Funders Look at Advocacy Beyond Lobbying
Last Thursday’s program: Alliance for Justice, Investing in Chnage - A Funder’s Guide to Supporting Advocacy in Oregon and Southwest Washington event was the official start to the 2008 programming year. It featured a stellar presentation by Abby Levine from the Alliance for Justice and interactive panel discussion with local funders: Chris DeMars/Northwest Health Foundation, Barb Gibbs/Meyer Memorial Trust, Alissa Keny-Guyer/Penney Family Fund and State Representative Tina Kotek. The 55 participants learned how to integrate advocacy into their grantmaking by identifying lobbying activities and look beyond including it: awarding general operating grants without lobbying restrictions, acting as a convener, and making yourself available to legislators as an expert. The Alliance for Justice provided resources and information that can be found online at http://www.afj.org/for-nonprofits-foundations. Additionally, they have recently launched state specific resources for 12 states including Oregon and Washington at http://www.afj.org/for-nonprofits-foundations/state-resources. To learn more about the program, what local funders are doing or to receive a hard copy of the meeting’s resource materials contact (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 503.226.6340.
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BIENNIAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Charting The Course: Moving Forward in Challenging Times
The Loft at the Red Building
No. 20 Basin Street
Astoria, Oregon
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October 13-15th 2010
- $295 First Member
- $275 Additional Members
- $395 Non-members
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CORPORATE FUNDERS LEARNING EXCHANGE
Beyond Cause-Related Marketing
Sponsored by Pacific Power Foundation
7:30 am - 9:00 am
Thursday, September 2, 2010
**NEW LOCATION**
Meyer Memorial Trust
425 NW 10th Ave, Suite 400
Portland, OR 97209
$10.00 Members, $35.00 Non-Members
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Connecting the Dots: Health, Housing, and the Community Context
Presented by: Comprehensive Health Education Foundation, The Seattle Foundation, Enterprise Community Partners and The Bullitt Foundation
September 14, 2010
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
American Lung Association in Washington
2625 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
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JeFF Meeting
JeFF is a learning community of funders located in Lake, Klamath, Josephine, Jackson, Curry, Coos and Douglas Counties
Hunger and the Food System
Thursday, September 16, 2010
9:00 - 11:30 am
RCC Campus in Grants Pass unless otherwise noted
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Sponsored by Rogue Community College and Gordon Elwood Foundation
THIRD THURSDAY
Communications Technology: Learning to Fish in the Millennium Age
Thursday, September 16, 2010
11:45 - 1:30 pm
Northwest Health Foundation, Bamboo Room
221 NW Second Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97209
*Lunch provided
$15 members, $35 non-members
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