In the 2018 edition of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers’ Our Region, Our Giving report, we take a look at WRAG member giving in the Greater Washington region in 2017. This snapshot of our membership’s philanthropy represents over $217.6 million in giving to nonprofit organizations that serve the region and nearly $3.6 billion in assets.
The final session of 2018's Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity features Dr. Manuel Pastor, Professor, Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California. In the Greater Washington region -- like many other metropolitan regions -- a conversation about racism and racial equity must cross geographic jurisdictions and racial and ethnic lines. Dr.
The final session of 2018's Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity features Dr. Manuel Pastor, Professor, Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California. In the Greater Washington region -- like many other metropolitan regions -- a conversation about racism and racial equity must cross geographic jurisdictions and racial and ethnic lines. Dr.
The final session of 2018's Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity features Dr. Manuel Pastor, Professor, Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California. In the Greater Washington region -- like many other metropolitan regions -- a conversation about racism and racial equity must cross geographic jurisdictions and racial and ethnic lines. Dr.
The fifth session of Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity features Julie Nelson (Race Forward and the Government Alliance on Race and Equity) and Karla Bruce (Fairfax County Government). Across the country, state and local governments are beginning to take the lead on addressing racial inequity. What are examples of how this has happened? What is the role of community leaders in shaping these conversations? Where are we seeing success?
The fifth session of Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity features Julie Nelson (Race Forward and the Government Alliance on Race and Equity) and Karla Bruce (Fairfax County Government). Across the country, state and local governments are beginning to take the lead on addressing racial inequity. What are examples of how this has happened? What is the role of community leaders in shaping these conversations? Where are we seeing success? What are the challenges?
The fifth session of Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity features Julie Nelson (Race Forward and the Government Alliance on Race and Equity) and Karla Bruce (Fairfax County Government). Across the country, state and local governments are beginning to take the lead on addressing racial inequity. What are examples of how this has happened? What is the role of community leaders in shaping these conversations? Where are we seeing success?
In the fourth session of Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity (2018) Dr. Patricia Devine and Dr. Will Cox, two scientific leaders in the study of stereotyping and implicit biases from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, share the strategies they have developed and empirically tested to break the “prejudice habit.” These strategies are the first and remain the only interventions that have been shown to produce long-term changes in implicit bias.
In the fourth session of Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity (2018) Dr. Patricia Devine and Dr. Will Cox, two scientific leaders in the study of stereotyping and implicit biases from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, share the strategies they have developed and empirically tested to break the “prejudice habit.” These strategies are the first and remain the only interventions that have been shown to produce long-term changes in implicit bias.
In the fourth session of Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity (2018) Dr. Patricia Devine and Dr. Will Cox, two scientific leaders in the study of stereotyping and implicit biases from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, share the strategies they have developed and empirically tested to break the “prejudice habit.” These strategies are the first and remain the only interventions that have been shown to produce long-term changes in implicit bias.
In the second session of the 2018 Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity series, Dr. Ibram Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, discussed how structural racism is constructed by the interplay of racist ideas and racist policies.
In the third session of the 2018 Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity series, Dr. Robin DiAngelo, author of What Does It Mean to Be White?, discusses white privilege.
In the third session of the 2018 Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity series, Dr. Robin DiAngelo, author of What Does It Mean to Be White?, discusses white privilege. What does it mean to be White in a society that proclaims race meaningless yet is deeply divided by race? Dr.
In the third session of the 2018 Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity series, Dr. Robin DiAngelo, author of What Does It Mean to Be White?, discusses white privilege. What does it mean to be White in a society that proclaims race meaningless yet is deeply divided by race? Dr.
In 2017, WRAG's president Tamara Copeland was named the Waldemar Nielsen Visiting Fellow, Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. As part of her time at Georgetown, Tamara oversaw a research project to assess the impact of the 2016 Putting Racism on the Table series on the local philanthropic community. The report, by Edward Weizenegger, MPP '18, documents the participants’ feedback on the series experience and enumerates the diverse impact it has had on their work.
WRAG Members: Complete this form by May 11, 2018 to apply to host a Philanthropy Fellow this fall.
These sample descriptions are derived from past fellowship descriptions. They are provided to help you develop your own position description by giving you an idea of the types of work Philanthropy Fellows can do and the kinds of qualifications to expect.
WRAG Members: This guide is everything you need to know about the Philanthropy Fellows program.
In the first session of the 2018 Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity series, expert facilitator, Inca Mohamed, explains how to build a multi-sector community for racial equity. We encourage you to watch the video, and use this viewing guide to follow along or skip ahead within the video.
In the first session of the 2018 Putting Racism on the Table: Expanding the Table for Racial Equity series, expert facilitator, Inca Mohamed, explains how to build a multi-sector community for racial equity. Watch the video here.
