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Making it Real: The Link Between Issue Organizing, Ballot Initiatives, and Building Power
Friday, November 01, 2019 at 02:00 to 03:00 PM

When looking at our issue advocacy strategies, how can we strengthen our understanding of evolving concepts like ballot initiatives, organizing, and direct action that together advance this work for the long term?  Join us for a conversation moderated by Julie Fernandes, Rockefeller Family Fund, to help break down those interrelated approaches.  Leaders in the field will share how ballot initiatives are an integral part of issue advocacy, followed by how these measures are implemented in combination with community-driven organizing through ways that lead to increased civic engagement.

Event type: 
Webinar/Teleconference
Audience: 
All Funders
Topic: 
Democracy and Social Sector
Funding Area: 
Advocacy
Families to receive 500K diapers during pandemic
Release Date: 
04/09/2020

Through a new partnership, 10,000 needy families in the city will receive half a million diapers over the next two months, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced today. Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr.

Mission Investors Exchange 2020 National Conference: What Does it Mean for Maryland to Invest in Place?
Friday, May 22, 2020 at 12:00 to 01:45 PM

Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network and Mission Investors Exchange for a discussion about place-based impact investing practices in Maryland. Several case studies will be shared and discussed to understand what it looks like for foundations to elevate community priorities by investing in place.

Event type: 
Conference
Audience: 
All Funders
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Finance & Asset Management
Impact Investing
Public/Private Partnership
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Economic Development
Environment/Sustainability
Baltimore Sun Business and Civic Hall of Fame 2020 class
Release Date: 
09/11/2020

The Baltimore Sun is pleased to introduce you to the 2020 Baltimore Sun Business and Civic Hall of Fame inductees. This group is the fifth to be recognized for achievements in business, philanthropy, public service, education, the arts, and more.

Facing Reality But Finding Hope
Release Date: 
01/17/2021

Like so many of you, I am still processing the horrifying and deadly January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, while also looking ahead with concern to the week when our country inaugurates a new president and vice president.

Prenatal-to-Five Affinity Group Meeting - January 2022
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

In January, the Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative will be getting a 2022 Legislative Session Preview from Maryland Family Network; have a discussion with PN-5 member, Meredith Callanan, about the Early Years Leadership Diversity Initiative's research report, entitled Diversify Early Childhood Leadership: It’s Time to Remove the Barriers Holding Us Back; and Cathy Costa, from the Maternal and Child Health Division of the Baltimore City Health Department, will provide an update on Baltimore City’s Pritzker grant.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Prenatal to Five Affinity Group
Funding Area: 
Education: Early childhood
Families and Children
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative Monthly Luncheon - August 2022
Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 12:00 to 02:00 PM

Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC) meets each month. The Collaborative is a group of private and public funders committed to advancing equity, job quality and systems change efforts that lead to family-sustaining wages, strengthened communities and a vibrant local economy. BWFC members actively fund workforce development, are willing to co-invest, are committed to tracking outcomes and sharing investment data, and work together to improve workforce systems.

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Audience: 
Members Only
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Funding Area: 
Employment/Workforce development

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