Philanthropy New York is proud to announce our 39th Annual Meeting “Democracy, Demographics & Destiny: All in the Details.”
The focus of this half-day conference will be on fair representation and active participation of all Americans, especially those who face systematic barriers to exercising their power, including people who are immigrants, young, disabled, female, LGBTQ, economically disenfranchised and people working in undervalued professions. We will center race and gender in the day’s explorations of cross-movement building, and dive deep into the new tools that are radically altering the civic engagement field.
As always, the Annual Meeting will begin with the election of new Philanthropy New York board members and a review of the past year’s accomplishments.
Philanthropy New York thanks Citi Foundation for its generous support of the 39th Annual Meeting.
We will be updating this page with more information as the program develops. We will also send all registrants a full listing of speakers in the days before the annual meeting.
Preliminary Program
12:30-1:00pm Registration
1:00-1:30pm [Business Meeting] Annual Meeting of the Members of Philanthropy New York
- Election of New Board Members
- President and Chair’s Reports on 2017
1:30-1:40pm [PHIL Talk #1] No Democracy Without Equity: Empowering Students Through Action
- DeNora Getachew, New York Executive Director, Generation Citizen
1:40-2:50pm [Panel] Organizing is Everything: Race, Gender and Cross-Movement Building
- What’s working best as movement leaders seek to grow cross-movement relationships, and what support do leaders need from philanthropy to build on recent successes?
Speakers:
- Sayu Bhojwani, (MODERATOR) Founder and President, New American Leaders Project
- Austin Belali, Director, Youth Engagement Fund
- Rodney McKenzie, Vice President, Campaigns and Partnerships, Demos
- Kimberly Peeler-Allen, Co-Founder, Higher Heights
- Javier H. Valdés, Co-Executive Director, Make the Road New York
2:50-3:20pm Break (snacks and drinks available)
3:20-3:30pm [PHIL Talk #2] Census 2020 Is a Civic Engagement Opportunity
- Steven Choi, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition
3:30-4:40pm [Panel] New Democracy Tools, But Are They Working?
An examination of:
- What are the range of new engagement methods, technology innovations, social media, and people-produced new media that are effectively connecting immigrants, young people, people of color, women, LGBTQ people to act and get involved in their communities?
Speakers:
- Andrew Rasiej, (MODERATOR) Founder, Civic Hall
- Fahd Ahmed, Executive Director of DRUM (Desis Rising Up & Moving
- Jessica Reeves, Chief Operating Officer, Voto Latino
4:40-4:50pm [PHIL Talk #3] The State of Gerrymandering
- Jennifer Clarke, Executive Director, The Public Interest Law Center
4:50-5:15pm Keynote Speaker: Civic Media, What would Ben Franklin Do?
- Ethan Zuckerman, Associate Professor of the Practice in Media Arts and Sciences, Director, Center for Civic Media, MIT
5:15-6:00pm Cocktail Reception
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