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13Feb2025

Navigating Immigration Policy Shifts: Impacts, Challenges, and Community Responses

Thursday, February 13, 2025
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Webinar
... an engaging discussion with experts on recent changes to immigration policy and their implications for our ... , former Executive Director, Office of Immigrant Affairs, City of Philadelphia Elhadji Ndiaye , Neighborhood Program ... Supervisor, City of Philadelphia Department of Housing and Community Development Bill Stock , Managing Partner, Klasko ...
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Webinar
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Immigration and RefugeesPublic Policy
07Nov2018

Pennsylvania Foundation Convening: Promoting Community Health

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 to Thursday, November 8, 2018
The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center
As a community of foundations across Pennsylvania, we are stronger ... together.  Statewide connections enable foundations to identify areas of convergence across funders’ ... If you are a funder who is not a member of any of these organizations, a $250 registration fee applies. REGISTER via ...
20Apr2022

Montgomery County Funders Community of Practice

Wednesday, April 20, 2022
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Video Conference
Join the next Montgomery County Funders Community of Practice on Wednesday, April 20th to learn about Your Way Home Montgomery County’s most recent research project to understand how racial inequity plays out in our community. ...

How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
... confusion, anxiety, fear. With services and supports to our community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at risk ... critical expenditures—at both the individual/family and city/state/federal levels. Improving health and decreasing ...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey announces $1 million challenge to boost regional Census Outreach Efforts

Philly Counts
Thursday, October 24, 2019
... |  adouglas@uwgpsnj.org , 856-583-1855 Irene Contreras - City of Philadelphia |  irene.contreras.reyes@phila.gov , ... Jersey joins Mayor Kenney’s Philly Counts 2020 effort to ensure a complete and accurate census count in 2020, ... issuing a challenge to the region’s civic and business community by matching every donation raised for the ...

Philadelphia Selected For New Anti-Displacement Policy Network

Friday, March 23, 2018
... cities will work together over the next year on strategies to fight displacement and build inclusive, prosperous cities. ... so that we can spread success across the nation.” Each city has created teams of up to six local leaders, including ... mayors and city councilmembers, senior city staff, and community leaders. Philadelphia’s team includes: Eleanor ...

Bipartisan Policy Center and United Philanthropy Forum Create Partnership to Tackle Critical Policy Issues

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
... bipartisan solutions approach, this partnership will seek to address systemic inequities impacting communities ... issues impacting communities across the country. The two organizations will focus on raising public and policymaker ... legislation in Congress, and other momentum for policy reform. As the largest and most diverse network in American ...
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National Philanthropy News
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Public Policy
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Public Policy and Civic Engagement
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
In June of 2022, the Supreme Court is expected to hand down a highly-anticipated decision in Dobbs v Jackson ... provides racially concordant care to members of the Black community Me and White Supremacy Workbook - by Layla F. Saad ... of Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors and is frequently featured in local and ...
25Jan2022

Investing in Change: How and Why Funders Can Participate in Public Policy

Tuesday, January 25, 2022
9:30am - 10:45am
Video Conference
... pandemic, it is more important than ever for foundations to understand how they and their grantees can engage in the ... or something else, you have the ability to lift up community voices to enact change at the local, state, and ... and technical assistance—all with the goal of supporting organizations to be strategic, bold, courageous, and legally ...
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Public Policy
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NationalPennsylvania (state)
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Public Policy and Civic Engagement

Building on Arthur Evans' Legacy: Next Steps For Behavioral Health In Philadelphia

Thursday, February 9, 2017
... steps down  Friday after 12 years as commissioner of the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual ... from prevention, early detection and intervention, to a variety of treatment types for the most serious mental ... build collaborations with a broad array of partners and community leaders to address   social determinants of ...

Chesco Women’s Commission & Fund for Women and Girls releases findings of survey on sexual harassment in the workplace

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... that nearly two-thirds of people, or 62 percent, reported to have witnessed or experienced sexual harassment at some ... kind in Chester County and is among few to be done in any community,” said Wendy Leeper, President of the Chester ... face in the workforce.  The coalition would work with organizations like the Chester County Fund for Women and ...
23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... Pennsylvania Grantmakers invite funders and practitioners to join us on Wednesday, June 23rd from 2:00 – 3:15 PM to discuss the lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school ... funding lawsuit, PA Schools Work is a  coalition  of organizations from across Pennsylvania representing urban, ...

A Working Mom on Back-to-School Life in COVID

Sanchez family
Thursday, September 3, 2020
... all in the same room.   By Michelle Legaspi Sanchez Back-to-school shopping lists and “First Day of School” photos ... racial justice, and access to healthcare — are the same community needs that brought CCFWG and other non-profit organizations into existence. The truth is, there was already ...
13May2022

U.S. Farm Bill Reauthorization and the Role of Pennsylvania Funders

Friday, May 13, 2022
9:00am - 10:30am
Video Conference
... The U.S. Farm Bill covers everything from farmer support to community food access, and is the most important piece of ...

More than 300 U.S. philanthropic leaders call for removal of citizenship question from 2020 census

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
... in unanimous opposition; more than 30 philanthropy-serving organizations also speak out WASHINGTON — Reflecting an ... consensus in philanthropy from local foundations to national grantmaking organizations, 304 philanthropic ... by increasing the hesitancy of nonprofits and trusted community leaders to encourage participation in the ...

In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... Media Group announced Tuesday that they’ll work together to cover the state capital. The project, Spotlight PA , is ... state government coverage. Last week, three news organizations in Oregon announced  the Oregon Capital Bureau ... focus on explanatory and investigative coverage, according to a press release. The newsrooms will also work with ...
02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... a leader in these initiatives through work by both the City and the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the ... City of Philadelphia has been implementing this concept to provide individuals and families with a flexible and ... Hall , Director of Financial Inclusion, from the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity;  David Pate , Chair ...
01Mar2018

Keystone Policy Series: CENSUS 2020: What Pennsylvania Funders Need to Know

Thursday, March 1, 2018
2:00pm - 3:00pm
It is hard to overstate the importance of ensuring a full and accurate ... at Alliance for Justice where she consulted with nonprofit organizations on the rules and strategies for legal and ... the state will: Learn background information about a community issue from a statewide perspective Hear about work ...

Govenor Wolf Creates Commission to Ensure Fair, Accurate Count in 2020 Census

Governor Wolf
Friday, September 14, 2018
... us, from the number of seats Pennsylvania has in Congress to the amount of federal funds we revive, to the decisions ... to 45 members to the commission from businesses, academia, community and nonprofit organizations, religious and health care communities, elected ...
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Regional Interest
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Civil Rights, Social Action & AdvocacyPublic Policy
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Census 2020

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