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Responding to Extremism -- New Thinking about Norms and Trust
Tuesday, June 07, 2022 at 01:00 to 02:00 PM

In the wake of rising domestic extremism, hate-fueled attacks, and global attention to the atrocities in Ukraine, Tigray, and China, how should funders respond? Join us for a conversation with Dr. David Frey, Founding Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the United States Military Academy, West Point about understanding, preventing, and responding to extremism, and empowering individuals, communities and organizations as they chart new paths forward.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Funding Area: 
Public Safety/Violence Prevention
Workforce and Financial Stability Legislative Debrief
Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM

Please join the Workforce Funders Affinity Group to hear outcomes from this year’s legislative session. Our speakers will share information about passed legislation and efforts that did not quite make it this year. They will also provide information outcomes of specific bills in the 2022 Maryland Legislative Session in the issue areas of workforce development and quality jobs, the public safety net, financial education, asset building, and consumer protections.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Funding Area: 
Advocacy
Employment/Workforce development
National Alliance on Mental Illness Workshop: In Our Own Voice
Friday, April 29, 2022 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM

Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to host this In Our Own Voice workshop, in partnership with the Baltimore affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to understand the experience of mental health issues from people with lived experience. NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore’s In Our Own Voice aims to change attitudes, assumptions, and stereotypes by describing the reality of living with mental illness. People with mental health conditions share their powerful personal stories in this presentation. We will be joined in this session by Kerry Graves, Executive Director of NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore. 

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Behavioral Health Funders
Health Funders
Funding Area: 
Behavioral Health
Health Access and Care

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