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Baltimore City Policing: Priorities for Reform
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Please join the Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Health Funders for a conversation about alternative policing strategies for behavioral health. We will receive an overview of the behavioral health components of the Consent Decree, and discuss the potential alternatives needed in the system of care to promote diversion. We will hear from Crista Taylor, President and CEO of Behavioral Health System Baltimore, Terry Hickey, from the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, and Lieutenant Colonel Monique Brown of the Baltimore City Police Department’s Neighborhood Patrol Division – the CPIC leaders.

Audience: 
Behavioral Health Funders
Health Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Legal Issues
Public/Private Partnership
Funding Area: 
Behavioral Health
Criminal Justice
Health Access and Care
Public Safety and Violence Prevention
Transforming Older Adults Lives through Better Transit
Monday, December 07, 2020 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM

The Affinity Group on Aging invites you to a program focusing on the critical determinant of health; the lack of affordable, accessible transportation for older adults. As Baltimore City residents age, they often lose their capacity to drive which negatively impacts their independence and quality of life contributing to ill health due to social isolation and loneliness.

Audience: 
Aging/Older Adults Funders
Focus on Tutoring Programs: Part II - Math
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Education Funders Affinity Group for a two-part series on tutoring programs. For our second discussion, our speakers Joshua Michael from University of Maryland Baltimore County's Sherman Scholars Program and Maryellen Leneghan and Alan Safran from Saga Education will introduce us to their mathematics tutoring programs. Come learn about what we know about effective math tutoring practices, programmatic models for two leaders in mathematic tutoring, and ways philanthropy can help to expand tutoring supports in Baltimore.

Audience: 
Education Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Focus on City Schools
The State of Reproductive Health and Justice Efforts in Maryland
Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 10:30 to 12:00 PM

Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Health Affinity Group for a hybrid program on reproductive justice efforts in Maryland. This session will explore the current national reproductive health landscape and the impact on Maryland, including the identified unmet needs and the 2022/23 legislation passed to protect and expand access to abortion care in Maryland. We’ll discuss organizing efforts around the Right to Reproductive Freedom constitutional amendment on the ballot in November 2024.

Audience: 
All Funders
Health Funders
Topic: 
Public Policy
Funding Area: 
Health Access and Care
The Maryland Commission on Public Health: What it is and Ways to Engage
Friday, February 02, 2024 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Health Funders Affinity Group and Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation, for an engaging conversation on the support needed for the launch of the Maryland Commission on Public Health. The Commission was newly created in June 2023 by the Maryland General Assembly, inspired by Dr. Monroe’s public health work in Indiana, Health First Indiana. 

Audience: 
Health Funders
Funding Area: 
Health Access and Care
2025 Health Legislative Debrief
Monday, April 28, 2025 at 11:00 to 12:30 PM

Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Health Funders Affinity Group for a debrief and information session on health issues in this year’s legislative session. Ashley Woolard, Attorney with the Public Justice Center, Vincent DeMarco, President of the Health Care for All! Coalition, and Dan Martin and Linda Raines with the Mental Health Association of MD (MHAMD) will share the outcomes of their advocacy work, overcoming the budget constraints, and what to prepare for next year’s session. 

Event type: 
Meeting
Audience: 
Behavioral Health Funders
Health Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Public Policy
Funding Area: 
Advocacy
Behavioral Health
Health Access and Care
The Alarming Rates of Older Adult Homelessness
Monday, May 20, 2024 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Funders Together to End Homelessness Baltimore and Aging Innovations’ Seniors and Housing Collaborative to explore the causes and consequences of homelessness and housing instability, and efforts to prevent and end homelessness and ameliorate the effects of homelessness and housing instability on health. 

Audience: 
Aging/Older Adults Funders
Housing Funders
Members Only
Seniors & Housing Collaborative
Funding Area: 
Housing and Homelessness
Special Funder Briefing: Responding to Attacks on Afghans, Somalis and the Immigration System
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 12:00 to 01:00 PM

Following the tragic shooting of two National Guard members in the nation’s capital that left one dead and the other in serious condition, the Trump administration has made new policy announcements targeting lawful migration pathways and immigrant and refugee communities.  In light of these emerging developments, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), Maryland Philanthropy Network, and other colleague organizations are holding a special funder briefing to explore what philanthropy can do in this moment to respond.

Audience: 
All Funders
Topic: 
Public Policy
Funding Area: 
Advocacy
Immigration and Refugees

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