Tag Archive for: philanthropy

CALL: What We Are Talking About This Week
Notes from our weekly Changemakers Alliance newsletter

On Morality, Transformation, and Vulnerability: A Talk by the Publisher
Historical perspectives about transformative justice, philosophy about human evolution, and stories from the Changemakers Alliance visits to statewide communities for the "Hometown Values & Vision" series.

Next Step Program: How Healing and Transformation Can Emerge From Violence
An elementary school child looked out the window and saw…

Commentary: My Abortion Experience in 1962
I was in a panic. I was sure there were doctors — and others — who would perform abortions for a price, but how to find one?

NEWS: $12.1 Million in Funds Dedicated to Disrupting Racial Inequities in Minnesota
Greater Twin Cities United Way announces grants for operating funds to equity nonprofits, youth workforce training, and trauma-informed early childhood caregiver training.

Q&A: Chanda Smith Baker, Minneapolis Foundation
What gives me optimism is conversation around not just police reform, but race and systemic issues. This time feels significantly different — the level of outcry across the world that has happened.

Minnesota’s Philanthropic Network: Seeking the Light
A deep dive into the light and dark of relying on philanthropy, including lists of suggested community-based transformation funds in Minnesota.

Ecolution #2: The Flavor of Money
“What is money but a way to measure value, to facilitate exchange? And what is exchange but a type of relationship between people?”

Be Good to Fundraisers Month
Leah Olm is the Director of Coaching and Curriculum for RaiseMN,…

Connecting Marginalized Entrepreneurs With Funds
Photo Anna Min/Min Enterprises Photography LLC
At the mid-March…

Reducing Stigma Doesn’t Fund Mental Health
On a visit to Boneshaker Books with my child, I waved my…

Evolving American philanthropy
There is a troubling paradigm that enforces a hierarchy of generosity in the field, which assumes that people who look like me are just charity cases, not generous donors.