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As Violence Against Asian Americans Intensifies, the Moment for Philanthropy to Act Is Now

Stop Asian Hate
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
... ways that you can take a stand and stop Asian hate in your community today (via the City of Philadelphia's Office of ... Equity for AAPI Communities: Results and Recommendations from a Landscape Study of Asian American and Pacific Islander ... It's Time for Philanthropy to Address Its Erasure of AAPI Voices and Perspectives via the Center for Effective ...

Leeway Foundation Announces $49,950 in Support To 23 Individual Artists Highlighting Practices of Reclamation Of LGBQA Social Movements and Cultural Preservation

Leeway Foundation
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
... uncertainty, Leeway Foundation continues to be led by our community and grantees to reimagine our world and reclaim ... we promote artistic expression that amplifies the voices of those on the margins, promotes sustainable and ... or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth. Leeway Foundation ...

CCFWG Unveils Women’s Suffrage Mural Before Election Day to Inspire Community to Get Out and Vote

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... – Despite the heavy rain on Sunday, elected officials, community leaders, and residents joined the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG), West Chester Public Arts ... Suffrage Mural at 119 E. Market Street in West Chester, P A. The mural honors the 100th anniversary of the 19th ...

Four Takeaways from Race, Class AND Gender: Intersectional Approaches to Social Justice Funding

Friday, April 5, 2019
... Cornman-Levy As part of its ongoing efforts to foster a more equitable philanthropic sector, Philanthropy Network ... entrenched gender norms shape every aspect of the work, from our internal structures to our grantmaking and ... of researchers and experts that improves life outcomes for at-risk youth through race- and gender-responsive ...
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Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Chains.png By Sidney R. Hargro From the disproportionate impact and deaths of Black ... local media organizations that offer a platform for community voices from communities of color to embrace their narrative ...
15Feb2023

Chester County Funders Community of Practice: Blueprint Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Chester County

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
8:30am - 10:30am
Video Conference
Join the next Chester County Funders Community of Practice for a conversation with Kimberly Andrews, Executive Director of ... Fund for Women and Girls. Kimberly will share highlights from the Fund’s 2022 Blueprint Report: Lighting a Path , ...

The Fund for Women and Girls’ Community-Based Grants Allocation Committee Awards $239,680 in Grants

The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Advisory Board
Thursday, June 23, 2022
... of women and girls throughout Chester County. Nearly 70 community members, grantee partners, and Fund Board and ... Consortium (MCHC)’s Healthy Start Program, spoke about a pregnant and struggling single mother who utilized MCHC’s ... and Youth Center, shared the story of an immigrant girl from Guatemala who credited The Garage’s programs with ...
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The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

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03/2017
... (BSCFN) , an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the ... largest foundations is specifically targeted to the Black community. Calling investment in Black-led social change a ... Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action (December 2019). The Case for Funding ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... Media, a Philadelphia based media company that uplifts the voices of those advocating for justice, wellness, and equity. ... to filming it - and NOT as a journalist but as part of the community. One of my very first community stories, in 2004, ... about a young lady named Tikel Johnson who returned home from a tour in the Army. On her first day home, the ...
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
... provides racially concordant care to members of the Black community Me and White Supremacy Workbook - by Layla F. Saad ... Abortion rights advocates say they need more men's voices - by Deepti Hajela for AP Will philanthropists step up ... Fund. Ms. Parkes holds a master's degree in public affairs from the School of Public and International Affairs at ...

Leeway Foundation announces the inaugural recipients of the IPMF Artist + Activist Residency

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
... “We are grateful for the support for this residency from our partners at the Independence Public Media Foundation ... throughout the year or schedule an appointment with a staff member for one-on-one support. Press inquiries and ... we promote artistic expression that amplifies the voices of those on the margins, promotes sustainable and ...

Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... respectability politics, filmmakers documenting community resistance and joy, playwrights combating medical ... visual artist, curator, and folklorist from Baltimore, Maryland, Ashley Minner, and Brazil-native ... we promote artistic expression that amplifies the voices of those on the margins, promotes sustainable and ...

Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, January 17, 2025
... Award applications in 2024 – a 49% increase from the previous year and the second largest amount received ... showcase a vision and intentional analysis for how art in community is a catalyst for social change. The 2024 ... we promote artistic expression that amplifies the voices of those on the margins, promotes sustainable and ...
27Jul2022

Peer to Peer Discussion: The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
9:00am - 10:00am
Virtual
... Roe v. Wade (1973), we heard that members would like a space to discuss their own responses.  Join this informal ...

WOMEN’S WAY Receives Grant to Advance the Financial Health of Women in the Philadelphia Region

WOMEN'S WAY Gender Wealth Institute
Thursday, April 13, 2023
... reality of many women. To address this challenge, a grant from JPMorgan Chase will enable WOMEN’S WAY to ... , Chief Disruptor at WOMEN’S WAY. “With support from JPMorgan Chase, WOMEN’S WAY is more strongly ...

The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Philanthropy Program Awards Grants

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... Family, friends, and staff and board members of the Fund for Women and Girls gathered together on Tuesday, March 7, ... grantees the members selected for financial support.   A nationally recognized girls’ grantmaking leadership ... Center   The young GAB philanthropists identified community needs using The Fund’s 2022 Blueprint Report: ...

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... in women and promoting gender equality. That’s true for Laura LaRosa, the Director of Client Development at Glenmede. “When I think about my experience as a woman in finance, and being one of the few women in senior ... women they intuitively understand . . . They already know from their own experience that women are hard workers, they ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls to launch 2022 Blueprint Report on September 13th

2022 Blueprint Report
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
... Blueprint Report Launch on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, from 5pm-6pm at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville . ... and girls at the local, state, and national levels, with a deep dive on conditions in Chester County. The Fund 's 2022 ...
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Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.

Gender Justice_Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Friday, May 8, 2020
... halted, even as cities and whole states are on lockdown. A majority of those jobs are held by women. In fact, one in ... benefits — more than 30 million Americans  have applied for unemployment benefits — the care workforce at home will ... with Black and Brown women leaders, listen and learn from them, and invest in their efforts to promote racial ...