Homecoming: Housing Justice is Racial and Economic Justice
As part of Neighborhood Funders Group’s 40th anniversary virtual convening series, the Democratizing Development Program (DDP) is hosting “HomeComing”: Housing Justice is Racial and Economic Justice, a 3-hour session for grantmakers working in partnership with groups pushing for short-term shifts and bolder strategies to address the intersections of community health, housing, community ownership, and racial justice.…
Read MoreRemoving Barriers to Transformational Philanthropy in Response to COVID-19 & Beyond
JustFund and Amalgamated Foundation have built a powerful combined service designed to rapidly respond to urgent needs in the wake of COVID-19. We are supporting funders to pivot in this critical moment to move more resources, more quickly to groups on the frontlines of this pandemic. Learn about this unique, frictionless process that has already…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and Indigenous Communities: A Call to Action and Relationship for Philanthropy
As the philanthropic community takes stock of the impact COVID-19 has on our operations and long-term strategies, we must act now to move resources to communities who are hardest hit by the compounding impacts of this pandemic. California Foodshed Funders, First Nations Development Institute, and Neighborhood Funders Group, with other national co-hosts invite you to join…
Read MoreConvening in Crisis: Health, House, Race, Equity and Power
As millions of people peacefully protest for justice for George Floyd and the hundreds of lives lost by the police, millions are struggling to survive the coronavirus, unemployment and the ability to pay rent. Even before the pandemic, three in five renters could not come up with $400 in an emergency. How are they supposed…
Read MoreBeyond Recovery: A People’s Plan
Neighborhood Funders Group’s Democratizing Development Program invites all funders to join this important conversation linked to health, housing, race, and community power during the growing coronavirus pandemic. Please join Right To The City / Homes For All for this online discussion with the network’s member organizations on the impacts of and responses to the COVID-19…
Read MoreFunding a Radically Just Response to COVID-19
Join Neighborhood Funders Group, Solidaire Network, and other collaborators for a discussion on how to fund a radically just response to COVID-19. How can funders rewrite the rules for philanthropy to ensure long-term solutions on the other side of the crisis? Listen to movement partners from frontline communities share their perspectives and experiences on how their…
Read MoreThe Roots of Injustice in Our Agricultural System
Over the past several years, Funders for a Just Economy (FJE) has been considering racial capitalism’s impact on working people in the United States through learning engagements that explore the intersections between race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender and workers’ rights. As part of this continued exploration, FJE is excited to host a conversation with…
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