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29 Oct 2018

Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Ibram X. Kendi

Monday, October 29, 2018 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Ibram X. Kendi is one of the nation’s leading scholars of racism, a New York Times Bestselling Author and the Founding Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. His book, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive...
30 May 2018

Equity and Asset Management – Why It’s About Dollars and Sense

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 -
9:00am to 12:00pm
Many funders say racial and gender equity strengthens their grantmaking and aligns perfectly with their philanthropic mission. Thus, more foundations are interested in assessing the equitability of their operational practice.
16 May 2018

Fund the People: How and Why to Invest in the Staff of Grantee Organizations

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 -
9:00am to 11:00am
How can funders advance nonprofit equity, performance, impact, and sustainability? By investing in grantee staff and the systems that support them. No matter your size, issue focus or model of your foundation, this skill-building workshop will help...
10 Apr 2018

Brooklyn DA Gonzalez Previews ‘Justice 2020’ Report, Talks Trends in Reform Movement

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
District Attorneys may be the most important players in the criminal justice system. Often termed the “gate-keepers of the system,” they decide who gets charged and with what. A culture of associating incarceration with public safety has led to a...
19 Sep 2017

Documentary Film Screening - "Unrest": Women, Resilience and the Disease Medicine Forgot

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Join us for a screening and panel discussion of the documentary film Unrest , which exposes deep flaws in the U.S. healthcare system in its treatment of patients afflicted with rare, orphaned diseases.
16 May 2017

Women and LGBTQ Leaders in the Immigration Debate: Louder, Prouder and More Effective Than Ever

Tuesday, May 16, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
The Trump Administration is advancing policies that would beat back advances made by immigrants to America with extraordinarily broad and wide-ranging executive orders that have been the object of massive public protests and precedent-setting...
08 Mar 2017

Achieving Equity…How Exactly?

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:30am
The idea of incorporating equity in philanthropy is gaining traction in the field. The reasons why may be obvious – from longstanding commitments to helping those most marginalized to recent electoral outcomes. But the how of embracing equity can...
16 Feb 2017

NYC Commission on Gender Equity: What Are Its Economic Opportunity, Health and Safety Priorities?

Thursday, February 16, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Philanthropy New York’s Funders for Gender Equity are pleased to welcome Azadeh Khalili , the Founding Executive Director of the Commission on Gender Equity . Most recently, she served as the New York City’s Executive Director of...
08 Dec 2015

Nonprofit People Rising: How Foundations Can Nurture Diverse Grantee Talent and Build Organizational Strength

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 -
8:45am to 11:00am
Only 1% or less of foundation grant dollars aim to build up nonprofit professionals, or empower nonprofits to develop their staff. And that has been the case for at least 20 years now.
18 Nov 2015

Policing Reform: Building on NYC Successes for a National Reform Movement

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 -
1:45pm to 3:30pm
In the past two years, Communities United for Policing Reform (CPR) has played a critical role in leading a campaign to pass landmark police accountability legislation in New York City and partnering with families of New Yorkers killed by police to...
10 Nov 2015

Justice Reform: The End of Mass Incarceration

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 -
8:30am to 12:00pm
With 2.3 million people currently behind bars in the United States - and an annual cost of $85 billion to run our prisons- politicians on both sides of the aisle are talking about what needs to happen to reform the criminal justice system.
19 May 2015

Economic Inequality and Mobility: Looking at the Evidence to Inform Philanthropy’s Actions

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 -
9:15am to 11:15am
Since the economic downturn of 2008, increasing media attention on income inequality and its effects on our society has turned up the volume on the public conversation. But has the coverage actually increased the philanthropic sector’s understanding...
25 Mar 2015

Beyond Gender Equity: How Philanthropy is Taking Gender Norms into Account

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Is your grantmaking responding to new understandings of the importance of addressing gender norms along with age, race and class? Gender norms are the beliefs, scripts and expectations we all have for how to be men and women. And addressing them is...

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