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SUMMARY:Pulling All Levers: Considerations in Mission Aligned Investing
DESCRIPTION:Join Commonfund and Forefront for an insightful program tailored for philanthropic organizations seeking to align their investment strategies with their foundation’s mission and programmatic strategies.  In today’s dynamic landscape\, grantmaking in tandem with mission aligned investing strategies can increase efforts toward maximizing impact.  This program will explore the strategic considerations for foundations that are at different points of their mission aligned investing journey. \nWhether you have direct responsibility for your foundations investment portfolio or oversee that person/portfolio\, the program offers valuable knowledge and practical strategies to explore\, define\, and align your foundation’s stewardship activities and amplify your philanthropic impact.  It is important to understand if your staff and board are prepared to have conversations about mission aligned investing and the readiness of your finance and investment function to articulate and implement a mission aligned investment strategy. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to network with peers\, engage with experts\, and take your organization’s financial strategies to the next level. \n  \nThis event is open to Forefront Grantmaker members only!  \nRegister here! 
URL:https://myforefront.org/event/pulling-all-levers-considerations-in-mission-aligned-investing/
LOCATION:Impact House\, 200 West Madison Street\, 2nd Floor Training Room\, Chicago\, IL\, 60606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grantmaker Program
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SUMMARY:Reframing Problems for Social Change (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:This program has been canceled.\nHow do we get ourselves unstuck? Social issues are complex\, and almost always interconnected. Forefront and Greater Good Studio are partnering to create a space to think about how we solve big social issues. How can nonprofits and grantmakers think about our partnerships in a new way? What if we can step back and plan for the ways our work intersects and can potentially support greater impact for good in our communities? \nGreater Good Studio has been working with social sector clients to reframe problems for the past 12 years. We find that the original problem statement often has one or more of the following issues: \n\nIt’s focused entirely on symptoms\, while root causes continue undeterred\nIt’s centering the wrong humans\, or no humans at all\nIt’s so vast that the only thing it inspires is overwhelm\n\nWhether you’re a designer looking to make a positive impact or a changemaker looking to get unstuck\, this workshop will give you concrete tools for starting or restarting your projects in a more strategic\, action-oriented\, and equitable way. \nYou will learn and practice methods for: \n\nMapping root causes\nWriting positive goals\nCentering the humans most impacted\n\nGreater Good Studio’s co-founder\, George Aye\, will facilitate this live\, 3-hour workshop. They have applied these methods to hundreds of projects across the social sector\, including in education\, community development\, public health and healthcare\, economic inclusion\, civic participation\, and arts & culture. \nTickets:  \n\nForefront Members w/budget under $2million: $10\nForefront Members w/budget over $2million: $25\nNon-member ticket: $50\n\nNot sure if you’re a current member of Forefront? Before registering\, email us at registration@myforefront.org to confirm your membership status.
URL:https://myforefront.org/event/reframing-problems-for-social-change-virtual-4/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:General Public
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SUMMARY:Critical Conversations Anti-Racism session: Belonging & Inclusion (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:From February through June of 2025\, the Chicago Poetry Center is offering free online Critical Conversations: Anti-Racism sessions open to any Illinois nonprofit organization employee or volunteer. \nDrawing on CPC’s decades of workshop facilitation\, Critical Conversations use poetry as a springboard to increase belonging and inclusion in the workplace. By centering the dialogue on lived experiences reflected in poems\, the process launches transformative discussions without requiring those most violently and directly affected by racism to tell or retell their stories of trauma and resilience. \nEach session is led by two trained and racially diverse facilitators. Sessions include exploration of a theme related to racial justice through discussion of contemporary poems\, sharing of personal experiences\, and guided writing practice. No prior poetry experience or education is needed! \nTwo types of Critical Conversations sessions will be offered through this program: Belonging and Inclusion\, and The Continuum of Harm. Participants may register for one Belonging and Inclusion session and one Continuum of Harm session. \nAll participants will also receive access to the Continuing Practice Guide\, which provides all of the materials and guidance needed for pairs or small groups to engage in additional self-guided discussions around racism and its impact on their lives and workplaces using poetry as the center and launch point. \nAccessibility: The session will take place over zoom and will be live captioned. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://myforefront.org/event/critical-conversations-anti-racism-session-belonging-inclusion-virtual-4/
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