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Strategies for a Changing Northern New England: Maine Fact Sheet
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November 2016
A fact sheet on immigration and demographic change in Maine, developed in June 2016.
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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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GCIR Resources for Funders on Immigration
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November 2016
Two fact sheets for funders on immigration developed by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and shared at the 10/20/2016 Community-Engaged Grantmaking workshop. The first is Talking Points on Immigration for Funders, the second is a Funders Guide to Grants and Immigration Status.
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Equity in Grantmaking: Walking the Walk
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January 2016
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Implicit Bias Presentation
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October 2015
A burgeoning field of scholarship suggests that unequal racial, gender, and other outcomes may be partially explained by the implicit, or unconscious, bias held by many of us, particularly key decision-makers, such as doctors, teachers, judges, and philanthropists. From the 2015 Funders Forum, the presentation on implicit bias by speakers Johanna Wald and Andrew Grant-Thomas.
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Responsive Philanthropy Special Issue on Implicit Bias in Philanthropy
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May 2015
A special issue of Responsive Philanthropy devoted to what philanthropy can do to combat implicit bias, or the way in which our unconscious minds shape and contribute to our thoughts and actions. A diverse roster of authors explores how this phenomenon both affects the many challenges we as a society face and its implications for how philanthropy addresses these issues.
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Implicit Bias and Its Role in Philanthropy and Grantmaking
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May 2015
This edition of "Responsive Philanthropy," from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, features articles about implicit bias and approaches for addressing it.
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Environmentalism's Racist History
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March 2015
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Speak Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry
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January 2015
A toolkit for responding to everyday bigotry. Developed by the Southern Law Poverty Center, the guide (available in pdf and website formats) provides advice and suggestions for responding to everyday bigotry in a variety of settings-- among family, among friends and neighbors, at work, at school, and in public. In the making of this book, the Southern Poverty Law Center gathered hundreds of stories of everyday bigotry from people across the United States. They told their stories through email, personal interviews and at roundtable discussions in four cities: Baltimore, Md.; Columbia, S.C.;...
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The State of Diversity in the Mainstream Environmental Sector
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December 2014
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Nearly $1.2M given by Bangor Savings Bank to COVID-19 relief and DEI efforts
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04/13/2021
With 2020 certain to be remembered for COVID-19 and social unrest, Bangor Savings Bank focused its charitable giving in precisely those areas and finished its fiscal year with nearly $1.2 million in combined gifts and grants to Maine and New Hamps
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