June 8, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:30 pm – Water is always essential for our communities, environment and economy — a reality underscored by the public health crisis posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Due to this pandemic, there are billions of dollars in potential federal funding packages and associated policies newly on the table. This webinar will facilitate a field-wide discussion of emerging openings […]
Community Resilience in the Context of Climate Change and COVID-19 (Webinar)
June 2, 2020 @ 2:30 pm-4:00 pm – The novel coronavirus continues to affect all segments of society, particularly those in the most vulnerable situations as the health and economic impacts of the virus continue to be borne disproportionately by marginalized populations. This crisis also illuminates the urgency of addressing another looming threat: climate change. As we quickly approach the summer season, California […]
Ensuring Equitable Recovery Responses to COVID-19: Implementing Resilient Systems Change
May 29, 2020 @ 12:00 pm-1:30 pm – Big Table events hosted by LA Thrives are typically convened every quarter. Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this format has been changed to accommodate a new series of shorter but connected discussions that are suitable for a virtual session. This three-session arc will explore aspects of equitable recovery in accordance with the Steering […]
Reclaiming our Story: Communications and Narrative after COVID
May 26, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – The webinar will share new research and strategies for communications and organizing that can shift the narrative around essential workers, the importance of home to public health, and what an equitable recovery should look like. Stay tuned for more details and speaker updates! Register now.
Think Systemically, Act Collaboratively: Empowering Networks to Align Efforts and Accelerate Impacts
May 21, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:15 pm – In recent years, grantmakers have begun to experiment with systems-based approaches, operating from a deeply collaborative framework that is shifting fundamental expectations about what is possible. During this webinar, we’ll explore how systems thinking and collaborative networks can offer a powerful and nimble way to make sense of, and be responsive to, changing landscapes and […]
Shifting Course: Advocacy for Equitable Communities in a Changing World (Virtual Gathering)
May 20, 2020 @ 10:00 am-11:30 am – How are NGO’s that work on transportation, land use, and livability issues adapting their campaigns and strategies to account for the rapidly changing environment and what do funders need to know to best support them? This session will lift up five land-use and livability nonprofits from the national, statewide and regional levels to share with […]
Bridging Across Sectors: Investing in Climate Resiliency, Community Health and Equity
May 19, 2020 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – The climate crisis is having immediate and disproportionate impacts on the health and well-being of people of color and low-income communities. As health disparities are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis, 2019 was recorded as the second hottest year on the planet. Using transportation justice as a lens, the session will highlight strategies being utilized […]
Sunday Night at the Movies: North Pole
May 17, 2020 @ 3:30 pm-4:30 pm – We invite you to quarantine and chill with us for a virtual edition of our popular Sunday Night at the Movies. We’ll screen the second season of The North Pole, an irreverent and deeply moving web-series about gentrification, environmental justice, and where we call “home”. We’ll then be joined by members of the The North […]
Building Power in the Environmental Movement in the COVID-19 Era: How Philanthropy Can Support Leadership Development and Civic Engagement
May 15, 2020 @ 10:30 am-12:30 pm – In the last decade, movements across the country “have created intentional and strategic leadership development that inspires and prepares grassroots leaders to run for local office—which then creates the conditions for leaders to pursue higher office” at state and national levels (1000 Leaders (And More) Rising, 2019). What is unique about many of these programs, […]
Funder Learning Session: Bay Area Housing Equity in the Wake of COVID-19 (Webinar)
May 15, 2020 @ 9:30 am-11:30 am – Please join the San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation and funder members of Great Communities Collaborative (GCC) to learn from the field and in conversation with each other as we envision what the world should look like following COVID-19: What short, mid- and long-term strategies are emerging as priorities? What lessons are there to […]
