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Morning Workshops & Roundtable Chat Sessions
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.
Day 3 Concurrent Session - Tackling Systemic Racism Through Your Endowment
How can investors use their capital to tackle systemic racism and advance the well-being for communities of color? This session explores how investors/ foundations can use their capital to address systemic racism and better support communities of color. The financial industry has a responsibility to better understand how it distributes wealth, resources and power in our economy.
DAY 2 SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS
Film and Media As Organizing Tools
Led by Louis Massiah, filmmaker and founder of Scribe Video Center and Sarah Lutman, Founder and Principal at 8 Bridges Workshop
Day 2 Concurrent Session - Equipping and Empowering Leaders of Color in Accessing Philanthropic Dollars
DAY 2 NETWORKING SESSIONS
Day 1 Keynote - M. Roger Holland, The Spirtuals Project - Lessons from History: Folk Wisdom of the Negro Spirituals
Many scholars have been clear that to understand the music of African Americans one must do so in tandem with the community that created this music and within its historic context, as well. It has also been argued that African American history is American history. This presentation will examine the music of the Negro Spirituals, the wisdom contained therein, as well as the historic context of slavery that birthed this music.
Day 1 Concurrent Session - Using Data to Guide Nonprofits through an Uncertain Future…
Representatives from the Nonprofit Repositioning Fund and BCT Partners will share the results of a newly released study: The Financial Health of Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits.
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
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.
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 Keynote - Jos Duncan, Love Now Media - Justice, Action, & Love: How Journalism Can Create a Movement
Journalism has the ability to move people to love each other, to stand up for justice and to demand change. As the Chief Storyteller at Love Now Media, Jos Duncan uses her strength and passion to build empathy through impact strategy, participatory design, and storytelling to advocate for social justice and wellness. Join us as Jos shares the story of her work to elevate and celebrate love stories that teach us compassion, uncover truth and foster healing.
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 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.
Day 1 Concurrent Session - Tackling Housing Justice
For the 100 million Americans — especially people of color, living at or below 200 percent of the poverty level — housing costs and homelessness pose one of the most fundamental threats to our ability to thrive as a nation. Many factors have contributed to the root causes of the current state of housing, including racially-biased government policies, systems, and structures; predatory capital practices and speculative markets; land and building costs; and extreme income inequality have all played a role in creating the affordability crisis we are experiencing today.
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.
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.