Rural Disability Justice: The role of mutual aid, power building and connecting across community
Join IRSG and Ceres Trust in this conversation on Tuesday June 15th to deepen connection, build accountability and deepen the support of rural disability justice organizers. The intention of this conversation will be to create joy and connection in listening to the stories of disability justice organizers and to create opportunity to build relationships between…
Read More2023 Rural Investment Strategy Webinar Series
Join IRSG and Invest Appalachia in a two-part webinar series as we explore innovative impact investing opportunities for philanthropy. Part 1 of the series (Tuesday, June 6th) will explore the who, what, how, and why of funders deepening their work around impact investing in rural communities to build community wealth and power. Part 2 (date…
Read MoreThis is For Everybody: Transforming the Housing System in Minneapolis through Cooperatives
Decades of redlining, racial covenants, racist banking practices, elite-oriented development, and other racist housing policies has resulted in Minneapolis facing one of the worst housing crises in the country. Yet, community members are winning and forging a future where housing is untethered from white supremacy. Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia (United Renters for Justice) (IX)’s…
Read MoreRooted: NFG Political Education Series
NFG cultivates spaces of connection, strategy, and action to shift more philanthropic resources to community organizing. We are excited to share a political education series where funders can grow together as we build towards communities of color having the power to self determine. Join us for an intentional political education and funder organizing space to…
Read MoreDDP Community Land Stewardship Learning Series
The housing crisis continues to stretch into every corner of our communities. In the face of this, grassroots organizations are building broad coalitions of people that can advance shared ownership models, secure the resources necessary to promote affordable and safe housing for all, and pilot narratives that housing is a human right. Land trusts, unions,…
Read MoreIRSG 2023 Multiracial Rural Equity Summit
Welcome to IRSG’s 2023 Rural Equity Summit! NFG’s Integrated Rural Strategies Group (IRSG) is excited to invite you to join us for our third annual flagship event – the 2023 IRSG Multiracial Rural Equity Summit! Whether you have a deep history of funding in rural or are trying to understand how your program or foundation can be investing in communities…
Read MoreHow Capitalism Evolves to Evade Standards and Organizing: A Case Study of Industrial Kitchens & Tourism
While the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the forefront the need to uplift and protect essential service workers, the spotlight for workers was short lived and inadequate. Many employers took advantage of the crisis by prioritizing profits over people and endangering and sacrificing workers’ bodies and health. Our history of racial capitalism has reflected many of…
Read MoreDDP Midterms Debrief: Securing Economic Justice in New York and Massachusetts
The future of safe, healthy, and clean communities are on the ballot across the country. As more state legislatures exercise increasing austere power over policing, voting, housing, healthy neighborhoods, and new green jobs, grassroots organizations are experimenting with narratives and base building strategies that are responding to the multiple opportunities this election cycle represents and…
Read MoreCampaign to Support BIPOC Farmers: A Conversation with Black Oaks Center
Register Join us in a dialogue with Black Oaks Center about their bold work to build resilient communities and food systems in the historic Black farming community of Pembroke Township, Illinois. Late last year, we launched a Campaign to Support BIPOC Farmers, a multi-pronged effort to move resources to Black Oaks Center to support the…
Read MoreIndiana: Co-Governance in Action
Join us, for a conversation with Faith in Indiana and the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform to learn how they aligned organizing and policy expertise to transform Indianapolis’s criminal justice system, while and building new vehicles to advance governing power in a highly volatile state. Together we will explore: With billions of dollars…
Read MoreIRSG: Rural Organizing Dialogues
In an effort to create an engaging yet informal space for dialogue, the Integrated Rural Strategies Group is planning a series of stand alone Rural Organizing Dialogues to take place over the course of the summer! Conversations will build on one another throughout the series, so you are more than welcome to join whichever you are able. We welcome…
Read MoreReclaiming Retirement For All
The U.S. nonprofit sector has an uneven track record in providing retirement benefits to its workers, particularly those who are young, part-time, or working at small organizations. These inequities have profound implications beyond just individual financial security in old age; employer-supported retirement savings is one of the primary vehicles for Americans without generational wealth to…
Read MoreFJE Network Strategy Session 2022
Graphic illustrations by Jayda Shuavarnnasri. As we enter year three of the global pandemic, workers everywhere are in a fight for their lives: for their physical and mental health, for protections on the job and in their communities, and for economic security and social protections. Workers are sounding the alarm that this country’s deep allegiance…
Read MoreThe Why and How of Ceding Power to Community Organizations to Achieve Systems Change
There is a window of opportunity to permanently shift the way we show up to support the strategies, vision and leadership of communities that are directly affected by unjust and racist systems. A growing number of funders are aligning behind movement priorities, breaking the cycle of unbalanced philanthropic power so that communities can set forth…
Read MoreIRSG 2021 Multiracial Rural Equity Summit
Resilience to Abundance: Organizing to move beyond rural resilience toward abundance for all Hosted by NFG’s Integrated Rural Strategies Group Thursday, December 9th 11am-1pm PT / 12-2pm MT / 1-3pm CT / 2-4pm ET Followed by a 30-minute informal mixer (starting at 1pm PT / 4pm ET) NFG’s Integrated Rural Strategies Group (IRSG) invites you to…
Read MoreThe Housing Crisis: Creating a Statewide Action Agenda for New York Funders
Liz McGiff, a longtime resident who fought displacement and won the right to remain in her home, reflected on her struggle– “The system is broken. We need to build a better system.” Now a lead organizer for the City-Wide Tenant Union of Rochester, she is organizing residents to protect neighborhoods from predatory development through community…
Read More2021-2022 Midterm Election Series
The 2022 Midterm Elections are rapidly approaching. Next November, elections around the country will shape Congress and state and national policy outcomes, while setting the stage for the 2024 presidential election. With a polarized political landscape, civic engagement and voter mobilization among rural and tribal communities will have a critical impact for years to come.…
Read MoreJob Quality in 2021: Implications from the Gallup Great Jobs Survey
NFG’s Funders for a Just Economy, Economic Opportunity Funders, and Workforce Matters invite you to a webinar sharing the latest data and implications from Gallup’s Great Jobs survey, an in-depth survey of nearly 8,000 adults shedding light on the impact of COVID on the labor force, and in particular job quality. The survey was supported by…
Read MoreAddressing the Housing Crisis in New York and Beyond: Two Part Webinar Series
Hosted by Neighborhood Funders Group, Engage New York, and the Neighborhoods First Fund Part 1 – The Urgency of Now: What Funders Need to Know About the Housing Crisis July 22 (11am-12pm PT /2pm-3pm ET) Part 2 – Sustainable Housing Solutions: Effective Interventions and Long-term Strategies August 12 (11am-12pm PT /2pm-3pm ET) An estimated…
Read MoreMaximizing the Moment: Strategies & Successes in Power Building from Metro Washington, DC
Graphic illustration by Laura Chow Reeve from Organizing DMV’s Maximizing the Moment report. Supporting the South. Resourcing Black-led organizing. Shifting to trust-based practices. Funding to win. While philanthropy grapples with what these critical ideas mean in practice, some Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) organizer and funder partnerships are showing how it’s done. Featuring…
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