Announcements

Neighborhood Funders Group Social Justice Institute! July 10 - 11, 2012; Detroit, MI

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDERS' GROUP 2012 SOCIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE
July 10th - 11th, 2012
Skillman Foundation, Detroit, MI

ON LINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR NFG'S
2012 SOCIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE

The NFG board of directors, staff and the 2012 Social Justice Institute Planning Committee are very pleased to announce the opening of on-line registration for the 2012 Neighborhood Funders' Group Social Justice Institute!read more >>

Unbound Philanthropy Adds New Staff

Unbound Philanthropy is a family foundation that funds work to protect the human rights of immigrants and refugees and to support their integration into receiving communities. The foundation has promoted two staff members to directorships while doubling its staff size in recent months.

Ted Wang was promoted to program director for Unbound Philanthropy’s United States Program and Will Somerville was named program director for the foundation’s United Kingdom Program.read more >>

Security and Rights Collaborative Funder Briefing - Spying, Profiling and Security: Advocates Respond to the Expansion of Local Law Enforcement, Thursday, July 19th in New York, NY

Spying, Profiling and Security: Advocates Respond to the Expansion of Local Law Enforcement

Thursday, 19 July, 10am – 12pm

Location: The Atlantic Philanthropies
75 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013
212.916.7300

RSVP by July 16 to
bjimenez [at] proteusfund [dot] orgread more >>

The U.S. Human Rights Fund at Public Interest Projects Launches New Website on Racial Justice

The U.S. Human Rights Fund at Public Interest Projects is launching a new website about how to use human rights values, standards and strategies to secure racial justice. The content for the site was generated at Using Human Rights to Achieve Racial Justice: We Shall Overcome, a convening the Fund hosted in November 2011. The meeting brought together more than 150 advocates, funders, artists, and journalists from across the U.S.

GCIR 2012 National Convening: June 13-15, Portland, Oregon

GCIR 2012 National Convening, Global Trends, National Implications, Local Innovationsread more >>

Race & Equity Collaborative Briefing: Why Local Matters: Race, Power, and Place; Thursday, May 31, 2012, New York, NY

THE RACE AND EQUITY COLLABORATIVE Presents:
The Race & Equity Collaborative is a proteus fund initiative

Why Local Matters: Race, Power, and Placeread more >>