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Updates and Resource Needs from Protests and Organizing Around the Country – Rapid Response Call for Funders
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Wednesday, July 13th
12:30-1:30pm pacific / 1:30-2:30 mountain / 2:30-3:30 central / 3:30-4:30 eastern
Co-hosted by Borealis Philanthropy and Funders for Justice
Co-sponsored by Open Society Foundations, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity, Solidaire Network
(list in formation – If your institution would like to be listed as a co-sponsor, please write to us at fundersforjustice@nfg.org)
Call-In
Dial: (866) 236-8237 or (866) 327-1005
Participants Access Code: 2807594#
Agenda
- Updates & Resource Needs: protests & organizing across the country and resource needs on the ground – Representative from the Movement for Black Lives steering committee
- Where to Direct Dollars and Other Resources – and what some funders are doing now in response to meet the needs.
- Bail funds and other rapid response needs as they arise
- Funding movement infrastructure and collaborations that can be fast and nimble at times like this
- What some funders are doing now in response to meet the needs
- What funders can do if they want to provide support but do not have the internal capacity for rapid response
- What else is needed
- Funding Civil Disobedience – what’s possible for funders, and recommendations for strategies