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30 Mar 2022

CCJFG: Closing the DJJ Update

March 30, 2022 -
9:00am to 11:00am
Zoom Meeting
Last year, CCJFG hosted a 2-part webinar series focused on local implementation of SB 823 (juvenile justice realignment) which passed in 2021 and will ultimately shutter the California’s Division of Juvenile Justice. Please join us for an important...
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Briefing Webinar
09 Dec 2022

CCJFG Membership Meeting | Session 5

December 9, 2022 -
10:00am to 11:30am
CCJFG Membership Meetings are structured, yet informal spaces for California criminal justice funders to learn, collaborate and get organized together. These meetings are only for California criminal justice funders who are interested in...
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30 Mar 2021

The Ethos of Being Trust-Based Session 4: Confronting and Correcting Historical Power Imbalances

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Leadership, Culture and Community
March 30, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Webinar
About the Series The Ethos of Being Trust-Based, developed by Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, Philanthropy CA, and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, is a webinar series dedicated to exploring the fundamental values and dispositions central...
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10 Nov 2022

Ending Homelessness Means Housing Justice: A Conversation with Amanda Andere

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Equity and Social Justice
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
November 10, 2022 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Join us on November 10th for a unique, in-person conversation with racial justice leader and Funders Together CEO Amanda Andere about the pursuit of housing justice in the Bay area. She’ll lead a conversation around the Funders Together to End...

The Theory and Practice of Disaster Grantmaking

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10/08/2018
Roughly a year ago, I participated in a funders meeting about the North Bay fires, hosted by our friends at Northern California Grantmakers. At that time, I said in jest that I planned to spend the rest of my career in an iron box in the high desert...

For the People: Protecting and Restoring Faith in Our Democracy | 4/18/2019

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04/2019
On March 8, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1 , which is perhaps the most comprehensive political reform proposal in a generation by our elected representatives. The “For the People Act” seeks to restore faith in our republican democracy as a genuinely representative system open to broad participation and protected from corruption and the outsized influence of special interest money. The provisions of the bill would make it easier for people to vote and strengthen campaign finance & ethics laws.

Thank You for an Amazing Conference!

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06/02/2015
Wow! What an exhilarating day. Thank you for spending a day with us. Thank you for bringing your curiosity, your passion, and your intelligence to the conversations, plenaries, and sessions throughout the day. Thank you for your investing in our...

The Volunteer "Toolkit" | KQED and the SF Homeless Project

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11/07/2016
As part of a collaboration with dozens of Bay Area news organizations, KQED is shining another light on the issue of homelessness and housing insecurity with the SF Homeless Project. Take a look at the "toolkit" KQED has provided for volunteer...
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Policy Update

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03/30/2017
As Northern California Grantmakers CEO Ellen LaPointe discussed in her January message , NCG is building capacity to engage in public policy work with our members, our partners, and our Philanthropy California colleagues.

Disaster Updates and Reflections

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09/20/2017
Yesterday’s news that a second earthquake struck Mexico and that Hurricane Maria would be bearing down on Puerto Rico today left us with heavy hearts and feelings of disbelief — how much more could possibly happen? For reflections and practical...

Ideas Fest: 30 Ideas to Change the World

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03/15/2018
This year, NCG is creating a new kind of space adapted from the tech sector’s ‘un-conference’ and tracing its origins to indigenous practices of creating open space for differing views. This ‘new space’ which, for our purposes, we’ll call ...

Global Chase Bank Team takes on Bay Area’s Nonprofit Displacement Challenge

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11/07/2019
What do you get when you set four top-performing bankers from Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, and San Francisco on a three-week sprint to map the next leg of the Bay Area’s efforts to secure space for its prized nonprofits? A welcome strategy for...

Drawing Electoral Lines: Making Redistricting Work for All | 6/7/2017

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06/2017
With our expert panel, we had an informed, nonpartisan dialogue about the legal, political, practical, and charitable routes toward fairer redistricting. We discussed what solutions could work better, and how funders can support a redistricting process that is independent, transparent and ensures that communities are fully and fairly represented locally, at the state level, and in Congress.
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Equity and Social Justice
29 Jul 2015

SOLD OUT: An Evening for Philanthropy: Issues, Conversation, and Anna Deavere Smith

July 29, 2015 -
7:00pm to 9:30pm
Berkeley Rep-Roda Theatre
In her latest presentation, Notes From the Field: Doing Time in Education, Anna Deavere Smith turns her attention to “the school-to-prison pipeline.” Her new piece delves into this issue through performance of striking portraits culled from...
29 Mar 2016

Access to Justice: The Changing Landscape of Legal Civil Representation & Assistance

March 29, 2016 -
1:30pm to 5:00pm
Bechtel Conference Center
Join the Legal Services Funders Network's first program of the year and hear about how providing legal representation and assistance to low-income clients has changed over the past 50 years.

Bringing Care into the 21st Century

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05/30/2017
There are two consistent story lines in American media and public life today. One is the story of economic struggles and insecurity of working Americans who are working harder than ever and still unable to keep their heads above water. Increasingly...
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