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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. In this case, you might look towards people who have experience either with the legislative process or with advancing public policy through coalition building, for example.

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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

sgEngage

By embracing these principles of equity, fostering collaboration, and committing to meaningful action, philanthropic organizations can continue to be powerful catalysts for positive change. Center the Voices of Impacted Communities: Listen to and prioritize the perspectives of those most affected by systemic inequities.

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

Candid

They amplified the voices and perspectives of women of color leaders on this platform and in their webinars. Intersectional demographic data, vital to feminist philanthropy WFN is a deeply intersectional movement of funders fighting for policies and standards across lines of race, class, and gender.

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Anthem Awards Finalists Announced!

Forum One

New this year, fans can support and celebrate this year’s Finalists through Anthem Community Voice from now until December 21, 2023. The for-profit and nonprofit entries in each category with the greatest amount of support will win the first-ever Anthem Community Voice Awards. The post Anthem Awards Finalists Announced!

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Highlights from Candid’s most popular philanthropic resources in 2023?

Candid

Community Fund: A Participatory Grantmaking Case Study , by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative   This case study offers a first-hand look at fostering community collaboration in philanthropy. This case study illustrates the outcomes they achieved by directly engaging community members in their grant funding decision-making process.

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Navigating the Conundrum of Auxiliaries

VQ Strategies

Of course, there are auxiliaries that are adaptable, responsive, and truly collaborative. Well, first and foremost, they are proceeding slowly, carefully, and collaboratively. This is where collaboration is especially crucial. Another key element is involving both veteran volunteer leaders (to honor the past) and new voices.

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Policy 2.0: Can Online Collaboration Lead to Better Public Policy?

Forum One

Now, Hope Street Group (a Forum One client) has opened up the policy making process with a new collaboration platform: Policy 2.0. The three steps are: Recruit engaged citizens from outside of government -- most importantly the people directly impacted by the policy. Hope Street Group pilot tested its Policy 2.0

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