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February 27, 2019 -

1:00pm to 3:30pm

Freedom and Movement Center

Join Lateefah Simon from Akonadi Foundation and strategists of Dignity in Schools Campaign California (DSC CA) to build allies in philanthropy who are willing to invest in movement building leadership to keep California at the forefront ending...

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Announcing Annual Conference Breakout Sessions

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03/18/2019

Check out our lineup for morning breakout speakers.

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2019 Annual Conference

16 Jul 2019

Disaster Resilience Learning Exchange: Using a Gender, Racial, and Economic Justice Framework in Building Resilient Communities

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July 16, 2019 -

10:00am to 1:00pm

The California Endowment

Disasters are increasing across every state and on multiple terrains including wildfires, hurricanes, mass shootings, and financial crisis. Disasters have a disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable parts of our communities, including cisgender...

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07 Nov 2019

Camp Fire Remembrance

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Climate Resilience and Justice

November 7, 2019 - 5:30pm to November 9, 2019 - 12:00pm

Chico and Paradise

Please join the North Valley Community Foundation (NVCF) and local communities to mark the one-year anniversary of the Camp Fire that devastated Paradise and surrounding communities in Butte County, California. NVCF would like to honor partners and...

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Statewide

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NCG Board Chair on Leadership Transition

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12/19/2019

In partnership with the staff, Ellen has transformed NCG into a critical and respected member of the Northern California philanthropic community and a thriving organization. The board holds the highest confidence in the abilities of the staff and...

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Six Questions You Can Ask To Support Disability Inclusion

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04/23/2020

Funders have an opportunity to protect and preserve disability civil and human rights for the 1 in 4 Americans that have a disability. How can we alter our practices to be intentional about disability-inclusive giving? How can applying a disability...

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23 Feb 2021

The Ethos of Being Trust-Based Session 3: Building Trust Begins at Home — Practices That Advance or Weaken Trust in Your Organization

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February 23, 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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18 Feb 2021

Liberation for Communications Folks Series | Session 3

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February 18, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Zoom Meeting

Managing Up: How do you respond to a microaggression from your boss? As messengers for our organizations, communications staff are uniquely positioned to be on the frontline of confronting microaggressions within their organizations and within the...

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Funders for Climate Equity

About The Funders for Climate Equity network is a collaboration with the League of California Community Foundations and Smart Growth California . We are a network of funders learning together, incorporating a climate equity lens into current and...

NCG Members Speak Up

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06/05/2020

NCG's members are speaking up, some for the first time, about the protests, the killings, and the structural racism behind them. Several point toward organizations we can fund right now to fuel this movement. We are proud to share all of them here.

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Curriculum | 2021 Communications Institute

Take a look at the curriculum for the 2021 Communications Institute.

New "Motor Voter" Act Signed

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10/12/2015

On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that instantly registers residents to vote when they renew or obtain a new license beginning in 2016. The “New Motor Voter Act” is just one of many steps aimed at addressing California’s low election...

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Announcing Powerhouse Workshops | NCG's 2016 Annual Conference

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05/12/2016

Choose your lunch breakout sessions and get strategies, tools, and methods to bring your own Power of Now back to the office. Apply big ideas on culture, technology, race and gender equity, and wealth concentration into your own work.

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26 Jul 2018

2018 Corporate Philanthropy Awards & Summit

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Corporate Contributions Roundtable

July 26, 2018 -

7:00am to 11:45am

Fairmont Hotel San Francisco, Grand Ballroom

It's that time of year when the San Francisco Business Times honors top Bay Area corporate philanthropists and shares the stories of those who do it best. NCG is proud to once again be a partner sponsor for this inspiring breakfast event honoring...

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Shape California’s Future: Apply to the 2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission

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08/01/2019

Census and redistricting – two sides of the same coin. Both take place every ten years and both are integral to determining how each Californian is represented at the federal, state, and local levels. In California, our groundbreaking independent...

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Why We’ve Stopped Saying ‘Natural Disaster’ and You Should Too

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08/01/2019

Not so long ago, I used the term "natural disaster" in a manuscript for a publication. My PhD supervisor shot back, “There's nothing natural about disasters.” Decades of hazard research and our frontline communities are concluding the same thing:...

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Disaster Response and Resilience

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FAQs | Racial Equity Action Institute

FAQ's of NCG's Racial Equity Action Institute.

23 Jul 2015

REGISTRATION CLOSED: Building Power in Asian American & Pacific Islander Communities

July 23, 2015 -

12:00pm to 3:00pm

The James Irvine Foundation

AAPI communities are one of the fastest growing populations in the United States. California is home to nearly a third of the national AAPI population, and since 2008, the percentage of voters who are AAPI nearly doubled in the state. In many Bay...

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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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