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“Many people who are being left behind are from communities being left behind. If we don’t come to terms with the racial divide, we will cause a generational divide,” said Angela Glover Blackwell. Wow. What a great way to get the blood pumping at the morning plenary. Well spoken,…
Delivered Monday, July 13 during the 2015 NAACP National Convention along with Senator Casey, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chairman G.K. Butterfield and more.
The full video remarks can be viewed here with Vikki Spruill starting at 1:11.
Good morning! My name is Vikki…
Bahia Ramos joined Knight Foundation in September 2009. She is the arts program director. Previously, Ramos was the program director for community foundations, managing Knight's investments in its 18 nonresident communities. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Ramos lived in London for two years,…
At the end of the morning discussion about the power of celebrities in support of causes they care about on day two of the conference, we got a beautiful surprise: the high, sweet, and brilliant tones of Robert Vijay Gupta’s violin reverberating throughout the ballroom. When he…
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Want to learn more about Impact Investing? Join us for webinar discussion, Impact Investing and Community Foundations: The Nuts and Bolts. Trisha will join her colleagues Kelly Ryan (Incourage Community Foundation) and Lisa Richter (Avivar Capital) to talk you through the steps…
In 2014, the Cleveland Foundation became the first community foundation in the world to turn 100 years old. After Frederick H. Goff founded Cleveland’s community foundation in 1914, the idea quickly took off across the United States and today there are an estimated 1,800 community…
Feeling stagnant? Overwhelmed with today’s societal problems? Concerned we’re not making progress and reaching our full potential? Well, please find solace in knowing that global philanthropy is growing by leaps and bounds. In fact, we’re giving birth to a new and improved…
Trisha Finnegan is Vice President, Community Leadership, at the Community Foundation of Louisville.
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, is president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a position she has held since 2003. With more than 30 years of personal experience as a medical practitioner, policymaker, professor, and nonprofit executive, Lavizzo-Mourey combines the scientific and ethical…
McQuillin Murphy is a sophomore at Penn State studying international politics and geography. Originally from Bernville, Pennsylvania, McQuillin has developed a passion for world cultures. Recently, he and his twin brother traveled to all of Europe’s microstates in a three week period; in…