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

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... reminded the crowd. “Though a public art project is new for CCFWG, what is not new is being a beacon for gender ... be here presenting this beautiful mural to our community as it captures it all.” Cheryl Mile s, Founder of BWCCA, ... GirlGov Chester County program, shared her impressions as a young woman. “Art is a necessity - a necessity of both ...

Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... become comfortable with naming and discussing equity as a critical catalyst for social change.  Aided by Black ... philanthropic paradigms.  Darren Walker, from The Ford Foundation, called for philanthropy to move from a charity ... seeks justice in his book From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth . ( 3 ) In Philadelphia, Philanthropy ...

Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, January 17, 2025
Press release via Leeway Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA [January 17, 2025] — In ... we use the term “trans” in its most inclusive sense, as an umbrella term encompassing transsexual, transgender, ... and poet living in the Land of Enchantment (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Ameerah Bad'r, and Denver-based nationally ...

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
In a time of global unrest and uncertainty, Leeway Foundation continues to be led by our community and grantees ... Philadelphia, Literary Arts/Performance, $2,450 Qiaira Riley of West Philadelphia, Multidisciplinary, $2,500 Raani ...

New Century Trust Adopts Trust-Based Philanthropy Approach

Thursday, May 24, 2018
Since 1882, New Century Trust has worked to build the economic and ... to overwhelming feedback from the non-profit community, New Century Trust is transitioning to a “trust-based” ... usually associated with grant writing and reporting. New Century Trust is currently seeking to build a small ...

Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... (January 15, 2024) -- In December 2023, Leeway Foundation awarded 12 artists with the Transformation Award, ... or  bknight@leeway.org   ABOUT LEEWAY The Leeway Foundation supports women, trans* and gender nonconforming ... grantees, and events, visit  leeway.org .  Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards ...

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

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA-Leeway Foundation recognizes the longstanding power of media artists ... organizations that were proposing to work collaboratively, as well as the range of projects and media,” said Leeway Foundation Executive Director Denise Brown. “We are ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

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03/2017
... Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for ... Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation . The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change is ... organizations. The case statement, co-authored by ABFE President and CEO Susan Taylor Batten and Hill-Snowdon ...

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

Friday, April 5, 2019
By Diane Cornman-Levy As part of its ongoing efforts to foster a more equitable ... make it imperative for funders to seek out and support new and innovative pathways out of poverty. Yet funders often ... For more information on the cohort, contact Sidney Hargro, President, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, at  ...
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27Jul2022

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

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
9:00am - 10:00am
Virtual
... News Pa. continues to fund antiabortion organization in new budget by Alfred Lubrano for the Philadelphia Inquirer ...
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
... that decision made abortion legal in the United States. As we await the official decision, philanthropy needs to ... How Should Funders Respond? The Turnaway Study - Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) Backgrounder on ... boards of the Abortion Liberation Fund and the Valentine Foundation, as well as Bread & Roses Community Fund. Ms. ...

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

Stop Asian Hate
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
... in Philanthropy, and the Pew Research Center) Art As Medicine: Building Solidarity in and with Asian American & ... - An #ArtistResource Conversation Seeking to Soar: Foundation Funding for Asian American and Pacific Islander ... Month by Seema Agnani for Nonprofit Quarterly (05.25.21) New Asian American Foundation Aims to Shift Narratives, Curb ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Duncan_teaser image.jpg By Jos Duncan As diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives increase ... for justice, wellness, and equity. I define equity as sharing and distributing power, information, resources, ... elder woman. For me, documenting the story revealed a new kind of power. In a community where so many news stories ...

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
... Department of Homeland Security are dominated by men such as the building trades. Essential jobs are those that are too vital to be halted, even as cities and whole states are on lockdown. A majority of ... by women has been designated as essential according to a  New York Times  analysis  of census data crossed with the ...

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
... who felt whole again after receiving furniture for their new homes; Alma Vidal, Manager of Maternal and Child Health ... education to uninsured or underinsured women and girls as a call to action on reproductive rights issues. “Whether as a grantee, a volunteer or a supporter, being engaged in ...
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