WA Women’s Foundation’s annual fall educational program features community experts and thought leaders offering relevant and engaging presentations that help our members take action, both individually and collectively, to influence community transformation. Our goal is to use the relationships developed through philanthropy to advance a more equitable society.
This year’s theme is “Justice-Driven Philanthropy.”
"Ultimately, real change will come only when all organizations and individuals in a system change. But systemic change does not come without expense. Time, resources, reputation, and relationships all require adjustments and sacrifice as we move from charitable giving to a justice-based framework of philanthropy. The question becomes: Are we as philanthropists, in the name of justice, willing to pay the cost for the change we wish to see? Our actions moving forward will reveal our answer. Charity is commendable, but justice is transformational. How will you spend your resources?"
-From Shifting Philanthropy from Charity to Justice by Dorian O. Burton and Brian C.B. Barnes, Stanford Social Innovation Review, January 3, 2017.
Join us to:
- Envision philanthropy as a vehicle for social and systemic change
- Understand how unhealthy systems create inequities, with a special focus on the economy, the environment, and climate change
- Explore how philanthropy can be an effective partner in civic engagement and how non-partisan advocacy can bring structural or habitual inequities to the forefront and supports pathways to transformative change
8:30 a.m. Intersect Doors open
Morning Focus Speaker: john a. powell, Director, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, and Professor of Law, African American, and Ethnic Studies, University of California at Berkeley
Morning Panel: "Taking it to the Streets: WA Civic Participation in Action:
- Susan Balbas, Na'ah Illahee
- Jackie Payne, Galvanize USA
- Marsha Botzer, Equal Rights, WA
Moderator: Kirsten Harris-Talley, Progess Alliance WA
Lunch Break (Lunch will be provided)
1:00pm Afternoon Focus Speaker: Sheila Capestany MSW, Strategic Advisor for Children & Youth, King County
Courageous Conversation Sheila Capestany & Others
Afternoon Panel: From Apathy to Action: Climate Justice with an Equity Lens
- Rosalinda Guillen, Community to Community
- Colleen EchoHawk, Chief Seattle Club
- Darrell Hillaire, Council Member, Lummi Youth Academy Founder, Director & Manager, Lummi IndianBusiness Council (1992-2016)
Thank you to this year's sponsors:
Leslie Decker
Kongsgaard Goldman Fund
