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Minority & Immigrant Local Businesses Amidst COVID-19 - A Call to Action
Grab your favorite breakfast, have a seat at the table and break bread with us for the final morning of the conference. During this session we tie together the learning events that we have all participated in over the last three days of the conference and how these building blocks will help you create your own call to action.
DAY 3 CONCURRENT SESSION | The Missing Link: How to Use Your Endowment to Advance Economic & Social Justice
Day 2 Concurrent Session - Immigrant Justice: Drive PA Forward Coalition
Day 1 Concurrent Session - Participatory Grantmaking: Lessons from an Immigrant Community Fund
How do you identify and create next steps for your organization when it comes to participatory grantmaking? Using PA is Ready! as our lens, along with an evaluation of a participatory approach that spanned three years, we will explore how we, as philanthropy organizations, can increase collaboration, participation, flexibility and responsiveness.
Funder Discussion: Strengthening Philanthropy’s Response to Gun Violence
Day 3 Concurrent Session - Tackling Systemic Racism Through Your Endowment
Morning Workshops & Roundtable Chat Sessions
Day 1 Concurrent Session - The Whole Entrepreneur: Designing a Just and Equitable Business Ecosystem for Black and People of Color Businesses
While Black and Latinx residents make up 42% and 15% of the population respectively, they only own 8% and 3% of small businesses in the city. Annually, business owners of color in Philadelphia earn only 13% of revenue compared to their white counterparts. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and a renewed pursuit for social justice, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, the City of Philadelphia, and PIDC have embarked on an endeavor to understand and address the unique needs of small businesses owned by Black and people of color, women, and immigrants in Philadelphia.
DAY 2 CONCURRENT SESSION | Trust-Based Philanthropy in 4D: Values, Cultures, Leadership, Practice
DAY 1 CONCURRENT SESSION | Persevering Through Crisis: The State of Nonprofits
DAY 1 CONCURRENT SESSION | Journey Toward Justice: Transforming Education Institutions
Day 3 Concurrent Session - Looking Back to Move Forward: Understanding How Use of An Evaluation of Past Practices Can Create Equity
Day 2 Concurrent Session - Blueprint for a Better Safety Net: Participatory Grantmaking in Action
Join us as we discuss a participatory planning effort to redesign the social safety net in order to better weather the COVID-19 pandemic and address deeply rooted racial and social inequities. In this session, HealthSpark Foundation staff, a nonprofit participant, and a community partner will discuss their experiences in this community-driven process, share lessons learned from building collective vision during this momentous time in history, and outline key actions their organization will be taking as a result of this work.
Lunch & Keynote Address with Liz Dozier, Chicago Beyond
In 2016, Liz Dozier launched Chicago Beyond, an impact investor that backs the fight for youth equity by fueling ideas, organizations, and people.
Day 2 Concurrent Session - Equipping and Empowering Leaders of Color in Accessing Philanthropic Dollars
Accessing foundation money has historically experienced a color barrier. Come and join us to learn about the challenges facing our leaders of color when trying to access philanthropic funds and to identify the potential barriers that may affect the future of fundraising and how to overcome them.
Small Group Conversations
Breakout Conversations:
1. Emergent Topics
2. Engage Community Voice and Agency
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DAY 1 NETWORKING SESSIONS
New Members and Attendees
Join us to connect with your peers and learn from each other.
Networking Breakfast
Plan to arrive early to take advantage of this time to network with colleagues and visit with our sponsors who provide professional services to philanthropy and nonprofits.
Morning Networking and Breakfast Sponsored by:
Opening Session | Radical Imagination: Seizing the Moment to Create a Movement
Over the next four days, you will join your community to begin the process of re-envisioning our collective future and exploring bold new ways we can work together to build a more just and equitable Greater Philadelphia. Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia President Sidney Hargro, Philanthropy Network Chair Ashley Del Bianco, and your SPARX Facilitators, Eric M Bailey and Yvonne Moore will share with you where Philanthropy Network is currently and where it is moving to and more importantly, how you are key to creating a movement.