Conference

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations  Leadership and Accountability: Overcoming Foundation Fragility to Advance Justice  May 16 – 18, 2022  In-person/Virtual     At GEO’s 2022 National Conference, Senior Engagement Associate Eleni Refu will facilitate a breakout conversation with grantmakers and other practitioners on the responsibilities and roles of foundation trustees in justice-centered philanthropy. As stewards of opportunities […]

Funders for LGBTQ Issues  Funding Forward  May 24-26    Director of Research Ryan Schlegel, Movement Engagement Manager Brandi Collins-Calhoun, Senior Movement Engagement Associate for Climate Justice Senowa Mize-Fox and Senior Director of Foundation Engagement Kevin Faria will attend Funding Forward. At this annual convening of grantmakers and sector advocates dedicated to LGBTQ issues, they will […]

Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)  Power in Solidarity  June 26-29    Over 30 years ago, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native American professionals in philanthropy came together to build a new vision for power in the sector. From this vision, AAPIP and NAP were born. Senior Engagement Associate […]

Grantmakers in Health  Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy  June 27-29, 2022   In-person/Virtual Movement Engagement Manager Brandi Collins-Calhoun will join this conference of health funders to explore and advocate for ways that philanthropy can build, wield and share power in pursuit of transformational health equity.

RadComms and ReFrame  Narrative Power Summit 2022  Oct 6-8, 2022   In-Person/Virtual Director of Strategic Communications Elbert Garcia, Strategic Communications Manager Jennifer Amuzie, and Senior Research Associate for Special Projects Katherine Ponce will join this special convening of social justice communicators. Together, they will explore narrative’s crucial role in building power.  

The Communications Network  ComNet22   October 12-14  In-person  Director of Strategic Communications Elbert Garcia and Strategic Communications Manager Jennifer Amuzie will join this network of nonprofit and foundation communications professionals to explore how narrative strategies can advance equity and accountability in the philanthropic sector.