This peer-learning space brings together funders working across Latin America & the Caribbean and is designed to be an informal, peer-led conversation where participants can share experiences and learn from one another as legal, regulatory, and security dynamics continue to shift across the region. ICNL will share insights from what they are hearing from local partners, followed by an open discussion to surface funder questions, needs, and approaches.

Please reach out to Victoria Méndez if you have any questions.

Our facilitators will draw on real experience — including the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country’s response to the July 2025 Kerr County floods, along with lessons from Uvalde, Texas, the Maine and California wildfires, and the Baltimore Key bridge collapse.

Facilitators will walk through a practical framework for building public understanding before a crisis, managing communications in the moment, aligning your internal team, and responding strategically to scrutiny from media. The session is built for community foundation CEOs and executive directors, communications staff, and program and community initiatives leaders. The program will include practical tools you can put to use right away including message maps and decision frameworks.

This workshop draws on real experiences from:

• July 2025 Kerr County floods
• Uvalde school shooting
• Maine and California wildfires
• Baltimore bridge collapse

Facilitators will walk through a practical framework for building public understanding before a crisis, managing communications in the moment, aligning your internal team, and responding strategically to scrutiny from media. The session is built for community foundation CEOs and executive directors, communications staff, and program and community initiatives leaders. The program will include practical tools you can put to use right away including message maps and decision frameworks.

Bridging Differences Leadership Cohort office hours offer cohort members a space to reflect on their learnings and ask questions about program content. This year, we're excited to open these sessions to cohort alumni. These sessions are an opportunity to reconnect with the program's themes and engage with the current cohort's experience.

Note
This registration is open to Alumni of the 2023, 2024, and 2025 Bridging Differences Leadership Cohort. If you are in the 2026 Cohort, refer to your calendar invitation for details.