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Facilitated Discussions
Thanks for joining these discussions and building peer support, and thank you to our fabulous volunteer facilitators!
Identity-based caucuses, open to folks from these communities:
| People of color
| Carmela Galvez, Just Communities-Central Coast |
| Rural fundraisers
| Paulina Hernández, Southerners On New Ground |
| LGBTQ
| Gayle Roberts, consultant |
| New fundraisers
| Janet Upadhye, San Francisco Women Against Rape |
| Immigrants
| HaeYoung Yoon, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities |
Issue-based dialogues, open to folks working on these issues:
| Arts
| Tanya Mote, El Centro Su Teatro |
| Youth empowerment
| Prishni Murillo, Youth Together |
| Media
| Lisa Rudman and Khanh Pham, National Radio Project |
| Environmental justice
| Hai Binh Nguyen & Miya Yoshitami, Asian Pacific Environmental Network |
| International issues
| Yael Falicov, International Development Exchange |
| Criminal Justice/Anti-Prison Industrial Complex | Ari Wohlfeiler, Critical Resistance |
| Economic justice
| Will Cordery, Amnesty International |
| Derechos Inmigrantes En Español | Roberto Tijerina, El Centro Highlander |
| Immigrant rights
| Catherine Tactaquin, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights |
| Racial justice
| Yasmeen Perez, FIERCE |
| Feminist organizing
| Sherelle Hessell, formerly of Chinook Fund |
Topical skill-shares, open to all conference attendees:
| Recent successes with using Web 2.0 and online fundraising
| Kwame Tsikata, Progressive Technology Project |
| The delicate dance of foundation fundraising
| Karen Topakian, Agape Foundation |
| Preventing fundraiser burnout
| Manish Vaidya, GIFT |
| Follow-up conversations to the debate
| Stephanie Guilloud, Project South, Joo-Hyun Kang, Consultant, and Mark Toney, The Utility Reform Network |
Exhibitor-led demonstrations, open to all conference attendees
| How Having a Donor-Centric Software Can Save you Time and Enable You to Raise More Money | DonorPerfect/SofterWare, Inc. |
| Network for Good's Online Fundraising Services | Charles Ball Senior Sales Associate, Nonprofit Service |
Special sessions:
Lifting the Movement from Underneath - facilitated by Judy Levine, Cause Effective
For fundraising trainers and consultants only.
12:30 - 2:00, Friday
This conference provides an unusual opportunity to be in the same space with other consultants and trainers from around the country who work primarily with grassroots and social justice organizations on building individual donor support for their work. Join us for a conversation on the current issues and trends we're discovering in our work and how we can learn from and support each other.
For Funders Who Fundraise: Tools for Supporting Donors of Color - facilitated by Changemakers
12:30 - 2:00, Friday
Help Shape What's Next for GIFT and the Grassroots Fundraising Journal - facilitated by the GIFT Board of Directors
4:30 - 6:00, Friday
Join the Board of Directors of GIFT and the Journal to help us plan the next 3 years of our new, merged organization. Participate in a no-holds-barred discussion on which of our programs are essential and which ones need improvement. How can we do more work nationally and in underserved communities. How can we collaborate more with other groups and support the social justice movement. How can we build our own capacity and resource base. Come share your feedback and ideas to build a stronger GIFT!
Robin Hood was Right: Raising Money Strategically to Resource Movement Building - facilitated by Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
4:30 - 6:00, Friday
The non-profit industrial complex and the dependency of grassroots organizations on foundations is a growing debate in social movements nationally and internationally. The competition over scarce foundation resources for social justice organizing is both a cause and a result of the fragmentation of our organizing struggles in the U.S. Grassroots organizations lack a collective analysis and strategy for resourcing our movement building efforts. We have not created mechanisms for asserting influence on political priorities and accountability of foundations to the movement. The Right has taken advantage of this and is imposing their political will on funding priorities through foundation boards and pressure in Congress. In this discussion we will share an analysis of the state of philanthropy in relation to social movements and potential efforts for coordination of social movement strategies. We will also look at the resourcing of the US Social Forum as a case study.
Magnetizing Money for Media: How Social Change Orgs Can Make Media - and Fund It - facilitated by Lisa Rudman and Khanh Pham, Making Contact Media/National Radio Project 4:30 - 5:30, Friday
Join us to discuss how social change groups can partner with media makers to create radio, TV, or print media that supports their campaign or ongoing social change work. We'll discuss ways to find funding and to deepen the collaborations between independent media-makers and community groups. Our expertise is in independent media and movement-building media more than corporate-owned media.
GIFT Internship Alumni Network Gathering - facilitated by the Internship Alumni Network Coordinating Committee
For alumni of GIFT's Internship Program only
12:15 - 1:45, Saturday
In the past 10 years, GIFT's internship program has trained and graduated more than 100 people of color as social justice fundraisers. Now, we're ready for the next step. Raising Change marks the launch of our Internship Alumni Network. The Network will be an ongoing space for leadership development, skill training, peer support and mentorship. Look for our special Internship Alumni Network "launch session" on Saturday. During the session, we will share our goals for the Network, set an agenda for the first year, and map out a plan to make it happen!
Environmental Support Center FUNDS Grantees Gathering - facilitated by Peggy Mathews, Environmental Support Center
For ESC's FUNDS grantees only
12:15 - 1:45, Saturday
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