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08/05/2024
The Women's Giving Circle of Howard County is proud to continue support for Black Philanthropy Month (BPM), observed every August.
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Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 01:00 to 03:00 PM
Maryland Philanthropy Network is using this year’s annual meeting as an opportunity for transformative change. Our Network must recognize the responsibility to engage in truth-telling and healing in order to support positive community transformation in Maryland. Together we'll hear from local and national grantmakers on the cutting edge of restorative practices, welcome new board members, and celebrate our outgoing board members and CEO Celeste Amato.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 01:00 to 03:00 PM
As our network seeks to further understand the critical shifts philanthropy is being asked to make, Maryland Philanthropy Network is continuing to use our annual meeting as an opportunity to exploring key topics to shift perspectives, cede power, and collaborate with communities to heal and achieve greater equity. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali, a renowned thought-leader, strategist, policymaker, and community liaison, will help us understand climate justice as central to the pursuit of racial justice and freedom. Kondwani Fidel, Baltimore native and globally recognized poet, will once again share his thought-provoking poetry with us, recognizing that arts and creativity have an indelible role in moving people to action for lasting social change.
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This report highlights both the circumstances that women face in the apparel industry and the broader economic environment in which apparel companies operate, which significantly affects how these companies treat their employees.
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06/18/2020
The nation is once again at a critical point in the centuries-long struggle to live up to its founding ideals.
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05/01/2021
Social isolation is not a personal choice or individual problem, bu
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01/30/2024
At a time when so many are willing to give up any discussion of America’s past in exchange for a false semblance of civil discourse, a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy makes the case that foundations have an immediate opportunity and responsibility to address society’s past harm in order to help communities heal and thrive. Cracks in the Foundation: Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations for Black People in the DMV details how the disparities in areas like education, income, employment and housing for Black residents in the District of Columbia, southern Maryland, and northern Virginia areas (commonly known as the DMV) are not random or natural occurrences but are a string of conscious choices that repeatedly harmed communities.
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03/25/2025
On March 26, 2024, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed as the result of a container ship striking one of its main supports.
Friday, December 10, 2021 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Health Funders Affinity Group and the Affinity Group on Aging for the third conversation in our mental health series. Our distinguished panel will share their expertise and intense work to create and sustain a 988 mental health crisis hotline. Together we will explore national and state models and their funding supports, the development plan for the initiative, and learn about Maryland’s need to implement and advocate for its urgency at the 2022 Legislative session. This is a call to action – 988 is not just a phone number – it is a proactive resource for people reaching out for help.
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This guide provides a solid basis for thinking and talking about the next steps in your organization’s learning work. It is designed to serve as a resource to help grantmakers answer critical learning questions and embed learning more deeply into the day-to-day work and cultures of their organizations.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 10:00 to 11:00 AM
This week’s call with Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative will include a presentation from Alma Roberts and Tonga Turner from Kaiser Permanente about a new community resource network as part of the Bold Moves Toward Recovery initiative.
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03/04/2025
Racial bias in home appraising can harm individuals by making home purchases more expensive or refinancing unattainable, but when compounded on the community level, it can have profound impacts on minority communities’ ability to build wealth. Using newly available federal data, this report finds evidence of systemic appraisal bias that undervalues homes in predominantly Black communities in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties.
Monday, February 27, 2017 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM
The 437th Maryland State Legislative session began on January 11, 2017. Join us for a panel presentation from state-wide children/education advocacy groups as they share their legislative agendas and strategies for this session.
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06/27/2019
A Mediterranean restaurant, retail and new offices for the Baltimore Community Foundation will open up as part of a new hub in Midtown by the end of the year.
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10/11/2019
The Baltimore-based African American Neuroscience Research Initiative (AANRI) announced Friday the receipt of a $275,000 grant from the Abell Foundation, which will provide critical funds to support the developmen
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11/21/2019
The Maryland Chamber of Commerce and the Baltimore Business Journal will present its business philanthropy awards to three Maryland businesses from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel.
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11/27/2019
Edgar Villanueva, vice president of programs and advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education and author of Decolonizing Wealth, and Hilary Giovale, community organizer and philanthropist, share an ancestral bond that is far from unique,
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03/13/2020
On March 11th, the World Health Organization announced that the CoronaVirus, COVID-19, is a global pandemic. With this news it is easy and also legitimate for us to feel stress, concern, and even fear.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 09:00 to 10:00 AM
Join your peers at Maryland Philanthropy Network for a virtual networking session. This will be a semi-structured opportunity to meet new colleagues or get to know peers a little more. Our virtual speed networking will primarily be 1:1 breakouts. We will have some prompts but feel free to let the conversation flow.
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