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KEYNOTE | Grassroots: Moving Together With Purpose - Jennifer Ching, North Star Fund
Grassroots: Moving Together With Purpose
Why are grassroots movements so effective and how can your organization learn and support them? Jennifer Ching, the Executive Director of North Star Fund, will share her organization’s experience in creating people-powered philanthropy that mobilizes resources towards social justice movements.
COFFEE & YOUR VIRTUAL SPACE
Come on in, grab your favorite cup of joe (or tea, water, etc), and get to know the virtual world that SPARX is inhabiting. This is a great way to familiarize yourself with how to navigate through the conference platform, get your questions answered and receive assistance before the show begins. We will open with a short overview of the platform and then answer any questions.
DAY 1 CONCURRENT SESSION | Journey Toward Justice: Transforming Education Institutions
This panel discussion will explore what it means to be a transformational organization, one with policies reflecting a commitment to anti-racism and attitudes that are inclusive and equitable for all members of the community. Panelists will discuss:
DAY 2 CONCURRENT SESSION | Participatory Grantmaking - Exploring Different Models
This session will showcase several different models for participatory grantmaking. Each panelist will share about their model, approach and what contributed to their choice, how they gained institutional support, and lessons learned from the actual grantmaking process.
Panelists:
- Shira Hodges, COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
- Ashley L. Feuer-Edwards and Joanna Otero-Cruz, Kensington Community Resilience Fund
- Sayeeda Rashid, PA is Ready!
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DAY 3 CONCURRENT SESSION | Community Ownership of Real Estate
Who wins when a neighborhood changes? Traditional real estate investment and market-based incentives do not prioritize local residents. Join this panel to hear from two organizations, one in Philadelphia, that are moving real estate assets out of the speculative private market. In both models they are centering neighborhood governance and local control over the assets for the benefit of the communities that live there.
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DAY 3 CONCURRENT SESSION | Resilient Futures: Building Power for Black Communities
During this interactive session, participants will hear more about what black organizers and black-led organizations will need to fight for racial justice in Philadelphia. During this session participants will get to hear from a brief panel about the experiences of black organizers in Philadelphia and get into breakout groups to brainstorm solutions and roles for philanthropy. Participants will leave with a clearer sense of the barriers and challenges faced by black organizers as well as opportunities for philanthropy to be better partners in the fight for racial justice.
First Round of Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund Grant Recipients Announced
The City of Philadelphia in partnership with Bread & Roses Community Fund announce grants of $15,000 to 30 grassroots organizations and community groups.
2021 GIA Conference | Plurality, Power, and Belonging
TransWork Greater Philadelphia Non-Profit Job Fair
William Penn Foundation Creative Communities Program's Public Information Session
DAY 2 CONCURRENT SESSION | How Livable Community Creates Equitable Neighborhoods
Communities across the country are integrating smart growth, environmental justice, and equitable development to design and build healthy, sustainable, inclusive, and safe neighborhoods for all ages. Join local experts in a conversation on how livable communities support policies, programs, and inclusive practices to help older adults age in place.
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Setting the Table: Internal Equity Work
Join co-hosts Marcus Walton and Omar Woodard for a conversation with TeQuion Brookins, McGregor Fund and Jason Murray, BIPOC Executive Search Inc. about the complexity of advancing equity internally through operations, tech, processes, and internal structures.
DAY 2 CONCURRENT SESSION | Power-building, Trust, and Co-creation: the Role of a Community Action Team in Equitable Grantmaking
This session will focus on the role and experience of the Community Action Team for the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund. The session will explore how the creation and facilitation of the Community Action Team incorporated power-building strategies and principles of trust-based philanthropy. This focus created a space for open and dynamic dialogue that centered justice and liberation.
Applications open Sept. 13th for third round of COVID-19 funding
The third round of grants from the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund will support ongoing efforts to increase vaccination rates in communities hardest hit by the pandemic.
Real Change? How a Time of Crisis Has Shifted Philanthropy
VIRTUAL MEET UP | Find YOUR NETWORK in Philanthropy
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.
DAY 3 CONCURRENT SESSION | The Missing Link: How to Use Your Endowment to Advance Economic & Social Justice
Foundations distribute grants as a tool for social change, but have you thought about your endowments? Foundations have over $1 trillion in assets under management in the U.S., and this trillion can be used as a powerful tool to advance social and economic justice for workers in Philadelphia and nationally. This includes worker justice campaigns to pay livable wages, improve worker safety, and provide sufficient benefits.
Montgomery County Funders: Increasing Equity in Grantmaking
Montgomery County Funders' Community of Practice discuss equity in the grantmaking process.