Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Last week the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy penned a response to the riots in Charlottesville. We want to share other thoughtful and supportive statements from CCP members and local and national colleagues:
- Children's Fund of Connecticut - Judith Meyers, president & CEO
- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven - Will Ginsberg, president & CEO
- Everyday Democracy - Martha McCoy, executive director
- Fairfield County's Community Foundation - Juanita James, president & CEO
- Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford - Michael Johnston, CEO
- Melville Charitable Trust - Janice Elliott, executive director
- Nellie Mae Education Foundation - Nick Donohue, president & CEO
- Perrin Family Foundation - Laura McCargar, president
- Universal Health Care Foundation - Frances Padilla, president
Other statements and responses
- CT Voices for Children - Ellen Shemitz, executive director
- ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities
- Change Philanthropy - In Solidarity with Charlottesville, a Call to Reckon with White Supremacy
- Urban Institute - Can We Make Fear and Hatred Stop ?
- The Communications Network - 8 Things You Can Do After Charlottesville
- Nonprofit Quarterly - Ending White Supremacy in Ourselves: A Time for Nonprofit Action
- National Center for Responsive Philanthropy
- Funders for LGBTQ Issues
- The Heinz Endowments - Grant Oliphant, president
- The Pittsburgh Foundation - Maxwell King, president
Event
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
SEPTEMBER 13: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Grace Farms, New Canaan
CCP's Fairfield County Funder Network in partnership with Open Communities Alliance is partnering with the Open Communities Alliance to host a conversation with historian and legal expert Richard Rothstein about the history of housing segregation in the United States. A panel of funders and housing experts will complement Mr. Rothstein’s talk and help put a Connecticut lens on the issues. Panelists will include: Karen DuBois-Walton, executive director, Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of New Haven (panel moderator) and Don Chen, director, Equitable Development, Ford Foundation. We hope you’ll join us >>
Resources
- D5 Coalition
- Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity
- Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers - "Putting Racism on the Table"
- Connecticut Council for Philanthropy - Resources for Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Share Your Statements Responces and Resources
At CCP, we want to help our members work together to support a more equitable Connecticut and this means helping more foundations integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into their grantmaking. If you have responses, suggested resources, or ideas about how we can better do this, we invite you to share them with us.