Maine Philanthropy Center

Building Connections for Maine Grantmakers

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At MPC, we believe that increasing awareness, knowledge, and skills around diversity, equity, and inclusion issues and practices is key way for philanthropy to be more effective in Maine.

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Black Immigrant Leadership: Sustaining & Building Movements for Justice

Thursday, March 11, 2021 |
3:00pm to 4:00pm

Presented by Four Freedoms Fund and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrant and Refugees

Black immigrant leaders continue to constitute an essential part the overlapping immigrant and racial justice movements. Join the Four Freedoms Fund and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for a discussion with leaders from these movements and the release of a report with recommendations for philanthropy.Read more

Event type: 
Webinar
Audience: 
Funders
Topic(s): 
About Philanthropy
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Community Conversation: Meeting the Moment of a Democracy in Crisis

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 |
3:00pm to 4:15pm

Presented by PEAK Grantmaking

Many of us are individually, and as a community within the philanthropic sector, reflecting on the events of January 6, 2021. We do so while also managing through the personal...Read more

Event type: 
Meeting/Discussion
Audience: 
Funders
Topic(s): 
About Philanthropy
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Philanthropy And The Case For Reparations

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 | 1:00pm

Presented by Decolonizing Wealth Project and Democratizing Development Program

As our country heals and pivots forward under a new administration, conversations and actions for reparations for Black and Indigenous communities continue to gain unprecedented momentum.

Join Nile Malloy, Neighborhood Funders Group & Edgar Villanueva, Decolonizing Wealth Project for a two-part series to further discuss the growing work on reparations to heal, restore, repair, and rebuild communities. Learn more how funders and leaders are moving forward a diverse range of approaches to move resources to respond to our political moment.Read more

Event type: 
Webinar
Audience: 
Consultants/Advisors
Funders
Nonprofits
Topic(s): 
About Philanthropy
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

#PhilanthropySoWhite: What Is the Role of White Leaders in Philanthropy in Dismantling White Supremacy

Friday, February 19, 2021 |
12:00pm to 1:00pm

Presented by Decolonizing Wealth Project in partnership with the Schott Foundation for Public Education and The Nellie Mae Education Foundation

In 2018, Edgar Villanueva, author of Decolonizing Wealth, moderated the first #PhilanthropySoWhite webinar to discuss white leaders’ role in philanthropy...Read more

Event type: 
Webinar
Audience: 
Consultants/Advisors
Funders
Nonprofits
Topic(s): 
About Philanthropy
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Maine Philanthropy and Indigenous Communities & A Conversation with Maine Tribal Chiefs

Thursday, February 18, 2021 | 2:00pm to Wednesday, February 24, 2021 | 4:00pm
Virtual Event

Maine Philanthropy and Indigenous Communities & A Conversation with Maine Tribal Chiefs

As philanthropies who are already engaged in supporting BIPOC organizations and projects and who are nurturing relationships in this space, we invite you and 1 representative from your board...Read more

Event type: 
Meeting/Discussion
Audience: 
Board/Trustees
Executive Staff
Funders
Topic(s): 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Geographic Location: 
Statewide

Let's Talk About: Race, Policy and Action

Tuesday, July 21, 2020 |
8:30am to 11:00am
Zoom

In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, international mass protests emerged and demands persist for racial justice and an end to policies rooted in racial discrimination. Calls for individuals and institutions to be anti-racist have increased. But what...Read more

Event type: 
Program
Audience: 
Board/Trustees
Consultants/Advisors
Funders
Nonprofits
Topic(s): 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Advocacy
Geographic Location: 
Statewide

DEI Stumbling Blocks and Questions - A Conversation with Lelia DeAndrade

Line Drawing of a Sandwich
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 |
11:30am to 1:00pm
United Way of Greater Portland

Part of a series of conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that take place over lunch.Read more

Event type: 
Meeting/Discussion
Audience: 
Board/Trustees
Community Foundation
Corporate Giving
Family Foundation
Funders
Private Foundation
Public Foundation
Topic(s): 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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