Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Reversing the Trend of Intolerance and Exclusion

Release Date:

03/20/2017

The theme of our Annual Conference this year is Bigger. Bolder. Stronger . The piece below by NCG's Christopher Punongbayan invites further discussion related to the current political environment and what philanthropy might be able...

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Equity and Social Justice

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When the Movement Calls, Will We Hear It?

Release Date:

02/16/2017

I recently took the BART to San Francisco International Airport, but I wasn’t trying to catch a plane. I went to join the thousands of people who protested at airports around the country in response to the president’s executive action banning...

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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PubPolicy/SocialJustice:CommOrganizing

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Stanford Social Innovation Review | Shifting Philanthropy From Charity to Justice

Release Date:

02/16/2017

Historical injustices—perpetuated by racial and cultural conflicts, and exacerbated by a lack of empathy—are at the heart of America’s growing economic, social, and political inequalities.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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Equity and Social Justice

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Are We in a Moment?

Release Date:

01/20/2016

This year, we brought members together with grantees to lift the baton for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in a conversation with MLK’s counsel and speech writer, Dr. Clarence B. Jones.

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The Roots Are Still Growing

Release Date:

10/13/2015

A social justice activist and funder who has consistently worked with the intersection of race, class and gender for more than 30 years, Susan Wefald is trying to build capacity of organizations and movements to affect change.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Income Inequality

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Economic & Community Development

Economic/Community Development:Workforce

Populations & Communities

Populations/Communities:People of Color

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PropelNext Selects 15 California Grantees

Release Date:

08/10/2015

The PropelNext California Partnership announced that 15 nonprofits have been selected to receive grants and from its first California grantee cohort including three NCG members–the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard...

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Children & Youth

Children & Youth: Youth Development

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Taking on Wedge Politics

Release Date:

07/15/2015

NCG member Cathy Cha, Program Director for Immigrant Rights and Integration at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, published Taking on Wedge Politics discussing how foundations can take race issues head on.

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Immigration

Public Policy & Social Justice

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FordForward: The Ford Foundation Charts a New Course

Release Date:

06/11/2015

"Today is not a new beginning. It is a next step in a quest begun eight decades ago," said Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation.

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Asian American & Pacific Islander Communities: An Untapped Political Bloc?

Release Date:

06/09/2015

Here in the Bay Area we have a large and diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander Community—Asian Americans make up 24% of the Bay Area population vs. less than 6% nationwide. It’s hard to imagine this cultural community not being a strong...