June 1, 2017 @ 10:00 am-12:30 pm – Funders are invited to join a conversation with leaders working on a set of strategies to usher in a green infrastructure paradigm for Southern California. With temperatures rising in Southern California due to climate change, our region is facing severe threats including heat mortality, flooding, and long-term water shortages, particularly in low-income communities of color. […]
How the Northeast Can Help Lead the Nation Forward on Solar, Climate, and Justice (Webinar)
May 25, 2017 @ 7:30 am-8:45 am – Northeast Funders’ Network and Barr Foundation Learning Webinar You are cordially invited to participate in a webinar for funders hosted by the Barr Foundation and the Northeast Funders’ Network (a working group of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities) to discuss the state of solar policy in the Northeast, and how we can continue […]
State and Local Policy: Implications of Current Policy Directions for States and Cities (Webinar)
May 19, 2017 @ 9:00 am-9:50 am – This funder-only webinar is part of an “Inside Policy” series coordinated by another TFN working group, the Restoring Prosperity in Older Industrial Cities Working Group. These webinars explore emerging national policy trends and their potential impacts on cities and communities. Anna Davis, director of Government Relations with the National Governors Association, is the featured speaker of the webinar. Learn more.
2017 Stormwater Funders’ Group Annual Meeting
May 15, 2017-May 17, 2017 @ All Day – Join the Funders’ Network for this two-day meeting, which will include site tours of green infrastructure and community development projects underway in Portland, as well as funder-only sessions on scaling up the use of green infrastructure. This meeting takes place in association with the Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange, a practitioner network supporting green infrastructure in […]
Making Power-Building and Community-Building Part of Your Portfolio (Webinar)
May 10, 2017 @ 11:00 am-12:00 pm – This learning network webinar from the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) will feature nuts-and-bolts examples of how funders in disparate places have identified and supported power-building efforts – even where little capacity seemed to exist. Resource experts on the call will include Nikki Fortunato Bass of the Partnership for Working Families, and […]
Smart Infrastructure: Water, Transportation, and Public Projects (Webinar)
May 5, 2017 @ 9:00 am-9:50 am – This funder-only webinar is part of an “Inside Policy” series coordinated by the Restoring Prosperity in Older Industrial Cities Working Group. These webinars explore emerging national policy trends and their potential impacts on cities and communities. This webinar features guest speaker Geoff Anderson, President and CEO of Smart Growth America. Geoff is a “founding father” of the smart […]
How Cities Can Solve the Climate Challenge
May 4, 2017 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm – Mayors around the country, in both red and blue states, are bypassing national politics and working around federal restrictions to both clean up their cities and foster growth in renewable energy. Carl Pope teamed up with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to write a book about how cities are cleaning up their regional economies. […]
ENACT Day 2017
May 1, 2017 @ All Day – Planned by the Prevention Institute, ENACT Day is an annual opportunity to speak up for healthier, safer, and more equitable communities. This year, attendees will have the chance to learn about bills moving through the legislature this session, practice skills for communicating with policymakers, and speak with legislators about their community’s health equity, nutrition, hunger, […]
Intermountain West Funder Network 2017 Convening
April 26, 2017-April 28, 2017 @ 1:30 pm-12:00 pm – Photo: Shasta Greiner, The Trust for Public Land, Story Mill Community Park, Bozeman, Mont. Join us in Bozeman to learn firsthand about the Story Mill Community Park and redevelopment project, a compelling illustration of the community working together to protect and transform 60 acres to achieve important social, ecological, and economic objectives. Register Now! INTERMOUNTAIN […]
Transportation Equity Summit
April 24, 2017-April 25, 2017 @ All Day – TransForm and CalBike are bringing advocates, experts, state leaders, students, and community groups from across California together to focus on connecting state transportation funding to concrete goals that fight climate change and promote social equity. This two-day event will include learning and networking opportunities as well as an optional Advocacy Day. Learn more.
