be silenced.

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... — Activists issued a scathing statement this afternoon in response to recent attempts by the NYPD to silence the ... for victims of police violence. The letter, drafted by Ferguson Action, and cosigned by over a dozen grassroots ... a community feels when they lose a loved one. They are in our thoughts and prayers as we continue our movement for ...

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Answering the Call from Movement Leaders

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07/12/2018

In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... that only 0.5% of foundation money goes towards Native organizing . A shameful half of one percent. We say knowledge ... something with that knowledge. The farther out we get from Ferguson , are we doing enough to support the people and ...

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Key Insights from #BaltimoreUprising

Resourcing the Movement for Black Lives

Fri, June 03, 2016

Above: America Wake Up is scrawled on an I-beam in the burnt out rubble that once was Beauty Town. The store ... have once again highlighted the importance of community organizing for social and structural change. With growing ... immigration, and anti-Black racism. The uprisings in Ferguson and Baltimore were game changers for Solidaire. ...

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A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

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... Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and ... to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression. We were humbled when ... after 18-year old Mike Brown was killed at the hands of Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. We’ve hosted ...

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Charlottesville Funder Briefing

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Webinar

... November 9, 2017 10 am PT / 11 am MT / 12 pm CT / 1 pm ET In the aftermath of the August 2017 white nationalist attacks ... groups, and partners in the field. FFJ is a national organizing platform for grantmakers, donor networks, and ... disparity of policing of non-violent Black protestors in Ferguson , Baltimore, New York, Baton Rouge, and Texas (and ...

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

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... Network and BAJI Arizona Organizer Late Monday , in a much anticipated decision, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey ... from their disciplinary records. BAJI played a key role in building a multiracial coalition of organizations and ... Department of Justice report on the police practices in Ferguson , MO. The victory against SB1445 is an example of ...

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

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... Street, the financial center of the most powerful city in the world, was built and maintained through slave labor. ... who help define the vision for our right to the city. Here in the United States, the recent momentum built in the fight ... accruing daily, are all around us. In a place like Ferguson , we can see how the impact of the relationship ...

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Baltimore Uprisings

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Tue, April 28, 2015

... and the severe under-resourcing of Black communities in Baltimore. The city is under occupation, with a heavy ... and members of Funders for Justice: ABFE circulated From Ferguson to Baltimore: We Must Continue to Support , ... through their fundraising effort to support Black-led organizing for Black liberation, Young People Investing in a ...

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#Asians4BlackLives

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... and #BlackLivesMatter , joined with Asian allies in #Asians4BlackLives group and white allies in the Bay Area Solidarity Action Team to lead an occupation ... memory of Michael Brown, whose body lay in the streets of Ferguson for more than 4 hours after he was killed by a ...

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WeTheProtesters Open Letter

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03/04/2015

... view and vision for this movement. We, the protestors of Ferguson and beyond, in order to fulfill the democratic promise of our ... summoned by Mike Brown’s blood and the gas-fueled tears in Ferguson , affirms the fundamental humanity of blackness. ...

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

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... Man, 14 Years Old, Tried as an Adult. Woman Who Acted in Self-Defense Now Serving Life Sentence Have you found ... choice and multigenerational trauma. The Making of Ferguson by Richard Rothstein highlights how past and present ... employment. What followed was simply inspirational. By organizing FIPs and their families, investing in their ...

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Grand Jury Decision

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... executive order on Monday declaring a state of emergency in Missouri as the nation awaits a grand jury decision in the case of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Citing "periods of .....

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Support Minneapolis Protesters

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11/27/2015

... and other supplies. November 27, 2015 Dear Community, In the past 10 days Minneapolis has experienced horrific acts ... lead organizers/organizations who have been strategically organizing around the clock for the past 10 days. Many of you ... this is an all too familiar occurrence in our nation. From Ferguson to Baltimore to New York and everywhere in between, ...

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

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03/09/2016

... Protests have begun, and police appear to be engaged in active suppression tactics, including arrest and physical ... as white males and possible white supremacists. We stand in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis and across the ... and with all of you committed to supporting the grassroots organizing in demand for justice. For updates and where to ...

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Time to Invest for Justice

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07/12/2018

In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... into learning and collaborating together. This week in Texas, "Road To Change" organizers and Parkland shooting ... for Justice" National Convening in St. Louis, Missouri, Ferguson activist Kayla Reed from the St. Louis Action Center .....

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Time to turn protests into change

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Wed, December 10, 2014

... (CNN) -- More than a week after the grand jury's decision in Ferguson , protests continue nationwide. On campuses, in malls, on streets and in stadiums, Americans young and old .....

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Our Work Today: A Statement from FFJ Leadership

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08/14/2017

In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... (NCRP) , reflects on leveraging privilege and dissent in the face of fear. People in the United States are ... the film screening of Whose Streets , which documents the Ferguson Uprising in response to the murder of Mike Brown in ...

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Facing and Recovering from Soul Trauma

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07/09/2018

In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... trauma” as something he had been facing. When the Ferguson crisis exploded onto the national scene, he ... co-op creation, community land trusts, and local finance organizing offer hope for our communities to become safer and ...

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Justice Dept. to investigate NYC chokehold death

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... chokehold death of an unarmed black man after a grand jury in New York City declined to indict the white police officer ... will look for potential civil rights investigations in the July 17 death of Eric Garner, 43, who was confronted ... death occurred weeks before the deadly police shooting in Ferguson , Missouri, a case also under investigation by the ...

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Five Things President Obama Could Do to Stop the Killing

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... school administrator or police officer that would result in him being hurt, psychologically or physically. That ... show a greater tendency to dehumanize African-Americans in widely used psychological questionnaires, are more likely ... gas, electric shock or killing") against a black child in custody than officers who did not dehumanize blacks. What .....

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5 Hot Causes for Donors in 2015

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02/04/2014

... indict white police officers who killed unarmed black men in Ferguson , Mo., and New York City. Funders for Justice, a new ... demographics, for example the growing black populations in inner suburbs, and "implicit racial bias," or the negative .....

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Make 2015 the Year of Resistance.

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01/10/2015

... been incredible. When a committed group of young people in Ferguson stood up to a militarized police force, millions around the world marched, sat- in , and walked-out to fight for justice. We need a renewed ...

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Funders for a Just Economy Florida Learning Tour

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Monday, April 8, 2019 - Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Fort Myers, FL

... members, and other funders only. You will be asked to log in to the website in order to register for this event. If you ... Cheri Wright Jones (Allegany Franciscan Ministries), Geula Ferguson (Florida Philanthropic Network), Jose Garcia (Ford ... and VIDA Legal Assistance 3:00pm: Emerging Tactics in Organizing : Alianza, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, ...

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Police arrest protesters as St. Louis awaits grand jury decision

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... Wallis , Reuters - November 20, 2014. (Reuters) - Police in Ferguson , Missouri, kept alert on Thursday for signs of ... five people for blocking a street the night before in a protest demanding the criminal indictment of a white ...

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... decades of grantmaking, the foundation supported community organizing groups across the country working with people living in poverty and struggling to sustain their families to ... Foundation and further its vision for worker justice organizing , the foundation created the Discount Legacy Award ...

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Rapid Response Racial Justice Fund

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07/23/2015

... media and outreach campaigns, organizer training, organizing and mobilization efforts, forming or engaging ...

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Announcing the 2018 Discount Foundation Legacy Awardee

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07/11/2018

... he was 17 years old. He joined his parents on a dairy farm in rural Vermont and worked for years on farms across the ... state. Enrique joined Migrant Justice and became a leader in the successful campaign to expand access to driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants in Vermont. He became part of the organization's Farmworker .....

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

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Thursday, October 10, 2013 - Friday, October 11, 2013

Washington, DC

... only.** ""The two most dynamic and cohesive liberal forces in the country are the labor movement and the Negro freedom ... partnering to organize a day-long meeting on black worker organizing . The meeting will be held at Georgetown University ... be a convening of organizations engaged in black worker organizing , including Discount Foundation and Ford Foundation .....

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

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03/02/2017

... She comes to NFG with more than 12 years’ experience in grassroots organizing . Most recently, she was the Director of Organizing at Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy ...

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Enough

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... black people and people of color across the country and in our streets. We stand with his partner and her young ... grantees Black Lives Matter Minneapolis , MN Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC) , and many others who are creating space for mourning and organizing . At Headwaters, we are committed to placing racial ...

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Million Hoodies Chapter Grant Fund

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... of young people of color. We utilize media and grassroots organizing to transform the public discourse on ... across the country. This fundraiser will provide small organizing and campaign grants to Million Hoodies chapters ... and organizing programs to win justice and safety in their communities. Help support the work of these young ...

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The Innovations and Independence of OUR Walmart

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04/27/2018

Next up in our discussion series with FFJ ’ s Field Advisors , ... demand, Black queer feminist (BQF) lens as an organizing framework, and the importance of leadership ... invest/divest demand? How do you translate local chapter organizing to a national demand? BYP100 started its journey ...

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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 ...

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Headwaters Foundation for Justice Relaunches Emergency Fund for Black Lives

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09/12/2016

... to Recent Events: July 2016 The killing of Jamar Clark in Minneapolis and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights have ... that apply an intersectional lens to their community organizing , policy advocacy, and civic engagement strategies. ... Lives Matter Minneapolis (BLM-MPLS) and Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC) . Just months later, our state is ...

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Lifting up how Black communities are reclaiming land ownership & addressing the racial wealth gap: NFG's February 2020 Newsletter

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02/28/2020

February is Black History Month and, in this newsletter, NFG honors Black resistance. Given the ... NFG has mobilized philanthropy to support POC-led organizing for equitable development since our start 40 years ... and community trauma, and heard examples of concrete organizing wins led by Black women from Moms 4 Housing ...

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Oct 22-24 in Chicago: Confronting the International Association of Chiefs of Police

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... thing. Disruption can cause nervousness and anxiety in the person doing the disruption, and tension and anger in the person being disrupted. Disruption can also be a ... and more importantly move your agenda. It is with this in mind that the Workers Center For Racial Justice and our ...

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Power Research

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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Webinar

... by the most effective grassroots organizers and movements in the struggle for justice. By definition, this strategy ...

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Announcing the 2019 Discount Foundation Legacy Award Winner

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05/01/2019

... Award. The Discount Foundation Legacy Award was launched in 2015 to commemorate and carry on the legacy of the ... decades-long history of supporting leading edge organizing in the worker justice arena beyond its spend down ... standards in his community. Through Alfred’s tremendous organizing campaigns, he has helped win local hiring on ...

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Building Trust Between Communities and Local Police

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David Hudson December 01, 2014 08:25 PM EST Recent events in Ferguson , Missouri and around the country have grabbed the ...

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Ohio Student Association: Justice for John Crawford

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10/18/2014

From Ferguson to LA, New York to Beavercreek, the story is ... We must continue our demands up the power structure in our state because our prosecutors and judges, our governor ... attorney general, and our state legislators are complicit in what happened in Beavercreek and what happens all the time ...

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Funders for Justice Announces Inaugural Advisory Committee of Field Leaders

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07/05/2017

... cohort of FFJ Advisors. These nine leaders were selected in recognition of their expertise and leadership in movements ... on New Ground Anthony Newby , Minnesota Neighborhoods Organizing for Change Simran Noor , Center for Social ... your own work as well. Funders for Justice is a national organizing platform of grantmakers, donor networks, and ...

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NFG Member Spotlight: The Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation

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Release Date:

10/17/2018

... rights), and the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing /Youth for Safety and Justice Fund (rapid response funding to youth-led safety and justice organizing ), among others. How does Langeloth see ... are a useful vehicle for entering a funding area in which we don’t have a lot of knowledge or exposure. In ...

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Strike Watch 2020 Review: Defund the Police to Build Worker Power

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Release Date:

12/17/2020

... organized alongside immigrant families facing deportation in New York City and with chronically un- and underemployed ... South Los Angeles. My political education is rooted in the organizing I was involved in as a student in the early 2000s, ... and move resources to where movements are directing us: to organizing , power building, and movements calling to defund ...

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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

... nearly 80% of the population voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. The city’s economy is ... they invest in both local people of color led residential organizing approaches and “intermediary” organizations. ... other social justice issues is the kind of intersectional organizing that is even more critical today in building ...

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Headwaters Foundation for Justice Launches Emergency Fund For Black Lives

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... grants to Black Lives Matter Minneapolis and Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC). These two groups have inspired, ... recognizes the historic importance of this moment in time and feels compelled to take action and build on the ... the national Black Lives Matter movement. Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC) is a grassroots, member-led ...

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New Reports: And Still I Rise, #BlackWorkersMatter

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Thu, May 07, 2015

... released at the conference State of Black Workers in America at Columbia University Graduate School of ... leaders and activists in exploring ways to leverage their organizing expertise for the preservation of the labor ... paper cannot and give visibility to the black women as organizing experts and social change strategists. Two ...

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And Still I Rise/#BlackWorkersMatter

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Monday, May 11, 2015

Webinar

Couldn’t make it to the State of Black of Workers in America Conference last Friday? Here’s your chance to ... leaders and activists in exploring ways to leverage their organizing expertise for the preservation of the labor ... paper cannot and give visibility to the black women as organizing experts and social change strategists. Two ...

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

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Thursday, April 23, 2015 - Friday, April 24, 2015

Washington, DC

... discussion on the future of work, focus on exciting gains in black worker organizing , examine the progress, challenges, and opportunities for policy and organizing in immigration, and look ahead to Election Year ...

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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Mary Hooks

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Release Date:

04/27/2018

... to the hot shades of Atlanta, GA , and has found her niche in organizing with SONG, throwing ... FFJ Advisor Discussion ...

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

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Thursday, December 13, 2018 -

11:00am - 12:15pm

Webinar

Whether your organization has many investments in rural communities or you are still puzzling out what the ... in Rural & Small-Town America. 1) Civic Engagement and Organizing in Rural & Small-Town Communities Thursday, ... takeaways and recommendations from two recents scans on organizing and civic engagement in rural ...

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We. Just. Getting. Started. Moving Money for M4BL

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Release Date:

06/12/2020

... a call co-organized by NFG's Funders for Justice and donor- organizing partners for the Movement for Black Lives to ... the long-term. “What rules are you prepared to break in defense of Black lives?” We are hearing your answers: ... the week we know you’ve heeded the call. You have been organizing , meeting, and starting to move money. We see .....

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2020 Nashville Virtual Site Visit

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Announcing Two New NFG Projects

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Release Date:

07/17/2018

... projects at our 2018 National Convening last month in St. Louis. In case you missed it, here's a preview of ... of funders interested in supporting racial justice and organizing in rural communities. The Integrated Rural ... across the country on the current landscape of rural organizing . Check out Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers .....

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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 is necessary. In Part 2 I’ll suggest how to do it. Q : Why is new ... collect a few hundred dollars through PayPal to support organizing at the frontline of a movement. So activists are ...

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Native Voices Rising: National Funder Briefing Webinar

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Thursday, December 8, 2016

Webinar

... MT / 1 pm CT / 2 pm ET Please register here for call- in information. Join Native Voices Rising for a web briefing ... need to strengthen support for indigenous community organizing and leadership development. The discussion will ... for Native-led change. Coordinated by Native Americans in Philanthropy and Common Counsel Foundation, Native Voices ...

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Community Learning Partnership: A Model in Phoenix, New York, and Detroit

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Webinar

... of higher education – to prepare students for careers in community change. Local CLP models include new certificate ... experimental learning and internships, new courses in community change studies, new relationships between ... change agents, equipped with a deep analysis, community organizing skills, and real work experience. This program, ...

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NFG's 2020 Convening Series — Youth of Color Taking the Lead: Collaborative Leadership and the Path to Power

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Thursday, September 10, 2020 -

9:00am - 11:00am

Virtual

... that to youth — especially youth of color — and for organizing approaches. Shifting the philanthropic landscape ... of color, and we are pleased to offer the next session in NFG's virtual convening series — Youth of Color: ... Fund on how youth of color-focused groups use issue-based organizing to engage members and new & infrequent voters; how .....

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NFG's 2020 Convening Series — Technologies for Liberation: Moving Toward Abolitionist Futures

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 -

9:00am - 11:00am

Virtual

... organizers are challenging it. What’s often missing in philanthropic analysis, however, is the role that technology is playing in deepening criminalization via new tactics of surveillance, ... strategies. Yet this work often falls through the cracks in philanthropy, with neither social justice nor ...

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Funders for Justice Announces 2nd Cohort of Field Advisors

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Release Date:

05/15/2018

... leaders from cities across the US. These leaders organize in multiple racial and gender justice movements to end criminalization of communities of color, including: organizing in Native nations, Latinx migrant justice, transgender rights, youth and multi-generational organizing , South Asian migrant and worker justice, ...

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Black Lives Matter, Today and Always: January 15 Highway Action Solidarity Statement

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... linked their bodies together across the I- 93 highway in a highly coordinated action in Boston. This act of civic participation was in solidarity ... Black people. Here is the solidarity statement: Police in Ferguson are not bad apples — the whole system, Boston ...

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

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020 -

9:00am - 10:15am

Webinar

... the Moment: 2020’s New Civic Engagement Landscape in Rural and Small-City America. ______ The 2020 elections ... share what we're learning about how new narratives and organizing approaches are landing, and hear from field ... Rural Strategies Group (IRSG) to support and grow rural organizing , further the work of creating deep democracy in .....

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Third Wave Fund Launches Mobilize Power Fund for Urgent Gender Justice Activism

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... is now accepting proposals ! This fund supports urgent organizing , activism, and mobilization led by young women of ... on the 15th of each month , and grants will be awarded in under 2 weeks. The proposal and reporting process is ... 100 The Mobilize Power Fund is as much about supporting organizing on the ground as it is about fueling ...

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No Pride in Deportation: From Vice to ICE Toolkit

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Thu, June 29, 2017

... released the Vice to ICE Toolkit , a resource on organizing across intersections of identities, including ... of these identities – LGBTQ undocumented communities in New Orleans. “Now, more than ever, as LGBTQ communities ... Rights Network , while drawing inspiration from years of organizing in New Orleans. It provides conversation starters ...

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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Marisa Franco

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Release Date:

02/12/2019

... , a digital and grassroots hub for Latinx and Chicanx organizing and movement building, speaks on the current ... movement work. Tell us about the particular moment you are in with your work and place in the movement. Entering into our fourth year, we are doing ...

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

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

... 11am ET Hosted by NFG's Grantmakers for Southern Progress In the immediate aftermath of the racist murders of nine ... response to the growth and success of civil rights, black organizing and/or organized black resistance efforts. In recent months we have seen an increase in Black-led organizing across the nation in response to police brutality, .....

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Weathering the Storm: Building Resilience Against Opposition Attacks

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Monday, June 29, 2015

Webinar

Dear Mr. President: A Letter From Tef Poe

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By Tef Poe Originally published in the Riverfront Times , December 1, 2014. Editor's note: ... is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine . His ... murders. From our perspective, the statement you made on Ferguson completely played into the racist connotations that .....

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Wed, December 03, 2014

Eight days after thousands took to the streets in protest, grief, and outrage following a Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police ... system that is indifferent, neglectful, and even hostile in bringing justice for abuses suffered. While these ...

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

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Release Date:

02/04/2021

... for racial justice. Based on the U.S. Census, nearly one in five households are behind their rent or mortgage and ... McKnight Foundation they were able to stabilize community organizing , build a tenant union and chart a vision of hope, ... and countless others are the tips of the iceberg of how organizing seeds amazing brilliance to move resources for ...

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Strike Watch: San Francisco Foundation's Jidan Terry-Koon on Finding our (Philanthropic) Front Lines

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Release Date:

08/21/2020

... Strikes for Black Lives to fights for basic protections in the age of COVID-19 – we wanted to get the perspectives ... their practices to better support economic justice organizing in this dynamic moment. FJE was fortunate to sit ... unique portfolio that integrates criminal justice, worker organizing , and community wealth building towards economic ...

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

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Release Date:

10/21/2020

... urgent economic justice issues and the latest developments in grassroots efforts to build worker power - and where ... to supporting base-building community rooted groups, organizing , mobilizing, working with and for communities of ... working more explicitly on the political and electoral organizing side, in relationship with their non-partisan ...

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

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Mon, April 14, 2014

... Some of the community groups that participated in the tour describe this displacement as a loss of cultural ... keeping community members, particularly youth, involved in organizing and advocacy campaigns. These activities were ... organizations have created sophisticated and strategic organizing and advocacy campaigns that require a deep ...

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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

Webinar

... improve employment rates and spur economic growth. In fact, these public policies can advance a concentration of ... the guise of economic development. Using examples from organizing campaigns to challenge corporate power, this ... impact and support movement building and grassroots organizing across the country. Speakers: Erica Smiley , ...

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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

Webinar

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

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Celebrating 20 Years of Leadership on Labor and Economic Justice

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Release Date:

09/01/2016

... wages, better working conditions, comprehensive benefits, organizing opportunities, and financial stability for working ... present members of the working group, as well as leaders in the worker rights field. You may see some familiar ... — Co-Chair Bob Shull, Public Welfare Foundation In celebration of this 20 th anniversary milestone, the ...

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How to Creatively Fund Social Movements

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

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Release Date:

03/31/2017

... IRS Form 990 and provides an overview of financial trends. In 2014 we adopted this tool for our Arc Towards Justice ... general support funding to racial justice organizations in Oakland, to help us be in conversation with our grantees about their financial goals ...

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Leading with Power: #NFG2016 Conference Recap

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Mon, July 18, 2016

... and field leaders joined Neighborhood Funders Group in Oakland, CA, making it NFG's largest convening ever. Grounded by frontline leaders and organizers in social movements for racial and economic justice, the ... workshops and learning tours showcased grassroots organizing groups partnering in new ways with advocates in .....

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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

... join the Surdna Foundation and Neighborhood Funders Group in a special funder briefing and strategy session with water ... utilities and philanthropic organizations to partner in bringing innovative community benefits practices to scale. ...

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

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Webinar

... short-term behavior (voting) and fail to engage people in the honest conversations about how the race, racism, and ... in the U.S. We will then discuss successful models for organizing thousands of rural, white, working-class community ... organizations, with a proven track record in community organizing , policy change, farm research, and promoting local ...

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Little Rock, AR

American Dreams in the South: Immigrants, Philanthropy and Opportunity for ... growing populations. Arkansas communities offer creative organizing strategies that can be models for the region and ... to best support the changing population and collaborative organizing in the South. The tour will delve into: Recent ...

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

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Release Date:

10/20/2020

... and democracy. This op-ed was originally published here in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Alejandra was part of the ... youth of color — are transforming the electorate. Youth organizing accounts for a major share of voter mobilization ... election thanks in large part to years of persistent organizing by youth-led groups. Despite their effectiveness, ...

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‘Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us’

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... of April 25 at the corner of Pratt and Light Streets, in Baltimore’s revitalized downtown district, more than 100 police officers in riot gear stood shoulder to shoulder, shields up. Six ... nine months attending and catalyzing such protests, from Ferguson , Mo., last summer and fall, to New York City and ...

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One year after Eric Garner’s death, we still are not safe

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... of Eric Garner and it seems New Yorkers are still living in Michael Bloomberg’s “two cities.” In 2013, Bill de Blasio campaigned to replace the longtime ... of police violence being uploaded daily. From New York to Ferguson and Baltimore, communities everywhere have flooded ...

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From Protest to Power - Behind the scenes of disruptive social movements

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Mon, November 07, 2016

... and the Solidaire Network on February 26, 2016. We live in a political era defined by crisis, but also great promise. ... inequality, and racial injustice threaten our future. Yet in the face of these challenges, there’s a vibrant, visible ... The Movement for Black Lives, escalated by residents of Ferguson , Missouri, has led to criminal justice reforms at ...

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The Results are In: An Open Letter from Protestors on the Grand Jury Decision

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Release Date:

11/24/2014

In Ferguson , a wound bleeds. For 108 days, we have been in a state of prolonged and protracted grief. In that time, we have found community with one another, ...

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

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Sun, February 19, 2017

In the past two years, Communities United for Policing Reform (CPR) has played a critical role in leading a campaign to pass landmark police accountability ... change to end discriminatory and abusive policing – from organizing and funding perspectives Presenters Monifa ...

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

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8 Lessons from Our Southern Grantees in the Fight for Equity and Justice By Miabi Chatterji , ... grantee partners that, for many years, have been working in 10 Southeastern states on issues such as mass ... article at NCRP . 8 Lessons from Our Southern Grantees in the Fight for Equity and Justice ...

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As We Mourn Charleston's Victims, Philanthropy Must Act

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... people — the nine black parishioners who were shot dead in their church in Charleston — those of us in philanthropy must think hard about our role in supporting ...

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Puerto Rico: From Relief to Equitable Recovery

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Webinar

... 10 am PT / 11 am MT / 12 pm CT / 1 pm ET The conditions in Puerto Rico are dire. Hurricanes Irma and Maria have ... citizens, funders, and grassroots organizations have been organizing to support Puerto Rico's communities. Please join ... funder community can help to ensure equitable rebuilding in Puerto Rico. Hispanics in Philanthropy and Neighborhood .....

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

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Release Date:

09/10/2019

... Foundation, calls on fellow funding organizations based in the South to respond to the federal government's ... corporate leadership that lures vulnerable people to work in grueling, dangerous conditions. It is astounding that ... in private detention centers. Consider how supporting organizing , power building and policy advocacy could advance .....

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Power Building and Equity: Rural Electric Cooperatives

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Monday, January 25, 2021 -

9:00am - 10:00am

Virtual

... It actually holds massive potential for building power in these communities – particularly in rural communities of color as well as low-income ... Clean Energy Works Resources: Power to the People: Organizing Rural Electric Coops , The Forge, Oct 19, 2020 One ...

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Reflections on Labor Day from Funders for a Just Economy

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Release Date:

09/01/2017

... being threatened by unprecedented attacks, and to be bold in pushing towards a more just economy. As we prepare for the ... the strength, resilience, and achievements of workers in this country, I am reminded of the history of organized ... this tour, you will learn how communities are organizing for change with migrants, farmers, and people of ...

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Support Chicago Protesters

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... Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference in Chicago to demonstrate the urgency for a fundamental shift in the way this country invests in our most valuable ... of color and anti-Black violence, and to support Black-led organizing . We also know that criminalization also affects ...

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

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Thu, November 05, 2015

... Black Lives Matter , Blackbird and Black Youth Project 100 in partnership with many regional and local organizing groups. For a full list, see ... potential co-investors, contact Funders for Justice , an organizing platform for funders, donor networks and affinity ...

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Amplify Fund's Response to COVID-19

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Tue, April 21, 2020

In the face of COVID-19, Amplify is stretching from our ... (including communications support, remote and digital organizing tools) Support for staff and member health and ... programs, self-care) Mutual aid and community resilience Organizing and advocacy campaigns for a just response to the ...

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11/13/2020

... centered on the US presidency this election, worker-led organizing made tremendous waves across the country in ballot initiative, issue-based wins and get out the vote ... the results point to the power of long-term, worker-led organizing led by unions, place-based worker organizations, ...

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How not to only fund the loudest voices in the room: NFG's September 2020 Newsletter

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Release Date:

09/29/2020

... for a Just Economy hosted a virtual learning visit in Nashville to showcase how Stand Up Nashville and The Equity Alliance are building power in their city for all residents. These Black women-led ... at Stand Up Nashville, who described how the incredible organizing and power built by Black communities in Nashville ...

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From Grievance to Governance: 8 Features of Transformative Campaigns

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Tue, May 03, 2016

... McGhee share a stage at an event called The Future of Organizing : Contesting for Power in a Changing World. The event, co-convened by National ... have been vehicles for organizations from the community- organizing field to expand their focus and capacities beyond ...

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

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Release Date:

05/09/2019

In April 2019, NFG's Funders for a Just Economy and Florida ... together funders from across the country and community organizing leaders in Florida to explore how diverse ... and organizers can feel. Some of the most brilliant organizing strategies in the country are emerging from this .....

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

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Release Date:

03/30/2020

In the midst of the growing COVID-19 pandemic, NFG stands ... our collective response on health and housing, we are organizing a Democratizing Development funders strategy ... with Labor and Worker Centers - Support the current worker organizing happening in high-demand and vulnerable ...

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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

... Colorado Trust are pleased to invite you to the Strategy in Action Learning Tour: Equitable Revitalization and ... of color. With aligned progressive strength across the organizing community, elected leadership, and philanthropy, ... in this political moment. Regional and state multi-racial organizing to build regional and state power for expanding ...

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Standing in Our Power Together

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Release Date:

08/16/2018

In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... it felt like to be at this year’s NFG National Convening in St. Louis. It was a moment of reprieve from grieving the ... the office, members of both organizations described their organizing strategies to shift power in the state. Currently, ...

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Boston - New York City Learning Tour

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

Boston, MA

... Funders Group for a two day, northeast learning tour in Boston and New York City. With historic public sector leadership transitions occurring in both cities, the learning tour will engage elected ... in both Cities? What strategies are community-based groups organizing around to advance more inclusive land use, housing ...

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New opportunities to connect & co-conspire with us: NFG's July 2020 Newsletter

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Release Date:

07/30/2020

... to resist, shift, and innovate. For four Wednesdays in July, NFG's Funders for Justice facilitated a Healing ... basic security and health and explored how to best fund organizing safe and just working conditions for all ... offer a webinar on From Bail Reform to Closing the Jail: Organizing Wins for Divestment . Join us to learn from .....

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No Time for Business as Usual

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Webinar Recap: How to Creatively Fund Social Movements

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Fri, February 24, 2017

... webinar that explored how foundations can be more flexible in supporting grassroots groups and leaders. Experienced ... Civil and Constitutional Rights and Community Organizing program areas. Shalini Eddens works as the ... at Urgent Action Fund. She has an extensive background in women’s health and rights, with over 15 years of ...

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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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Release Date:

11/29/2017

In this era of political uncertainty, we as funders have one ... have a more powerful, collective impact. Here we have an organizing space that is not only deeply helpful in moving philanthropy forward, but is necessary if we are ...

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COVID-19 Funds: Where to Donate to Support Communities

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Sat, March 28, 2020

In this new moment of growing uncertainty brought by the ... months to come to fund both basic life necessities and the organizing and power-building in communities of color and ... donations to (below). This list is focused on supporting organizing work that relates to NFG's mission and .....

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Minneapolis repeals lurking, spitting laws that criminalize people of color

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Minnesota Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (MN NOC) June 5, 2015 Today, after months of organizing and community pressure, the Minneapolis City ... comes on the heels of a new ACLU report showing that in Minneapolis, black and Native American people are over 8 ...

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Unjust: How the Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People

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Tue, March 01, 2016

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Families Impacted by Incarceration: Practice and Policy Issues for Funders to Consider

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

New York, NY

... a site visit to the Bedford Hills women's prison located in upstate NY (transportation provided) Wednesday March, .....

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Board Transitions at NFG

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Release Date:

04/19/2019

... board of directors who help fulfill our mission of organizing philanthropy to support grassroots power building ... the KIDSCOUNT Initiative at The Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to working for The Annie E. Casey Foundation ...

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Health, Housing, Race, Equity and Power Funders Convening

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Oakland, CA

... residents and institutions are collaborating, networking, organizing , and passing policies to protect renters and ... Numerous studies have also shown how structural racism in the U.S. housing system has contributed to stark and ... will hear from leaders about local, regional, and state organizing approaches to build power and opportunity in this ...

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Fund for Rebuilding Baltimore

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Release Date:

07/23/2015

... has set up the Fund for Rebuilding Baltimore : In response to recent painful events in our city, the Baltimore Community Foundation has ... Baltimore. We will work closely with our partners in the community to determine how the dollars contributed to ...

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Beyond Recovery: A People's Plan

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 10:00am

Webinar

Neighborhood Funders Group's Democratizing Development Program invites all funders to join this important conversation linked to health, housing, race, and community power during the growing coronavirus pandemic. Please join Right To The City / Homes For All for this online discussion with the network's member organizations on the impacts of and responses to the COVID-19 moment. Hear experiences from the frontlines of the grassroots housing justice movements and how the Beyond Recovery campaign is pushing to make housing a human right and to win homes for all. REGISTER HERE

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Convening in Crisis: Health, House, Race, Equity and Power

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Friday, June 12, 2020 -

10:00am - 11:30am

Webinar

... the ability to pay rent. Even before the pandemic, three in five renters could not come up with $400 in an emergency. How are they supposed to get by now? Since ... grantmaking approaches and move resources to community organizing and policy demands focused on quality affordable ...

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NFG's 2020 Virtual Convening Series

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 -

9:00am - 10:30am

Virtual

To register for this event, please log in to your account or create an account . For any ... How the Amplify Fund Supports Black-led Power Building and Organizing Tuesday, December 8, 2020 (9-10:30pm PT / ... Monica Cordova (Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing ), Eric Braxton (Funders' Collaborative on Youth .....

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Post-Election Resources

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Tue, November 22, 2016

... their work are all grappling with how to move forward in the new social and political moment we find ourselves in . ... (increase payouts), increase unrestricted funding, fund organizing and advocacy, fund marginalized communities ... at Movement Net Lab argues that our donor and funder organizing for movement building should not just be about ...

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Statement from Within Our Lifetime

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Release Date:

10/07/2016

This rapid response statement on police killings in September 2016 was originally released by Within Our ... Tyre King (among many others) and all the people grieving, organizing and protesting for justice in El Cajon, Charlotte, ... selected terms: Policy and systems change , Community Organizing , Criminal Justice , Implicit Bias and ...

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For Philanthropy, Time to Double Down to End Injustice

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... leadership, priorities, and legislative agenda now in flux, grant makers understandably feel compelled to ... from much of the promising advocacy, activism, and organizing work that foundations have increasingly supported in recent years. Even before Election Day, foundation dollars ...

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Trans Delegation to the Movement for Black Lives Convening

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... Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP), based in San Francisco, has been spearheading the efforts to ... separately mirroring the explosion of people’s movement in response to police brutality a trans liberation movement ... sees the state of trans leadership and trans inclusion in liberation movement building spaces at a herstorical and ...

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Homes for All Funder Alignment Gathering

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Atlanta, GA

... will coincide with the Homes For All Member Assembly in Atlanta, GA. The HFA Member Assembly will bring together ...

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Native Communities, Policing, and Mass Criminalization

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Monday, September 25, 2017

Webinar

... , Criminal Justice Initiative , Native Americans in Philanthropy , and Native Voices Rising . Native ... most impacted by mass criminalization and incarceration in the US. The criminalization of indigenous people on this ... policing and mass criminalization of Native communities; organizing and resistance struggles; and funding entry points ...

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EPIP Police Accountability and Racial Justice: Sustaining a Movement

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Webinar

... that will impact policy and create sustainable change? In this webinar, we will be joined by representatives of ... yourself for the webinar. You MUST register at GoToWebinar in order to obtain access to the webinar. EPIP Police ...

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Eradicating Gender Based Violence Outside of the Carceral System Institute

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Webinar

... funders, hosted by Funders for Justice 's ‘me too.’ in Philanthropy Strategy Group . The carceral system will not end sexual and domestic violence and in fact perpetuates it. Organizers, survivors, and ... and gender-based violence outside of the carceral system. In our current moment, there is tremendous momentum and major .....

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NFG celebrates 40 years! NFG's January 2020 Newsletter

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Release Date:

01/23/2020

... During our early years, NFG was one of the few spaces in philanthropy specifically focused on people of color-led, grassroots organizing , and power building as the key to effective social ... Foundation, an NFG member that shares our commitment to organizing funders in moving more resources to frontline ...

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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Zachary Norris

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Release Date:

04/02/2019

... us about his vision for change and the need to invest in building the foundation for marginalized communities to ... communities safe, healthy, and strong. We are currently organizing with Oakland community members to call for ... that you work in ? Through our longstanding community organizing efforts, we have heard from residents that there ...

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

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... Compromised Faith Law enforcement, prosecutors, and clergy in this country are simply doing what we are paid to do. Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, in an interview with George Stephanopoulis, shared his belief ...

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Surdna Foundation Stepping Up for Racial Justice

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Release Date:

10/14/2020

... member of NFG, seeks to foster sustainable communities in the United States guided by principles of social justice ... cultures. Across the U.S., millions have stepped up in support of Black lives and against systemic anti-Black ... beyond bars. Through youth programs, life coaching, policy organizing , and restorative retreats and trainings, CURYJ ...

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

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Release Date:

11/06/2017

Next up in our discussion series with FFJ ’ s Field Advisors , ... practices to take hold. Young people are currently organizing to ensure effective implementation in Black and ... survivors, and formerly incarcerated individuals have been organizing to advance community-led justice reinvestment ...

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FJE 2018 Policy Briefing: Evolving Strategies for Worker Justice

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Washington, DC

... wage increases and new paid family and sick leave policies in many states, the last few years have seen significant ... 9:30 am Introductions and Welcome 9:30 – 11:00 am Panel: Organizing in an Environment of Erosion of Worker Protections ... Alliance co-founder and executive director, has been organizing taxi workers since 1996. In 1998, she organized ...

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Learning Tour in Puerto Rico

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

San Juan, PR

... are community-based organizations from multiple sectors organizing to address the challenge of inequality on the ... Association will host a bio-diversity learning tour in Vieques, on Saturday, November 15th. The group will depart ... the island have used diverse legal advocacy and community organizing tactics to claim their right to participate in the ...

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

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Release Date:

12/17/2020

... a baby. I have known Mary since NFG’s National Convening in Cleveland in 2007: the conference I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of ... then proceeded to swear like a sailor proclaiming my pride in NFG’s work this year and admiration for our staff and ...

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Support Protesters in Chicago

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... Attorney Alvarez, defunding of policing and investment in Black futures The Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) is ... Garry McCarthy comes as a result of massive community organizing and direct confrontations between young Black ... The Black Youth Project 100 combines direct action organizing and community-building with bold and ...

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

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... has led to the birth of a movement, and a tipping point is in sight. Tides and its sister organization, The Advocacy ... Tides and The Advocacy Fund have granted over $8 million in support of policing reform work led by Communities United ... to advance a more just and humane policing paradigm in New York City. “This is a historic moment. We are at a ...

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How White Foundation Leaders Can Promote Racial Justice

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Sat, March 14, 2015

... Since last summer, a movement has been brewing in response to the police killings of Michael Brown, Tamir ... of? Provide unrestricted long-term support to grass-roots organizing groups. Offering flexible aid to organizing groups pushing for racial justice is perhaps the ...

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

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Thu, May 18, 2017

... short-term behavior (voting) and fail to engage people in the honest conversations about how the race, racism, and ... in the U.S., the speakers discussed successful models for organizing thousands of rural, white, working-class community ... organizations, with a proven track record in community organizing , policy change, farm research, and promoting local ...

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Webinar Recap of From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance

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Tue, March 21, 2017

... residents, it also offers an opportunity to engage us all in critical questions about how we shape our democracy and ... Key Takeaways Regional-scale movement building, organizing , leadership development, and training are critical ... Rights materials, and have led large-scale trainings on organizing , direct action, and community rapid response ...

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On Earth Day, Empowering Allies for the Year Ahead

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Release Date:

04/22/2015

... movement. Is the philanthropic community poised to invest in these arenas so that we can maximize this moment of ... issues and communities. To do that, we need to partner in new ways and challenge old assumptions. One approach to ... funder learning tour on equity and sustainability in Puerto Rico on equity and sustainability in Puerto Rico, ...

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Funders for a Just Economy - Alabama Learning Tour

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Webinar

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Beyond Outrage: A Clarity of Purpose

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Release Date:

08/15/2019

... and sustainable world, is a member of NFG. We live in dangerous times, and every passing news cycle contains ... threat to our democracy, another threat to our planet. In the face of escalating racial attacks, (be it imprisonment ... too cautious and too quiet. The Communications Network, in it’s recent piece, Silence Speaks Volumes , calls on ...

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$50million for M4BL - See You There

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Release Date:

06/25/2020

... significant SixNineteen Juneteenth weekend of actions in a matter of weeks. Virtually, over 185,000 people viewed ... M4BL-TV to celebrate, mourn, and learn. Over 650 in person and online actions took place in cities and ... today. In struggle, Funders for Justice and our donor- organizing partners for the Movement for Black Lives ...

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Building Power in Place - Nashville: Reshaping the City Towards an Economy for All

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Thu, February 25, 2021

... & Black Lives at Nashville’s Legislative Plaza, led in part by The Equity Alliance & Stand Up Nashville. Photo: ... against inclusion, new upsurges in labor-community organizing in Nashville are opening high-road job access and ... goals: Identify specific urban and rural communities with organizing , policy advocacy, and other efforts regarding low ...

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Discount Foundation Legacy Award

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Release Date:

01/13/2021

... contributed significantly to workers’ rights movements in the United States and/or globally. Through public ... be active in worker justice, including but not limited to organizing and advocacy-related work. Additionally, nominees ... members or other leaders at an organization or workplace organizing effort. We will not be asking questions ...

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How Philanthropy Can Promote Equity through Community Engagement

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Release Date:

01/22/2018

... to leverage their resources to support community power in the process. Many of the neighborhoods that the light ... Foundation said, “If the community wasn’t engaged in this decision from the very start, then the outcomes the ... the value and importance of community engagement in our work. The Blue Line Coalition is an excellent example ...

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Reports from the Movement Strategy Center

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Tue, November 01, 2016

... Transformative Social Change Movement Pivots is the first in a series of MSC mini publications called What We’re Learning. Through these papers – each produced in conjunction with a specific movement gathering or action ... and friends we have not yet met. Executive Summary: Gender Organizing and Movement Building at the Intersection of ...

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Are funders ready to fight for our freedom?

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Release Date:

09/04/2018

... and workers have seen little to no benefits . The shifts in the economy have largely come from a culture of extraction ... antics of politics and politicos who are campaigning in two- and four-year cycles instead of working to build long ... funding that goes towards human rights , with grassroots organizing efforts being one of the least funded. But, ...

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FFJ Call Recap: Policing and Criminalization in the Trump Era

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

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Other

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Webinar

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

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Monday, February 27, 2017

Webinar

... increase of hate violence and racially charged rhetoric in the media against immigrants, including calls for banning ... residents, it also offers an opportunity to engage us all in critical questions about how we shape our democracy and ... grantmakers, and local businesses all have a role to play in shaping cities that are safe for all residents. For local ...

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Place Based Community Change: The Time is Now

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Release Date:

11/02/2016

... for Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Dawn Phillips, of Right ... Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy convening was provocative and ... to support this work. Invest in basebuilding and organizing —not just today, but for the long term. Support ...

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Capitalism and Racism: Conjoined Twins

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Release Date:

09/03/2019

... discussed white supremacy, anti-racism, and the increase in mass shootings. What struck me about the segment was his ... Slave Trade allowed for the massive accumulation of wealth in Europe and the Americas. Centuries of wage theft, trading ... this country has in pursuit of economic justice is through organizing workers, but traditional labor hasn’t always ...

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Safe and Just Return to Work

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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

... from the Ground Up: A Toolkit for Promoting Justice in Policing. The Toolkit is a direct response to organizers, ... From The Ground Up: A Toolkit For Promoting Justice In Policing ...

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Resilient Places Require Intentional Strategies

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Release Date:

11/29/2016

In September, the Aspen Institute Forum for Community ... for Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Angela Brown of The Hyams ... reflects on the variety of grantmaking approaches in the field and the importance of working with communities ...

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Immigrant Youth in NYC: Programs, Practices and Policy

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

New York, NY

... for a discussion that will focus on immigrant youth issues in New York City. We will hear from the NYC Commissioner ... the local policy landscape, as well as specific issues in particular immigrant communities. Funders will leave the ... and a set of ideas on the role foundations can play in shaping policy, program and practice in this vital domain. ...

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Technologies for Liberation: Toward Abolitionist Futures

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Member Publication

Mon, December 07, 2020

... new report by the Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice in collaboration with Research Action Design (RAD). The report explores the ways the state and corporations in the U.S. are using technology to control, police, surveil, ... with community-centered technologies that are rooted in healing and abolitionist frameworks. Philanthropy has a ...

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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Zachary Norris

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Release Date:

04/27/2018

In the spring of 2017, Funders for Justice (FFJ) ... Just Immigration, organizations with decades of experience organizing and advocating for women, Black and immigrant ... Don’t give up if you don’t see change right away. Good organizing takes time. The Ella Baker Center helped lead a ...

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Grant-making with an Intersectional Lens

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Thursday, May 24, 2018 -

11:00am - 12:30pm

Webinar

... truly integrate a historical and intersectional analysis in our grant-making of the economic policies that have led to systemic poverty, structural racism, and patriarchy in order to resource the movement to shift power and seed ... , FJE's latest report on best practices from leaders in philanthropy. Click the download link below to view .....

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Welcome to the new NFG website!

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Release Date:

12/10/2018

... the bottom of every page Look up NFG member organizations in our member directory Log in to get member access to individual contacts in the directory and register for future events Get started ...

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2019 Budget and Policy Briefing

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

Washington, DC

... budget and tax policy, work and job quality issues, and organizing and power building strategies. Sessions will ... workers and communities and the role funders play in building an economy that works for all. This event is ... commitment to racial, social, economic, or gender justice in the United States. EOF and FJE reserve the right to ...

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

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... are devastated by the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando which resulted in the murder of 49 queer and trans people (the majority of ... country. From our experiences on the ground as an organizing center for and by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, ...

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Reimagining How We Fund and What We Fund

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Release Date:

07/19/2018

In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... Lab , reflects on reimagining the role of philanthropy in these pressing times. The NFG conference could not have ... out this absurdity and supporting organizations that are organizing , building, and delivering a better future for ...

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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

... policy issues that affect middle and low-income workers. In a fundamentally shifting political and power map, this ... collaborations, litigation strategies, and community organizing . Click here for the agenda, slides, and bios of ... looks to separate themselves from Federal policies and organizing at the local level has shifted power for ...

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Webinar

... tuned for more programming and analysis from NFG soon. In the meantime, you might be interested in a list of post-election resources we have curated here: ... members to share updates on emerging and existing funder organizing spaces that are responding to the moment, and to ...

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Governance, Participatory Budgeting and Grantmaking

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Webinar

DATE: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 TIME: 11:00 - 12:30 pm PST / 12:00 - 1:30 pm MST / 1:00 - 2:30 pm CST / 2:00 - 3:30 pm EST This Neighborhood Funders Group webinar will examine democratic and participatory models where community stakeholders help decide how public and philanthropic resources should be allocated. We will explore different ways participatory resource sharing can deepen democracy, form stronger communities, and build trust. Our discussion will also examine equitable and effective ways funders and community partners can collaborate. Speakers...

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National Dialogue: Community Land Trusts

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Webinar

... community land trusts – how they work and the grassroots organizing that make CLT's a powerful tool for residents in combating displacement and blight. This will also serve as a learning in preparation for our funder learning tour, From Boston to .....

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National Dialogue: Local Strategies for Wall Street Accountability and Community Control of Capital

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Webinar

Join us for the next installment in the National Dialogue webinar series! At the start of ... local fights and the use of eminent domain to keep people in their homes at real market values; to the use of settlement funds to reinvest in the communities most heavily impacted by predatory lending ...

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The Amplify Fund is Expanding Support for Power Building and Equitable Development in 2019

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Release Date:

03/21/2019

When Neighborhood Funders Group launched the Amplify Fund in 2018, it was with a singular core purpose: to bring ... and mobilize resources toward power building and organizing for equitable development. The Fund aims to ... Nevada. Everywhere Amplify works, we strive to increase organizing capacity in communities of color and low-income ...

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Housing Solution: Community Voice, Land Trust, and Empowerment Webinar

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Thursday, May 30, 2019 -

10:00am - 11:30am

Webinar

... their identities while building wealth. Innovative models in community organizing , policy, and land use — including ownership and ... self-determination, and long-term transformation. In this webinar, geographically diverse communities employing ...

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NFG Colorado Funders Happy Hour

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Reception

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 -

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Denver, CO

... thrive. Come say hello to NFG's members based in the Front Range and meet other friends in philanthropy — including NFG's new Director of ... has called Colorado home for 10 years and has deep roots in local social justice philanthropy. She currently serves .....

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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

... a Just Economy, at manisha@nfg.org if you are interested in this event to learn more. Over the past several decades workers have experienced severe erosions in job protections, quality, and benefits, and the ability to ... impacted the way that workers can collectively bargain. In spite of these challenges, we have seen phenomenal and ...

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The Roots of Injustice in Our Agricultural System

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 -

10:00am - 11:00am

Webinar

... considering racial capitalism’s impact on working people in the United States through learning engagements that ... FJE is excited to host a conversation with key leaders in the farm workers movement to share how and why farm worker ... who will share their experiences from decades of organizing . They will also highlight upcoming campaigns and ...

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More is required of us

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... I’m sure that many who refused to ride segregated buses in Montgomery after Rosa Parks stood her ground wished they could’ve taken the bus, rather than walk miles in protest, day after day, for a whole year. But they knew ... new funding and capacity-building resources to grassroots organizing efforts led by low-income women, women of color ...

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For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

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Release Date:

09/01/2016

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For the Surdna Foundation, Communities Should Define Their Futures

Release Date:

07/24/2020

PIctured left: Gus and his co-workers in Lakeland, FL during the J20 Strike for Black Lives. Photo ... and repair intergenerational harms, many groups also tied in the need for tailored local responses challenging racial ... action to support worker-led power building and organizing and help bridge conversations among funders, ...

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A Chance to Rewrite America’s Racial Narrative

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... by police officers within moments of encountering him in a Cleveland park. I think of Gloria Darden and the shock ... forgive the officer who shot her son, Walter, five times in the back as he fled a police confrontation, fearing for ... time. But if we succeed, we can overcome the tragedies in Ferguson , Staten Island, Cleveland, and Baltimore, and gain a ...

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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 map, Funders ... Ideas and Provocations on Strategies for Worker Justice Organizing for Corporate Accountability and Worker Justice ... or Shifting Up Evolving Resistance Strategies: Litigation, Organizing , and Narrative 2017 Policy Briefing Host ...

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Changing Foundation Culture to Support Place-Based Change

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Release Date:

11/02/2016

In September 2016, the Aspen Institute Forum for Community ... for Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . Here, Raquel Gutierrez of ... Vitalyst Health Foundation’s move to support community organizing and capacity building of social justice oriented ...

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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

... and ultimately rely on increasing the number of people in prison in order to grow. This often means heavier policing of youth, ... Group and Funders for Justice invite you to a webinar in which you’ll hear from leaders who organize for local ...

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2020 National Convening update & more: NFG's April 2020 Newsletter

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Release Date:

04/30/2020

We hope that you are safe, supported, and healthy in this unprecedented public health and economic crisis. The ... hundreds of funders from across the country together in Washington, D.C. for our 2020 National Convening to ... collectively look toward the future and what is possible in the current era of organized philanthropy. With this ...

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#SayHerName: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women

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... assaulting a police officer during a traffic stop in Waller County, Texas on July 10 and was found dead in a jail cell three days later, is the latest victim of ... on how law and society are shaped by race and gender. In honor of Bland, and to continue to call attention to ...

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Countering State Preemption and Protecting the Power of Local Government

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Monday, July 10, 2017

Webinar

... elections, state lawmakers have become more aggressive in their use of preemption to stop local lawmaking across a ... to push back preemption. We will also learn about the organizing and communications tactics that have been used in specific states protect the power of local democracy. ...

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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

... as cities and regions continue to develop and expand. In places like Milwaukee, Chicago, and Detroit, large ... continue to work towards solutions that will improve lives in these places. Navigating the deep history of exclusionary ... development, housing affordability, and community organizing /power-building Learn how philanthropic leaders are ...

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COVID-19 Strike Wave

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Release Date:

04/10/2020

... last few weeks have seen an unprecedented wave of labor organizing , coast to coast. Payday Report has offered a map ... and other highly vulnerable workers are risking job loss in one of the most uncertain economic times in a century — ... Beyond using strikes, there are also numerous other labor organizing efforts already having a powerful effect — from ...

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Building a Funding Response to Scenarios after the Election

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Thursday, October 29, 2020 -

10:00am - 11:30am

Webinar

... are urgently signaling looming threats to democracy in the upcoming elections. But what do real strategies and ... those at the front lines, and where do funders invested in economic justice play a substantive role? NFG’s ... hope this will be a vital space to unify funders invested in a more just economy and provide a venue for tips, best ...

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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

... on previous work from the philanthropic, academic, and organizing sectors to present a framework for philanthropy to consider in strategically addressing gentrification and displacement. ... Summary This report builds on previous work from the organizing , academic, and philanthropic sectors to present a ...

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How NFG is Disrupting Funder-Grantee Dynamics

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Release Date:

12/04/2018

... more robustly with what’s bubbling from the ground up in the field, as well as center racial equity in our work!” The outcome of this effort was a commitment ... a background in urban planning and environmental justice organizing , Helen is delighted by this opportunity to build ...

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Democratic Development for Thriving Communities Report

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Mon, June 12, 2017

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Uprisings and Funding Needs

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

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Release Date:

06/26/2020

... the continued expansion of worker-led direct action in the last few weeks, it is Angela Davis on Juneteenth. With ... even seeing BLM masks banned on the job. Global Essential Organizing in the Age of COVID-19 As COVID-19 cases (and ... and API- (including and especially migrant)-led worker organizing for basic protections has not let up either. The ...

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Highlights from Amplify this July

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Release Date:

07/23/2020

“We’ve been busy in these internet streets,” as Melody Baker, Amplify’s ... with Beatrice Camacho, Tenant Organizer at the North Bay Organizing Project , for a 60-minute webinar hosted by the ... Technologies (SMT) , a non-profit training hub providing organizing support to build power and win campaigns in the ...

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National Mama’s Bail Out Day

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Release Date:

05/02/2017

The week before Mother’s Day, organizations in Oakland, Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, Montgomery, ... as possible who otherwise would spend Mother’s Day in a cell simply because they cannot afford bail. Everyday ...

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Journey Towards Intersectional Grant-Making

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Thu, May 24, 2018

... the Intersections group to create a supportive community in which funders could learn about intersectional ... justice grantmaking through an intersectional lens. In late 2017, the group interviewed a dozen philanthropic ... in relationship-building with community and worker organizing leaders; deepened their understanding of how ...

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DIVEST/INVEST: From Criminalization to Thriving Communities

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Mon, September 17, 2018

We believe that our collective investments in housing, education, health, transportation, food security, ... to hear how many trillions of dollars have been invested in these same communities to incarcerate, deport, and tear apart families…” This website is ultimately an organizing tool for grantmakers, donors, and funder affinity ...

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

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Release Date:

05/08/2017

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Spotlight: Justice Committee, North Star Fund Grantee

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... a movement against police violence and systemic racism in New York City. They are empowering low-income Latino/a ... $150,000, including the 2015 Frederick Douglass Award. In 2014, they received a $50,000 Movement Leadership grant ... the Let Us Breathe Fund in recognition of their success organizing the families hurt by police shootings and ...

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Who Pays? The True Cost of Incarceration on Families

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Tue, November 24, 2015

... $80 billion 1 to lock away more than 2.4 million people in its jails and prisons 2 —budgetary allocations that far ... hidden costs while their loved ones serve out sentences in our jails and prisons. Because families are formed in diverse ways and take many forms, the definition used in ...

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“Advancing Together” the Democratizing Development Program

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Release Date:

10/13/2016

... the goal of supporting our network to help create a shift in how development happens in cities and towns across the country. We are working ... decision-making ability to say what development looks like in their neighborhoods, and to define where and how they want ...

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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Kris Hayashi

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Release Date:

01/14/2019

... the horrific conditions trans migrants face, particularly in ICE custody. Click here to participate in a matching gift challenge. #JusticeforRoxsana Six months ... that we have filed a Notice of Wrongful Death Tort Claim in New Mexico, the first step in holding all parties ...

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

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Monday, September 19, 2016 - Wednesday, September 21, 2016

... there. The time is ripe to rethink the role of funders and in supporting community resilience and cohesion as a part of ... residents in leadership development, advocacy, and organizing can lead to authentic solutions that foster ... Director of the Fund for Democratic Resident Led Organizing for Local Transformation Building resident power ...

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December First Monday + Election Series Discussion

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Monday, December 4, 2017

Webinar

In November, elections around the country provided us with ... 2017 elections Learn which issues were salient to voters in the 2017 elections and how those have shifted since 2016. ... and partnerships, and how to continue to invest in deep coordination at the state level through 2018. Discuss ...

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California Renter Power Assembly: Funder Track

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Friday, October 11, 2019 -

9:00am - 4:00pm

Inglewood, CA

... our successes, strategies, opportunities, community-based organizing solutions, and resources needed to win for ... Track Where: La Create Space : 401 E Hillcrest Blvd in Inglewood, CA When: Friday October 11, 2019 from 9am to ... a commitment from the Governor to sign it. Find out more in the links below: The New York Times: California ...

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Hate is Not Charitable: Three-Part Webinar Series, Part 1

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Monday, November 4, 2019 -

10:00am - 11:30am

Webinar

... Generation , Solidaire , and United Philanthropy Forum In February of this year, Sludge broke the story that ... more about where the dollars are going, what the impact is in the field, and how folks are organizing to stop the rise of hate groups and change how ...

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Lifting up Philanthropy Forward Fellows’ Response to Coronavirus

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Release Date:

05/22/2020

... to organize together, a critical effort especially in this profound health and economic crisis due to the global ...

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... so profound that it has caused the most powerful nation in the world to stagger in confusion and bewilderment.” During these past few ... we do not need is more of the militarization we saw in Ferguson — nor more of the menacing weaponry that has ...

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Questions Linger for LGBT Community After Police Kill Jessie Hernandez

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... EST, ColorLines It's an unseasonably warm February Friday in Denver and four young activists are looking for a place to ... it's already 12:30, and Diane Amaya has to be back at work in the clerical office at the Denver Elections Division by ... organizer with the Colorado Anti-Violence Project's youth organizing group Branching Seedz of Resistance. "We're a .....

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Five Principles for Engagement on the Future of Work(ers) and Two Big Ideas

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10/11/2018

In these videos, Sarita Gupta (Jobs with Justice) talks about ... Funders are well positioned to support groups that are organizing and advocating for innovative policy solutions ... to build the power, reach, and sustainability of organizing and advocacy. José García is a program officer ...

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Choosing to be a Liberated Gatekeeper

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Release Date:

07/12/2018

In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... funds, information and resources, and they’re often in a position to speak for and translate for people without ... inspired me to reflect on my journey. Though I started organizing during high school in Houston, going to college in ...

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Bringing Our Whole Selves to Philanthropy and Our Grantmaking

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Release Date:

07/12/2018

In June 2018, Neighborhood Funders Group convened hundreds of ... , reflects on ways funders can live their values in their work. Often times in philanthropic spaces we are not encouraged to bring our ...

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Project Phoenix

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Monday, February 1, 2016 - Monday, January 30, 2017

... project adds to several conversations that have emerged in philanthropy over the past few years exploring fronts ... sectors a re-prioritization of the role of capital in society to better serve the goals above. Phoenix advanced ... ground transition experiments? What is the role of funders in that transition? What are the practical steps funders can ...

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Project Phoenix Readings

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Mon, March 06, 2017

... of the reports and readings that supported our learning in Project Phoenix, a year-long cohort collective learning ... financialisation, the increasing role of financial motives in the operation of economies, works and how it can be ... development in different policy areas. Gender Justice Organizing Toolkit — Make It Work & Wellstone Action This ...

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Applications Now Open for 2019-2020 Philanthropy Forward Leadership Fellowship

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Release Date:

02/06/2019

... network of visionary CEO leaders who share a belief in a model of community partnership that centers community ... Forward, Fellows will: Gather with other foundation CEOs in a dedicated space to explore bold possibilities together; ... of peers to support ongoing leadership and innovation in the sector. Ultimately, the intention is to emerge with ...

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

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Chicago, IL

... on September 24-25 to learn about our region’s progress in supporting a strong collective of worker centers today ... the Floor Alliance (RTF). The conception of RTF came, in part, from the planning leading up to and the learning ... legal strategy into research, communications, community organizing , and advocacy campaigns to impact systems change ...

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FFJ Advisor Discussion Series: Jenny Arwade

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Release Date:

05/01/2019

... current Chicago happenings and the role of healing justice in “building the power necessary to change the conditions in our communities, dismantle structural racism, and address ... change”. What are some key fights happening in Chicago that you think folks across the country should be ...

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"Intersections of Justice in the Time of Coronavirus" by Cara Page & Eesha Pandit

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Release Date:

03/25/2020

In the midst of the growing COVID-19 pandemic, NFG stands with our communities and workers who are in crisis. As we help organize with frontline leaders and ... wellness, safety and security as a necessary part of organizing and movement work. This increases the strength and ...

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NFG moves into grantmaking with a multimillion-dollar collaborative fund

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Release Date:

12/11/2017

... new, multimillion-dollar pooled fund focused on investing in equitable, community-led development. The fund, which is ... power structures and put decisions about local development in the hands of residents. “Neighborhood Funders Group’s ... NFG and its network of field leaders as a driving force in organizing philanthropy to move resources to equitable and ...

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#HandsOffTheHomeless Protest of de Blasio’s NYPD

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Release Date:

09/09/2015

... Campsites” “'Cops have always messed with us, but in the past month it’s gotten really bad,' said a homeless veteran named Sarge in a statement released Wednesday by Picture the Homeless.” ... Campsites” “'Cops have always messed with us, but in the past month it’s gotten really bad,' said a homeless .....

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Our cynicism will not build a movement. Collaboration will.

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... Garza I’ve been grappling with how to challenge cynicism in a moment that requires all of us to show up differently. ... On Saturday, I joined more than a million women in Washington, D.C., to register my opposition to the new ... Do I believe that to build that mass movement, organizing beyond the choir is necessary? If I believe all of ...

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Webinar Recap: Governance, Participatory Budgeting, and Grantmaking

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Fri, November 03, 2017

... models where community stakeholders are involved in deciding how public and philanthropic resources should be ... on the challenges and opportunities of resource sharing in philanthropy. Building effective community-involved decision-making structures in philanthropy by examining the successes of the ...

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Innovative community land trust from Puerto Rico wins 2015-16 UN World Habitat Award

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Release Date:

03/01/2016

... have placed Puerto Rico once again as a reference point in housing innovation.” The Fideicomiso de la Tierra is the first community land trust in Puerto Rico, created by the residents of densely populated ... Visit NFG's virtual tour of the land trust and other organizing projects in Puerto Rico . Innovative community .....

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New York State Rural Equity Summit

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Monday, October 21, 2019 - Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Dundee, NY

... 2019. NFG and ENY are bringing together funders interested in exploring the New York State (NYS) rural landscape and how to build an action agenda to promote equity in communities across the state. Purpose: To plan ways NY ... efforts. Hear presentations from rural grantmakers and organizing groups, and dive into a set of workshops to ...

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Policing the Homeless: Broken Windows ‘On Steroids”

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... only led to real tragedies, but violates the Constitution. In recent years, we’ve seen police officers used to force ... criminalize life-sustaining behavior such as lying down in a park, or by regulations that restrict the ability of ... their belongings have been met with resistance. Grassroots organizing , led by the homeless, is the only way to end these ...

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

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Release Date:

08/14/2019

... have pushed housing affordability onto the national stage in an unprecedented way, with several presidential candidates ... (DDP) has shown , new public and private investments in cities have triggered changes in property value, ... crisis is why DDP engages funders to invest in community organizing , advocacy, and powerbuilding strategies—all with ...

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OBS Launches Quality Policing Initiative

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In December 2014, Organization for Black Struggle launched ... others are not the result of abnormal incidents resulting in accidents, nor do these killings reflect “one bad ... can be reached many ways. Any one piece of it is a step in the proper direction but only by adding significant ...

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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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Release Date:

04/10/2019

... sectors can accelerate movement-building for equity. In reflection, a few folks from NFG’s funder network share their perspectives on, and experience in , mission-related investing. Beyond grantmaking for racial ... calls on DAF providers to stop this trend that can fund in direct opposition to some of these foundations’ ...

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Enough is Enough: We Demand Quality Policing Now

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... Fifty years after the Civil Rights Movement we are still in pursuit of justice. We are still confronting what Dr. King ... the nation. We have witnessed a police culture so steeped in racism that video footage alone is not enough to deter it. ... us that the Department of Justice will be more stringent in their oversight of programs like the 1033 Program that ...

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

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Release Date:

03/19/2015

... and the growing tide of economic and social inequality in our country. Place-based grantmaking can play an important role in turning this tide, but not without addressing the core ... structural barriers that have produced and propelled it. In local communities, addressing the lived experiences of ...

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

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Fri, July 14, 2017

... to seed social change efforts are becoming interested in fundamental shifts in traditional corporate accountability and disinvestment ... alongside financial return.” Dr. Wood shared that, in practice, impactful investments should be investments that ...

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Recap: 2017 Grantmakers for Southern Progress Spring Convening

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Fri, May 05, 2017

In bayous, hollers, cities, and small towns across the ... edge, successful strategies to build lasting change in their communities and beyond. These leaders have the ... to navigate an inclusive way forward for everyone in this era of unprecedented political, economic, and ...

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Towards a More Resilient Place: Voices from the Convening

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Wed, October 18, 2017

... for Towards a More Resilient Place: Promising Practices in Place-Based Philanthropy . This convening builds on our ... a Better Place? , all intended to explore best practices in funding place-based community change. By Dennis ... health and well-being. Philanthropy should be funding organizing and power-building work that gives communities the ...

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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

... Project , was one of 33 funders selected to participate in NFG’s Project Phoenix . He shares his reflections on ... developed for funders to explore philanthropy’s role in supporting a “just transition to a new economy” that ... sustainability, and re-prioritization of capital in society. Pausing and appreciating the important moments ...

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

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Release Date:

02/15/2017

... struggle to raise funds. This post originally appeared in Inside Philanthropy here . As I think about where we go ... stop thinking about the election. The 2010 election. In 2010, there were two dozen states that had anti-Sharia law ballot measures and/or legislation pending. In fact, Sharia law did not pose any real threat to ...

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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

... Manager, at manisha@nfg.org if you are interested in this event and are not a funder. Goals: Funders will ... Funders will strategize with movement leaders about organizing approaches to build powerful multi-racial and multi-gender resistance movements to meet the moment in this shifting economy. Funders will learn from movement ...

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2018 Community Change Learning Exchange (CCLE)

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

Chicago, IL

... Change Learning Exchange (CCLE) on May 9-10, 2018 in Chicago, IL. This iteration of CCLE will highlight the ... and process of Woods Fund Chicago and the Field Foundation in moving the needle to address structural racism and ... their grantmaking to support racial equity and community organizing . We will also learn more about local challenges ...

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Hundreds Rally for the Right to Refuse Stop and Frisk

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Wed, April 20, 2016

By Kavitha Surana, Bedford & Bowery April 21, 2016 In 2013 Mayor Bill De Blasio was voted into office with pledges to reign in police violence and stop-and-frisk policing targeted at ... 24,000 stops last year, a far cry from the peak of 685,000 in 2011 under Bloomberg. But not everyone is satisfied. ...

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CHANGE Philanthropy Convening

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Committee Meeting

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Oakland, CA

... of their residents and redirect public resources to invest in the needs and the dreams of communities who currently have ... and benefits. Participants will learn about campaigns in Atlanta and New Orleans, how to instead increase dollars ... short grant timelines, managing support for organizations in different states of “readiness,” and collaboration ...

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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

... leaders to understand the dynamic moment we are living in and rethink grantmakers’ role in building long-term community power. It highlighted the ...

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The Beat is (Back) On! Labor Reporting Reemerges

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Friday, May 3, 2013

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Healing Justice

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What It's Going to Take to Change Philanthropy

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Release Date:

12/06/2017

In October 2017, Funders for Justice (FFJ), a program of ... Cities Movement at the NoVo Foundation office in New York City. FFJ got the chance to sit down and talk ... to support people on the ground to do base-building and organizing work, provide long-term and flexible support, make ...

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