September 30, 2021 @ 10:30 am-12:00 pm – Join us for an interactive webinar to hear how philanthropy can play a powerful role in supporting bold solutions to systems change for a more regenerative and racially just future. Thursday, September 30, 2021 | 10:30am – 12:00pm PT REGISTER HERE Speakers: Noni Session & Annie McShiras, East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative Nia Evans […]
Active Transportation after the Pandemic
September 23, 2021 @ 11:00 am-12:30 pm – Hear from inspiring leaders in active transportation, city planning, and urban design as we explore lessons from the pandemic, including innovative tools and strategies that evolved to enhance active transportation and public health. Register today and join us in preparation for the next round of Active Transportation Program proposals! Register here. Speakers: Mike Lydon, Co-Founder, […]
Green Infrastructure and Workforce: Lessons Learned from Partners for Places & the Urban Water Initiative
September 14, 2021 @ 9:00 am-10:00 am – Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) provides both clean water benefits and community benefits by investing in green, site-specific solutions to manage water runoff, build climate resilience, and improve public amenities. One community benefit that funders have long been interested in supporting: building a diverse, high-quality workforce to install and maintain sustainable stormwater solutions. Several funders have […]
Climate, Health, and Equity in SoCal: A Case Study for Understanding Intersecting and Layered Issues
August 30, 2021 @ 10:30 am-12:00 pm – According to the recently released: Investing on the Frontlines of Climate Change: A Funder Toolkit on Climate, Health and Equity, “Bolstering climate change-related giving that prioritizes needs of people and communities — especially giving to those most impacted — is at once an urgent necessity and a strategic opportunity to help all people survive and thrive.” […]
2021-2022 California Budget Briefing
August 5, 2021 @ 11:00 am-12:30 pm – For years, communities across California have been asking for greater investment on the issues that matter most, often feeling caught up in an endless battle between growing needs and dwindling resources. Yet unexpectedly, in 2021 – the year after the pandemic decimated the economy and destroyed millions of jobs and livelihoods – California finds itself […]
2021 Southern California’s Inland Region Learning Visit
July 27, 2021-July 29, 2021 @ 9:30 am-1:30 pm – Decades of Building Power for Racial, Economic, Housing, and Environmental Justice Southern California’s Inland region, comprising Riverside and San Bernardino counties, covers a vast terrain of more than 27,000 square miles and is home to more than 5 million people, making it the third most populated area in the state. For decades, development in the […]
United We Stand: Creating an Inclusive California through a Robust Movement Building Ecosystem
July 13, 2021 @ 11:00 am-12:30 pm – A California that allows all residents to reach their full potential requires both a focus on racial equity, inclusion, and justice, and a commitment to challenging the systemic issues that permeate our society and government, even in this great state. The ongoing narrative over the last 15 months demonstrates the level of inequity that continues […]
Smart Growth @ 25 Session 1: Looking Forward, Looking Back
July 13, 2021 @ 10:00 am-11:00 am – Participants of these live webinars are eligible for 1.5 AICP CM credits. The seeds of smart growth were planted in 1991 with the articulation of the Ahwahnee principles at a conference in central California. Over time, these evolved into 10 principles that have now become widely known. These Smart Growth Principles propose a development pattern that is compact, with […]
Reimagining Coal Country: Pathways to Equitable Development & Federal Climate Legislation
June 29, 2021 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – → Register here for this event Several years ago, residents of Appalachia — faced with the prospect of doubling down on fracking and oil, gas, and petrochemical development — began holding community-based “visioning” sessions to reimagine local economic development. The effort grew to include small-scale, community-based economic development work, but also a regionwide campaign focused […]
California Funder Session: Power Building for Equitable Impact
June 24, 2021 @ 9:00 am-10:30 am – California Funder Session: Power Building for Equitable Impact Thursday, June 24, 2021 | 9:00-10:30am PT As funders think about what it means to engage in homelessness and housing policy change that is rooted in equity and justice, the strategies used to achieve true systems change require an intentional shift in power and voice. The question funders must ask is how can philanthropy ensure it is “powering […]
