A National Reckoning on Race

Join EOF for the second program of its Post-Election Virtual Funder Learning Series.

The twin pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism have spurred a new moment of reckoning and national uprising for racial justice. Hear from funder colleagues on how they are responding to the call for action to build real power for Black communities and demand bold systems and institutional change in civic engagement, criminal justice, employment and social supports. Examples of collective action, individual foundation initiatives and centering grantmaking in racial equity will be shared.

Hear from:

• Will Cordery (Leverage Philanthropic Partners and Movement for Black Lives) on the M4BL Donor Organizing Committee and recent effort to raise $50 million for M4BL;
• Samantha Tweedy (Robin Hood) will share more about Robin Hood’s new “Power Fund,” and work to address the interplay of racial justice and economic justice through their work; and 
• Aisha Alexander-Young (Meyer Foundation) will speak to her work with a new funder collective, Resourcing Radical Justice as well as the Meyer Foundation’s new $20 million Fund for Black-Led Change and journey to center racial equity in their grantmaking.

Moderator: Breechaye Milburn, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund