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A single voice is often not heard and yet, when they come together, the world can hear. How can we come together to ensure that activism and promotion of redress of U.S. historical racial justices are brought to the forefront of our communities? While high-profile reparation efforts garner media attention, many local restitution efforts often lack greater support and cross-sector awareness. The U.S. African American Redress Network is an innovative model for scholars and advocates to further groundbreaking work in activism and to promote redress for U.S. historical racial injustices.
In recent years, many funders have focused on how to better infuse equity into their philanthropy, and, separately, on the role of advocacy in their work. What few have realized is that these two concepts are deeply intertwined.
The systemic imbalances of power that give rise to advocacy work are also at the heart of many of the pressing challenges facing communities of color. Forward-thinking funders looking to have impact must address both. This session will explore the connection between race, power, inequity, and pressing social issues.
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This is your opportunity to CONNECT with your peers and expand your NETWORK. All conference attendees are invited to join your host, John Chen, CEO of Engaging Virtual Meetings, as he helps you engage with others, learn how to network without being #zawkward* and get the most out of your conference experience.
*What is #zawkward? It’s that awkward turtle feeling that we all get when we try to network virtually via Zoom.
It is not enough for foundations to simply avoid inequitable practices in a society premised on white supremacy and patriarchy; rather, foundations must consciously dedicate themselves to centering equity in all facets of their institutions’ work. Rather than simply minimizing a damaging footprint, an Equity Footprint invites the foundation to enact positive, equitable change.This conversation seeks to provide a framework, a lens, and perhaps some tools to support foundations to interrogate their respective cultures, practices and norms, toward the aim of embedding equity.