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COVID-19 Disparities and Social Determinants of Health
Monday, March 15, 2021 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM

Please join the Health Funders for a dive into the problematic health disparities in COVID-19 cases among people of color and the social determinants that play into those disparities. This program will include a conversation about addressing social determinants, and the importance of health equity in response to COVID-19, ideas for responding to health disparities through philanthropy, and areas for shared learning.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Health Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
COVID-19
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Funding Area: 
Disaster Relief
Health Access and Care
Creating Peace in Baltimore through Grassroots Violence Disruption
Tuesday, April 03, 2018 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Join us to meet some local leaders working on this issue. We’ll hear about Baltimore Ceasefire from Marylander of the Year, Erricka Bridgeford, and “We Speak Up,” a collaborative effort between Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters United, Metro-Crime Stoppers and the local faith community whose goal is fight the anti-snitching culture in Baltimore.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Public Safety/Violence Prevention
Focus on City Schools: Fair Student Funding and Budget Updates
Wednesday, March 07, 2018 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

In 2008, City Schools adopted a model for school budgeting called “fair student funding” to put as many dollars as possible directly in schools, whose communities know best what their students need. According to City Schools, a number of changes have occurred since then.

Event type: 
Network Building
Audience: 
Education Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Focus on City Schools
Funding Area: 
Education
Philanthropic Seminar: Positive Deviance
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 08:30 to 09:00 AM

In the past decade, corporate change management experts seized upon an international, public health practice – positive deviance – identifying the people already doing things different and better and encouraging others to copy them.  Please join y

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
Members Only
Intersection of Neighborhood Development and Student Achievement
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

Join us on December 13th to hear from Cheryl Knott of the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BNIA) as they overlay data as it relates to School Centered Neighborhood Investment (SCNI) and student outcomes for Baltimore City children.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Community Investment Funders
Education Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
School Centered Neighborhood Investment Initiative
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Education
Keeping Kids in School: The Equity Issue of Suspensions
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Join us to learn about the Maryland Suspension Representation Project's work to reconnect students with school and needed supports, hear how this can improve school systems and reduce school push-out and racial disparities in discipline, and share your ideas for keeping students in school.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Education Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Children's and Youth Services
Civil Rights and Social Justice
Education

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