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Day 1 Concurrent Session - Using Data to Guide Nonprofits through an Uncertain Future…
Day 1 Concurrent Session - Tackling Housing Justice
Day 2 Concurrent Session - Philanthropic-Private Partnerships: New Models for Delivering Impact through Technology
The COVID-19 Pandemic has created new challenges for our sector, but it has also brought perennial problems to the forefront. Two areas loom large: How do we help nonprofits build capacity around digital engagement, particularly at a time when in-person activity is limited, so they can build relationships with current and potential supporters? How can nonprofits and foundations assess the impact of their efforts beyond their own organizations and build momentum toward moving the needle on recalcitrant problems on a citywide, regional, or state level? How can philanthropic dollars be coo
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 SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS
Day 1 Concurrent Session - Media Reparations: Transforming the Landscape
Morning Workshops & Roundtable Chat Sessions
Day 3 Concurrent Session - Equitable Grantmaking Is A Thing? How Using Demographic Data Can Help
Day 3 Concurrent Session - Local Activism and the Pursuit of Racial Justice
DAY 1 CONCURRENT SESSION | Solidarity Not Charity: Arts & Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy
This session, inspired by the report of the same name commissioned by Grantmakers in the Arts, is for anyone interested in learning more about the solidarity economy. Using the report as a foundation, we’ll first learn how the cultural sector is actively seeking alternatives to business-as-usual to create economic and racial justice in the sector, and how grantmakers can engage in systems-change by supporting this work.
Interview with Dr. Alandra Washington, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Philanthropy Network's incoming president Christine Robinson will interview Dr. Alandra Washington, Vice President, Transformation and Organizational Effectiveness at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation on developing an intentional equity culture in a foundation.
One Journey: Racial Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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.
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.
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.
Day 2 Concurrent Session - Coaching for Our Communities
“Leaders are made, not born.” – Vince Lombardi
Given the challenges facing the world and the people leading change, nurturing thoughtful, secure, open-minded leaders is imperative for equitable outcomes for our organizations and communities. But how do we develop the leadership of people within our communities, especially those that are marginalized and under-resourced?
Advancing equity inside and out | Presented by Public Equity Group
As organizations advance racial equity and related work, they often seek tools to help determine where to begin and how to proceed. Public Equity Group developed a framework to help organizations take stock of where they are and then take action. This session will introduce the Equity Continuum framework, which has been tested, refined and implemented with dozens of organizations.
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 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.