September 23, 2020-September 24, 2020 @ 9:00 am – This year has laid bare the truth and consequences of leadership in all forms, interpreted in many different ways. What do we mean when we talk about leadership? And what sort of leadership do we need right now? In this year of existential issues—a growing imperative to achieve racial equity, coping with a global pandemic, addressing an emerging […]
IMWFN Peer Learning Call: Unpacking Capacity and Power-Building Funder Survey
September 22, 2020 @ 12:30 pm-2:00 pm – Unpacking Capacity and Power-Building Funder Survey: Case Studies from the Region will share the results of the funder survey sent in March and look more deeply at some examples offered. We have a great group of funders lined up to share how they support capacity and power-building needs of their grantee and nonprofit communities. Register […]
Seizing the Moment: Funder Collaboratives for Criminal Justice Reform
September 16, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – After years of regressive criminal justice policies and practices, we are seeing growing bipartisan recognition that criminal justice reforms are crucial to the future of racial equity, economic opportunity and democracy. Advocacy groups are acting with greater urgency and coordination to drive equitable systems change and practice in a number of places across the country. […]
Virtual California Funder Session: Using Policy to Re-Imagine Homelessness and Housing Systems in California
September 3, 2020 @ 9:00 am-10:30 am – As we find ourselves in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice awakenings, it’s important to reflect on what we’ve learned and take action towards the new possibilities and opportunities in front of us that can create real and equitable change. Join funder peers on Thursday, September 3, at the California Homelessness and […]
Realities of the Triple Pandemic: Racialized Violence, COVID-19 and Climate Change
August 24, 2020 @ 2:00 pm-3:30 pm – “We make a grave mistake every time we invoke the history of oppression to diminish the reality of racism’s present. Progress is real, but the narrative of progress seduces us into inaction. If we believe, simply, that it gets better, there is no incentive to do the work to ensure that it does.” ― Mychal […]
SCG Environmental Funders Group: How to Be an Anti-Racist Environmental Movement
August 21, 2020 @ 10:30 am-12:30 pm – As the Black Lives Matter movement has made clear, white supremacy and systemic racism are root causes of injustice, violence, and inequality, and these forces contribute to environmental injustice, degradation, and destruction. For generations, the mainstream environmental movement has willfully ignored issues of race and power, with many environmental organizations still led by white men, […]
Representation Matters: Deepening Leadership Pipelines and Building Community Power
August 12, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – Legislative victories on important issues are rightfully celebrated — but meaningful impact also hinges on equitable implementation, community engagement and local leadership that can fuel that forward momentum long after votes are tallied. How can funders and anchor institutions work together to support community power-building and help create leadership pipelines and pathways? Join us for […]
Embracing Uncertainty: How Funders (and the Communities We Serve) Can Grapple With an Unknown Future and Think About a Path Forward
August 6, 2020 @ 10:00 am-11:30 am – *Date now finalized for August 6, 2020 for 10 am PST Today, we confront a society reeling from the health impacts of COVID-19 as well as an economy that is struggling to stabilize itself as millions of people have lost their jobs, many of them for good. Simultaneously, we are experiencing widespread civil unrest as […]
PLACES 2020 Book Club: This Accident of Being Lost
July 28, 2020 @ 2:00 pm-3:30 pm – The PLACES fellows and alumni invite all TFN members to join us for this year’s PLACES 2020 Book Club (previously held at our annual conference). Register now for a lively discussion of this year’s book: This Accident of Being Lost, a collection of stories and songs by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson which highlights the indigenous life […]
Save the Date: IMWFN Funders Sharing Their Systems Change Work
July 14, 2020 @ 10:30 am-11:45 am – Panelists will share key program strategies and help us see how their work builds toward greater systems change that benefits people, communities, and land. We’ll hear examples from funders working at different intervention points in this work including resident empowerment, leadership development, decision-support research, and policy change, and how long-term aspirations are advanced through shorter […]
