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Fireside Chat with Tonya Allen, Skillman Foundation
As CEO of the Skillman Foundation, Tonya Allen's work centers on pursuing, executing and investing in ideas that improve her hometown of Detroit and increase opportunities for its people, especially children, who live in under-resourced communities.
Day 3 Concurrent Session - Local Activism and the Pursuit of Racial Justice
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.
Day 1 Concurrent Session - Environmental Justice: Deadly Symptoms of Larger Problems
Environmental injustice is much more than a climate crisis, it is intertwined with many injustices and social inequities. From hazardous pollution to natural disasters, the negative impacts of environmental injustice affect people of color at much higher rates than other communities.
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.
Small Group Conversations
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:
DAY 2 NETWORKING SESSIONS
Favorite Philly Park
Join us to talk about your favorite Philly park to relax and play.
Staying Healthy- Exercise Tips and Tricks
Join your peers in small breakouts, where you can talk and share about your experiences trying to stay healthy during quarantine.
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:
CLOSING SESSION | Envisioning the Future - featuring A Conversation with Vilas Dhar, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and Closing Keynote from Vanessa Daniel, Groundswell Fund
DAY 1 SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS
Label, but not disable
Led by Yvonne Hughes, Deputy Administrator at Its Not Your Fault and LeBrian Brown, Manager, Network Organizing, Knowledge & Engagement at Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
Day 3 Concurrent Session - Equitable Grantmaking Is A Thing? How Using Demographic Data Can Help
Day 2 Concurrent Session - Relationship Building and Its Impact on Philanthropy
Are you using principles of Trust Based Philanthropy and don’t even know it? When philanthropist Carole Haas Gravagno and Stanford Thompson teamed up a decade ago to plan and launch the music education program Play On Philly, the journey and relationship impacted their own lives as much as those of the students.
Day 2 Concurrent Session - Bridging Information Divides and Elevating Narratives: How Resolve Philly Does Community Engagement
Resolve Philly exists to challenge the field of journalism to be equitable, collaborative, and informed by community voices and solutions. As one of the driving forces behind Resolve Philly, our Community Engagement (CE) team directly engages with and broadens the visibility of communities who are not afforded the tools and mechanisms to elevate their own narratives.
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.
Day 1 Concurrent Session - The Whole Entrepreneur: Designing a Just and Equitable Business Ecosystem for Black and People of Color Businesses
Day 3 Concurrent Session - Tackling Systemic Racism Through Your Endowment
DAY 2 CONCURRENT SESSION | Trust-Based Philanthropy in 4D: Values, Cultures, Leadership, Practice
The potential of trust-based philanthropy goes beyond unrestricted grants and streamlined paperwork. Trust-based philanthropy can show us the way toward co-creating a sector in which community and nonprofit leaders are valued, supported, and trusted. For this vision to become the norm in philanthropy, funders must center trust in every dimension of our work, both internally and externally. This begins with acknowledging and addressing issues of power and equity in all aspects of our organizations.
DAY 1 CONCURRENT SESSION | Persevering Through Crisis: The State of Nonprofits
Last June, CEP published research about how nonprofits were faring at the beginning of the pandemic. This February, we conducted a follow-up survey and drew three key findings: