YANA Podcasts: Recent Episodes
Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance
Join the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance as we explore topics in the social impact space with leading experts.
Join the YANA Bay Area Chapter for an in-depth discussion with leading experts on food insecurity causes and solutions.
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Margaret Laws (President & CEO, HopeLab), Mary Giliberti LAW ’92 (Chief Public Policy Officer, Mental Health America), Philip Corlett (Assoc. Prof, Yale University Center for Mind and Brain Health), Hilary Blumberg (John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience and Professor of Psychiatry, and in the Child Study Center and of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Director, Mood Disorders Research Program, Yale University) discuss advances, innovations and solutions, well-being, tech investment, public policy progress, and information for friends and families with regard to suicide prevention and mental health. Panel moderated by Eleanor Evans Pepples ’86, YANA Bay Area Chair and Yale Club of San Francisco Board Director.
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Join us for a wide exploration and deep dive into forms of impact investing, social/development impact “bonds” and the ways in which social impact capital is being resourced and used not only to treat symptoms and outcomes of social problems, but to reduce and prevent the harms many nonprofits are treating and working to fix.
Speakers:
- Andrea Schorr (Yale College ’93) currently works on grant and impact investment funding for Develop Detroit
- Jim Seymour (Yale College '69), Managing Partner of Pontefract Global Strategies
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Listen to this engaging conversation with David Van Zandt, the innovative and strategic leader of higher education institutions Northwestern School of Law and The New School.Bio:
David Van Zandt was the longest-serving and most strategic Dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law from 1995 - 2010, and then with equal vision, President of the New School from 2011 - 2020, where he transformed those institutions’ approach to their forms of education.
Prior to his academic leadership roles, David was a Professor of Law at Northwestern University, an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell, Law Clerk to the Hon. Harry A. Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court, Law Clerk, Hon. Pierre N. Leval , U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (now U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit) and Lecturer in Sociology, University of London.
David received an AB summa cum laude in Sociology from Princeton University, a PhD, London School of Economics and Political Science, and a JD, Yale University where he was the managing editor of the Yale Law Journal. He is the author of numerous legal articles and presentations, and a book, Living in the Children of God, based on his doctoral dissertation about the time he spent living with a radical religious group in England and the Netherlands.
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Founders Series: Advancing Peace, Education,
Community Impact, and Working Waterfronts
Thinking about starting a nonprofit? Curious to know what it’s like to create one? Then listen to the stories of these four nonprofit founders and learn from their successes, failures, and advice on venturing into nonprofit entrepreneurship.Each panelist represents a different school from the Yale community (College, School of Management, Divinity, Environment), and all were compelled to follow their inner calling to address the issues before them.
- Jeremy Chiappetta (SOM ’02), co-founder of Blackstone Valley Prep, Rhode Island’s first Mayoral Academy that successfully brings together suburban and urban students;
- Nimisha Ganesh (YC ‘15), Co-Founder of GenUnity, a community leadership non-profit based in Boston that supports and empowers diverse, everyday adults to unpack why local issues exist and develop their capacity to drive structural change;
- Yvonne Lodico (DIV ‘09), founder of Grace Initiative Global, a peace-building initiative based in VT, and a logical off-shoot of the work she did for years at the UN, and inspired by the concept of “grace”-- a source of sustainable healing and love – that she explored while at Yale Divinity School; and
- Rebecca Rundquist (FES ’02), based in Maine, advocating for local trees and working waterfront communities as a means to maintain local economic diversity, she founded two different kinds of nonprofits: the Frank Knight Foundation and the Sea Meadow Marine Foundation.
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YANA EVENING TEA
Don Chen '89, FES '92, President, Surdna Foundation
Paul Sabin ‘92, Randolph W. Townsend, Jr. Prof. of History; Prof. of American Studies, Yale
Don Chen and Yale Professor Paul Sabin discuss nonprofit advocacy and the public interest movement since the 1960s, with a focus on Prof. Sabin's most recent book Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism.
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An in-depth discussion on the factors that contribute to economic inequalities and some of the policies and interventions that promote economic mobility. We are joined by experts in health, tax, economics, sociology, and social and racial justice:
- Charles (“Charlie”) Homer ‘76 – health policy and practices; EMPathways, https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-homer-24bb54b/
- Prof. Zach Bleemer, SOM – higher education and affirmative action, https://som.yale.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/zachary-bleemer
- Marcus Haymon ‘05 – philanthropy and economic mobility; racial and gender equity
- Prof. Rourke O’Brien, Yale Dept. of Sociology – causes and consequences of social and economic inequalities; economic policy as health policy
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Hear from three inspiring students who are thoughtfully engaging in summer internships to serve communities and under-represented individuals. They are smart, reflective, and committed to pursuing justice as they develop the skills they need for their future social impact careers.
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Victoria Chen is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of BridgeYear, a Houston-based nonprofit that connects underserved youth to careers and educational opportunities that lead to economic stability and independence.
Mike Flanagan is the CEO of the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC), a diverse and fast-growing network of schools collaborating to scale the use of digital, interactive, competency-based transcripts.
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On June 28, 2022, YANA hosted law professors Bridget J. Crawford '91 and Emily Gold Waldman '99, authors of a new book, Menstruation Matters: Challenging the Law's Silence on Periods, which explores the burgeoning menstrual advocacy movement and analyzes how the law should evolve to take menstruation into account. The conversation had many further implications than the title might cause you to believe. If you are interested in gender and sex discrimination, constitutional equal protection, the environment, public health, workers and labor rights, poverty and disenfranchisement, racial and economic equity, public education, cultural taboos, bullying, mental health, consumer rights and product safety, and tax and fairness, then this discussion is for you. Participants learned that there are many possible legal avenues through which individuals, and nonprofit organizations like those in the YANA community can pursue to help address the many larger issues close to our missions. As our guests have written in their book: “Menstruation is a threshold justice issue.”
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Join YANA for an in-depth discussion with two physicians who have spent their careers working to correct for the many disparities in healthcare access, success, and even professional careers: YANA Board member and community health practitioner, Dr. Patrice Yang ‘98, and University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine founding faculty member and Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellow in Health Equity Leadership at Yale’s School of Management, Dr. Steven Starks SOM ’23.
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As heartbreak in Ukraine continues, the Yale community is working together in many ways to support this war-torn country.
On Wednesday, May 25th, YANA spoke with the Yale doctor founders of United For Ukraine who mobilized immediately to launch a program delivering medical supplies and technology to help the wounded. We also learned from two Yale School of Management students who raised thousands of dollars through Romanians Help and The Path Forward to send and physically bring supplies and other needed items to women and children fleeing Ukraine.
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More than two years into the ongoing global pandemics of COVID-19, systematic racism, and environmental degradation, the nonprofit and other mission-driven organizations in the Pacific Northwest have worked hard to turn adversity into opportunity. What has worked and what could we do better? What lessons can we all learn to inform the next challenge/s?
The new Yale Alumni Network Alliance Pacific Northwest Chapter, moderated by Sandra Medrano ‘15, engaged in a deep and insightful conversation with environmental conservation leader Nick Hardigg ’99 SOM, communications, engagement, and events professional and small business owner Emee Pumarega ‘95, and capacity builder and social justice advocate Allie Yee ’19 SOM to talk about how their organizations have adapted to the changing environment, provide practical tips for how to pivot when the unexpected happens and make predictions about how organizations may need to continue to evolve in the future. Each panelist shared personal and work stories with candid insight into what they, their organizations, and their clients have been struggling with over the past few years, and the successes they are grateful to embrace.
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We’re already living through the beginnings of climate chaos. In Arizona, laborers now start their day at 3 a.m. because it’s too hot to work past noon. Chinese investors are snapping up real estate in Canada. Millennials have evacuation plans. Moguls are building bunkers. Retirees in Miami are moving inland.
Join us for insights from the Yale Program Climate Change Communication into regional differences in public knowledge, attitudes, policy preferences, and behavior, and the underlying psychological, cultural, and political factors that influence them.
Discover how the Business Council on Climate Change fosters innovative approaches to collaboration and best practices with members such as Google, Salesforce, and Autodesk. What are current trends in climate change goal setting, supply chain sustainability, and the influence employees, customers and investors have on disclosures?
And learn what you can do to prepare for the change that is accelerating.
SPEAKERS:
- Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D., Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and a Senior Research Scientist at the Yale School of the Environment. He is an expert on public opinion and public engagement with the issues of climate change and the environment. He is also host of the daily radio broadcast, Climate Connections.
- Maura McKnight is the Executive Director of the Business Council on Climate Change (BC3) - a San Francisco based multi-sector partnership dedicated to incubating, scaling, and sharing world-leading solutions to address climate change. An action-oriented leader, she has spent 18 years working at the intersection of climate, energy, technology, conservation, business development and social impact.
- David Pogue ‘85 is a six time Emmy winner for his stories on CBS Sunday Morning, a five-time TED speaker, host of 20 NOVA science specials on PBS, and creator/host of the podcast Unsung Science. He has also written or co-written more than 120 books including How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos.
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When COVID struck two years ago, two courageous young people saw and seized the opportunity to transform adversity into positive social change. Kristin Urquiza started Marked By COVID to give a voice to the voiceless after the tragic and unnecessary death of her father Mark Urquiza from the disease. Liam Elkind launched Invisible Hands to deliver groceries, medicine, and other necessities to shut-ins throughout New York City during the lockdown. They each overcame countless obstacles at the height of COVID to build thriving organizations - and two years later both programs have national exposure and impact. In this virtual town hall, Kristin and Liam discuss the lessons learned over the past two years. Facilitated by YANA’s Executive Director Rachel Littman ’91.
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ADDICTION RECOVERY: Healing Through Compassion and CommunityAddiction in the US was already at a crisis level when Covid struck. The pandemic fueled an increase in financial insecurity and social isolation, triggering a surge in addiction rates. On February 23rd, YANA’s Town Hall will address addiction for the first time by describing how two Yale-related nonprofits are using community-based approaches to support recovery.
Rabbi Iggy Gurin-Malous, CEO of the T’shuvah Center in New York, and
Daniel J. McDermott ’76, Executive Director of Florida Lawyers Assistance in South Florida, will describe how both secular and non-secular recovery programs can be effective in treating addiction.
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*Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the US evacuated more than 75,000 Afghans to the United States. This is truly a historic effort, second in scale only to the Vietnamese resettlement in the 1970’s and made especially difficult by our dismantled resettlement infrastructure – and housing crunch.
The trauma suffered by the Afghans -- first, life in a war-torn country, abrupt departure, loss of community; and now, unfamiliar language, culture, and future -- all of this is unimaginable for those of us who do not share such lived experience.
Join us for a discussion with Dr. Richard Mollica (Yale Div MAR), Director of the Harvard Program on Refugee Trauma on the importance of storytelling in helping to heal trauma. Learn what the resettlement process is today – and hear the stories of Afghan natives who are working to help their countrymen begin new lives in the U.S.*
SPEAKERS:
- Khalil A Arab – SIVs & Allies Program Manager, Combined Arms, Houston TX
- Shabana Basij-Rasikh – President of SOLA (School of Leadership Afghanistan)
- Chris George, Executive Director, IRIS, Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services, New Haven, CT
- Richard Mollica, MD, Yale Div MAR - Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Hossna Samadi, IRIS Ambassador
- Dr. Kaveh Khoshnood – Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Yale School of Public Health (moderator)
Speaker bios
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Urban parks and natural areas have never been more important for our collective sanity than during Covid. On January 26th, two alums from the Yale School of the Environment - Sarah Charlop-Powers ’09 MEM and Georgia Silvera-Seamans ’01 MEM - will describe what they and their organizations are doing to protect our urban ecosystems and the biodiversity that inhabit them. SPEAKERS
Sarah Charlop-Powers is the co-founder and executive director of the Natural Areas Conservancy (NAC), a nonprofit dedicated to managing New York City's 20,000 acres of forests and wetlands. The NAC is a pioneer in the field of urban conservation, using data and science to develop new ways to manage urban natural areas so that they provide recreation opportunities for diverse users, protect biodiversity, and provide environmental benefits. Sarah has a BA in Economics from Binghamton University and an MEM from the Yale School of Forestry.
Georgia Silvera-Seamans lives and breathes city trees--with field experience in New Haven, Boston, Oakland, and NYC, and a dissertation about urban forestry policy in Northern California cities. Georgia's research has been published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening and Arboriculture & Urban Forestry. She is the founder of Local Nature Lab and directs Washington Square Park Eco Projects where she designs urban ecology programs for New Yorkers of all ages. Georgia also writes about trees with bylines in City Trees and about birds with articles at Popular Science and Audubon.
Co-sponsored by YANA & Yale Blue Green
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Join us for a conversation about how we advance the success of under-resourced students. How do we define educational success? What challenges exist at each juncture along the educational journey -- entering college, as an undergraduate, and post-collegiate -- and how are higher ed academic institutions providing resources and services to support success and ensure students are prepared to accomplish their current and future academic, personal, and professional goals?
We will hear from a current student, recent grad, and two professionals working at nonprofits whose work uses various approaches to respond to the needs and challenges in this space. We also hope to highlight actionable opportunities for further engagement.
SPEAKERS:
- Ellie Dupler ‘16 (recent alum), Fulbright and Truman Scholar; Law clerk, US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
- Nick Randos ‘23 (current undergrad)
- Liana Epstein ‘14, Associate Major Gifts Officer, American Indian College Fund
- Lise Pfeiffer Chapman ‘81, President, 1stGenYale
Moderated by Seth Zimmerman MA '10 M.Phil ‘11 PhD ‘14, Associate Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management
SPEAKER BIOS
Co-sponsored by YANA & 1stGenYale
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Join the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance for an intimate Evening Tea with Jeff Russell SOM ‘08, Founder and CEO of Jitasa, a certified B-Corp that offers bookkeeping and accounting services exclusively to nonprofits, and author of Do What You Do Best: Outsourcing as Capacity Building in the Nonprofit Sector (2013).
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*Many professionals aged 65 and older find themselves approaching, transitioning to, or even in retirement with a feeling of wanting to give back but having no idea how or where to start. Questions arise such as: What do I want to do with the next phase of my life? What is the best fit for my skills and years of experience? Where will I be welcome? Is there even a place for me in the social impact world?
SPEAKERS:Marc Freedman SOM '84 (President, CEO, Founder, Encore.org)
Jody Shue, MPH (Executive Director, AgeFriendly.org)
Ashton Applewhite (Author & Activist, This Chair Rocks)*
Becca Levy, PhD (Professor, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University Dept. of Psychology)
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Avoiding Burnout in Social Impact WorkHealth practitioners, managers, and startup nonprofit leaders will talk about how they approach managing and supporting the mental health of employees, direct service providers, and school and local communities.
SPEAKERS:-- Nicola Fleischer SOM '22 (Co-founder, edwell)
-- Daisy Rosales SOM '20 (Co-Founder & Executive Director, Brio)
-- Allison Hertz '05 (Senior Director, People Experience & Well-Being, City Year, Inc.)
-- Sylvia Perry '91 (Nurse Practitioner BA, MS, MSN, DNP Candidate, Massachusetts General Hospital)
SPEAKER BIOS
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Physical space can be a powerful way for nonprofits to tell their stories. Not just origin stories and founding myths, but also stories of transformation, reinvention, and renewal—in other words, both who you are as an organization and who you are becoming or aspire to be, and why it matters for the communities you serve.
Join Celia Imrey ARCH '93 and Arielle Gorin M.A.'11, M.Phil.'13, PhD.'16 for a lively discussion of how nonprofits can tell their stories through offices, meeting rooms, gathering spaces, and other aspects of their built environment.
Drawing on their respective backgrounds as an architect and a consulting historian, Celia and Arielle will share real-life examples of organizations that have used physical space to engage audiences in their identity and purpose—something that is all the more timely as we begin to gather again.More info
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In this October 27, 2021 hybrid YANA Town Hall, three seasoned social impact leaders - Terence Li ‘04, Tim McChristian ‘77, and Ted Smith ’00 share how they have created innovative programs that use sports as a gateway to help under-served youth achieve their academic, leadership, and career potential.
All three of the featured programs are New York-based but the challenges they face and the principles they practice are universal. This is a compelling discussion moderated by Andrea McChristian ’08
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A Multi-Tradition Panel Discussion
October 25, 2021
An open and multi-faceted discussion on how foundational texts and traditions of various religions, faiths, and wisdoms translate into and compel/command engagement in social justice and positive good in the world.
SPEAKERS:
-- Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson DIV '90 (Senior Pastor, Grace Baptist Church)
-- Peter Giblin '92 (Co-founder, LeCiel Foundation)
-- Rabbi Brad Hirschfield (President, National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership)
FULL BIOS
Co-moderated by Rachel Littman '91, YANA Executive Director & Mick Hirsch DIV '03, YANA New England Leader and Executive Director, THRIVEGulu
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YANA Chicago Virtual Discussion Forum with Duriel E. Harris
Editing, Publishing & The U.S. Black Literary EcosystemOctober 5, 2021
Virtual discussion forum featuring Duriel E. Harris ‘91, performance artist and scholar and Professor of Poetry and Poetics at Illinois State University and Editor of Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, moderated by Stephanie Rath ‘96, Chair of YANA Chicago. Duriel discusses the Obsidian publishing platform and US Black literary ecosystem, the promise of nonprofit partnerships, and the challenges and opportunities for literary publishing in US higher ed at a time of social upheaval. She will also share her experiences as an editor and artist, and explore the role of editing in the arts practice.FULL BIOS
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Jacob Koch ’10 and Manasvi Menon ’07, co-founders of Yale/City, join Yale Professor Elihu Rubin ’99 to share thoughts on re-imagining the American city and Yale’s role in shaping a new urban reality.
Yale/City is a bold new initiative seeking to build a global community of Yale students and alumni engaged in urban studies, policy, and practice. Yale/City will organize programs that convene Yale alumni in related fields including architecture, city planning, real estate, and sustainability.
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"Education in Fall 2021: Where Do We Go From Here?" YANA PanelCurrent Challenges Facing Educational InstitutionsThis is a conversation you must be a part of.
If you thought last year was tough for education, wait until you hear what many educational institution leaders are facing this year with student and family mental health issues, under-vaccinated populations and break-through infections, staff shortages, and the real consequences of quarantine policies.
Our panelists cover all parts of the education spectrum: from the heavily-resourced Ivy-League world of Yale, to under-resourced community colleges and a K-12 college-prep charter school serving primarily economically disadvantaged scholars, to an urban public school district of 20,000+ students, 80% of whom come from families within a small range of the federal poverty line.
Join us for this incredibly important conversation reflecting the current state of and disparities within education in our country.SPEAKERSJeremy Chiappetta SOM ’02, CEOBlackstone Valley Prep, K-12 |
Meghan Hughes '88, PresidentCommunity College of Rhode IslandPericles Lewis, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & VP for Global Strategy, Yale University
Leslie Torres-Rodriguez, SuperintendentHartford Public SchoolsSeth Zimmerman(moderator), Associate Professor of Economics and Public Finance, Yale School of Management
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Building Movements from the Margins: how movement and nonprofit work for social justice continue in the face of disenfranchisement
The South has long been at the forefront of social justice and civil rights movements, but movement and nonprofit work in the region is often under-resourced, underfunded, and overlooked. Join us for a conversation with Southern leaders on the forefronts of national justice movements, who will talk about their experiences building power in the face of disenfranchisement and offer their insights on what nonprofits and community organizations in the region need to sustain their work. This conversation is co-sponsored by YANA and Go South, a Yale alumni-founded summer fellowship program fiscally sponsored by YANA.
Speakers:
Allegra Lawrence-Hardy ('96 LAW) Founding Partner, Lawrence and Bundy, LLC
Pastor Kenneth Glasgow, Founder/President, The Ordinary People Society
Irvin Camacho, Bail Disruptor, Bail Project & Board Member, ACLU of Arkansas
Moderator:Paola Jimenez-Read ('22), Rising Senior, Yale
More details: https://conta.cc/3f2OUYf
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A capital campaign presents an opportunity for a nonprofit to raise a significant amount of money within a given amount of time. But truly effective capital campaigns require a compelling story, thoughtful planning, and the coordinated effort of both staff and board. Join us to learn when, why, and how to conduct a successful capital campaign.
OUTCOMES
- Return to your nonprofit with tools and insights to plan your campaign.
- Evaluate if/when your organization is ready to launch a campaign.
- Explain a capital campaign to colleagues and board.
Presenting will be Peter Heller, a longtime friend and advisor to YANA and founder of the Heller Fundraising Group, who will be joined by his senior consultant Betsy Steward.About Peter Heller, Betsy Steward, and the Heller Fundraising Group
Peter Heller (Founder) and Betsy Steward (Senior Consultant) represent the Heller Fundraising Group located in New York City, which provides fundraising strategies for nonprofits across the nation. The Heller Group builds abundance for nonprofits through customized consulting and training for successful capital campaigns, insightful feasibility studies, and major gift programs. Peter started the company 17 years ago following a successful career leading major capital campaigns at large universities.
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The fourth in our "Careers in Social Impact" webinar series, exploring how to transition from the private sector to one in social impact.
Speakers:
Marilyn Machlowitz (PhD '78), YANA Board Member
Ken Inadomi ('76), Founding Chair, YANA, Executive Director, NYPACE (New York Professional Advisors for Community Entrepreneurs)
Matthew Gerken ('11), Partner, American Philanthropic
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As the world opens up, philanthropy is investing unprecedented billions to support an end to systemic racism, leaving social impact leaders with a new set of compelling issues:
--How can nonprofits engaged in racial equity best position themselves to attract grant dollars?
--What major lessons did foundations learn during the pandemic and how can nonprofits benefit?
--What are the most effective ways for nonprofits to craft and convey their racial equity narrative?
Please join us for a candid conversation featuring three alumni leaders working on the front line to advance racial equity.
SPEAKERS
Andrea McChristian ’08 is Law & Policy Director of the New Jersey Institute For Social Justice which focuses on providing residents of NJ’s urban communities with opportunities for meaningful employment and more humane alternatives to incarceration for youth. In her role, Andrea oversees policy and reform across the social, economic, and criminal justice sectors.
Antony Bugg-Levine ’96 is CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund one of the nation’s leading community development financial institutions. He oversees more than $350M of investment capital while developing innovative approaches to advancing social change. Under Antony’s leadership NFF received a coveted MacKenzie Scott grant.
Marco Davis ’92 is CEO of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the premier Hispanic nonpartisan nonprofit organization in the country dedicated to developing the next generation of Latino leaders. Prior to CHCI, Marco was a partner at New Profit, a national venture philanthropy where he led leadership development and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Please join us for the third in our "Careers in Social Impact" webinar series to learn how young people can get involved with nonprofit board governance, and the pros and cons of junior boards vs. regular boards.
SPEAKERS:
-- Samantha Heffner '02
-- Constance L. Royster '72
-- Lucy Zhang, Harvard '17
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Please join us for the second in our "Careers in Social Impact" webinar series as we hear from three Yalies about their work abroad in the social impact space.
SPEAKERS:
[NOTE: Sara was unable to join this program] Sara Heitler Bamberger '95 (Israel) is a seasoned founder and Executive Director of nonprofit organizations. She holds a BA in Religious Studies from Yale and an MA from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Middle Eastern Studies.
From 2016-2021 she has served as a Board member and as the North American Director of SquashBond Israel: Sport and Beyond, an organization that brings together Palestinian and Israeli youth for squash and educational programming. From 2008-2016 she was the founder and Executive Director of Kevah, an adult Jewish education organization based in the Bay Area. Prior to her work at Kevah, Sara was the founder and Executive Director of the Religion, Politics, and Globalization Program at UC Berkeley.
John Wakiumu SOM '97 (Kenya) is the Chief Executive Officer and Global Head of Agriculture for Reewire International ApS (“Reewire”), a financial technology company with a unique “OPEN MARKET” mobile financial services platform geared towards meeting the needs of presently unbanked populations in the emerging markets of Africa, the Americas and Asia.
Megha Okhai '13 (London) is an Investment Executive at CDC Group, the UK’s Development Finance Institution, focusing on direct equity investments in Food & Agriculture across Africa and South Asia. Dual Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Global Affairs (International Development) from Yale University.
Adedana Ashebir '09 YSE '13 (Kenya) is the Regional Director for Africa and the Middle East at Village Capital. She leads Village Capital’s Africa work out of Nairobi after a career spanning journalism, human capital, foreign relations, and technology.
Peter Giblin '92 (London) is the Co-founder and Network Relations Manager at the Le Ciel Foundation.
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CAREERS IN SOCIAL IMPACT SERIES: Beginning Years in Social Impact Careers
Please join us for the first in our "Careers in Social Impact" webinar series as we hear from two Yalies about how they entered the social impact space and share their tips and tricks.
Liz Dunn '10 is the Resource Development Director for Mercy Housing Lakefront, which develops and operates affordable, program-enriched housing for low-income families, seniors, and people with special needs. Liz started her career with a year of service as an AmeriCorps VISTA member at Sarah’s Circle, a small homeless service organization serving women in Chicago. Liz brings a social work approach to her leadership role in philanthropy and holds an AM from the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.
Israel Tovar '17 (he/him) currently teaches World History II and AP World History in Washington D.C. Prior to working with families and communities in DC, Israel taught middle school U.S. History in Nashville, Tennessee, Mexican American History in San José, California, and has been a Lead Instructor for the Yale Young Global Scholars Program in New Haven, Connecticut. He earned a Master in Education from Stanford University and a BA in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration from Yale University where he graduated cum laude and with distinction in the major. He recently became the co-founder of the Dream Teacher Project.
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It’s easy to forget that New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut with an ever-expanding network of business entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, and change-makers. Please join us next week to learn about this growing ecosystem and how three Yale alums are boldly advancing entrepreneurship and education within New Haven and beyond.SPEAKERS:
Patricia Melton ’83 is Executive Director of New Haven Promise, a scholarship and support program created to promote college education as an aspiration for all New Haven public school students. The long-term mission of New Haven Promise is to leverage education in support of economic development throughout greater New Haven. There are now over 300 college Promise programs across the nation, and, under Patricia’s dynamic leadership, her New Haven organization has emerged as one of the leading Promise initiatives in the US, receiving over $4 million a year from Yale. Peter Salovey sits on her board and is a very active member.
Caroline Smith ‘14 and Margaret Lee ‘14 are co-founders of Collab, a community-centered business accelerator that empowers individuals and families to use entrepreneurship to gain autonomy, build wealth, and shape their communities.
Before Collab, Caroline was the Co-Director of Marketing at SeeClickFix, a civic technology company that connects citizens with their local governments. She also founded New Haven Bike Month, an effort to build bicycle justice through neighborhood empowerment. Currently she is Chair of the Downtown-Wooster Square Community Management Team. She’s received the New Haven Biz Women in Business Award and in 2017 was named to Connecticut Magazine's 40 Under 40.
Before Collab, Margaret worked at the Yale Entrepreneurship Institute (now the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale) where she managed Yale’s academic year and summer accelerators, overseeing more than 100 student and faculty ventures. She is the former Chair of the Elm City Innovation Collaborative and currently serves as Commissioner of the Economic Development Commission. She received the New Haven Biz Women in Business Award for her work.
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Over one year into a global pandemic, religious and spiritual practices and rituals have been dramatically altered. Yet, despite restrictions on social gatherings which have affected corporate worship, faith communities have discovered new ways to sustain and build community. Join five interfaith religious leaders as they focus on the ‘surprise blessings’ witnessed during COVID-19 and discuss future opportunities rising from this time of profound change.SPEAKERS:
- The Very Rev. Randy Hollerith, Dean of the Washington National Cathedral
- Imam Omer Bajwa, Director, Muslim Life at Yale
- Amira Quraishi, College Chaplain & Muslim Life Coordinator at Wellesley College
- Rev. Sumi Loundon Kim, Coordinator of Buddhist Life, Yale Chaplain’s Office
- Rabbi Victor Reinstein, Founding Rabbi, Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue, Jamaica Plain, MA
- Rev. Maurice Porter, Founder, Impact Church
- Mick Hirsch (DIV ’03) Moderator, President & Executive Director, THRIVEGulu
Details | Speaker Bios
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SOCIAL JUSTICE: Advancing Prison Reform
Nearly 1 in 2 Americans has a family member who has experienced incarceration. Learn how 3 Yale nonprofit leaders are creating a more humane and just prison system.
SPEAKERS
Zelda Roland ’08, ’16 PhD is the Founding Director of the Yale Prison Education Initiative (YPEI) at Dwight Hall which offers for-credit Yale courses to individuals in Connecticut’s correctional facilities. YPEI, in partnership with the University of New Haven, will expand its educational offerings, giving the incarcerated the opportunity to earn college degrees for the first time. Their joint program recently received a $1.5M grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Uzoma “Zo” Orchingwa ’21 Law & SOM also holds an M.Phil in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ameelio which developed the nation’s first free prison communications platform. The mission of Ameelio is to reconnect the incarcerated with their loved ones through digital solutions that facilitate the free delivery of letters and video conferencing. Their ultimate goal is to decouple incarceration and profit. | |
Lauren Fine ’06, ’11 JD Duke, is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project (YSRP) whose mission is to remove young people’s cases from the adult criminal justice system and obtain shorter more rehabilitative sentences for cases that cannot be removed. Lauren has advanced efforts to end the practice of sentencing children to life in prison without parole, including co-authoring amicus briefs to the US Supreme Court and state supreme courts.
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YANA Panel Discussion: Designing for FreedomYale was the first university to create a sustained initiative on modern slavery and trafficking through the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery and Abolition. Today, Yale is taking a lead with the Grace Farms Foundation to raise awareness of the chronically overlooked crisis of systemic slave labor in the supply chain for the $11.4 trillion construction industry.
Join us for a look back – with an update on the Yale Slavery and Research Project – and a look forward to ways that architects, developers, and investors can build ethically sourced, slave-free, and sustainably sourced buildings.
There is no better time to do this. The United Nations has named 2021 as “International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.” Worldwide turmoil has led to increased risk for enslaved child labor through poverty, reduced work opportunities for adults and adolescents, and refugee migration. And the construction industry is poised for growth as issues raised by the pandemic have led to new construction and infrastructure building projects. SPEAKERSAmbassador (ret.) Luis C.deBaca is a Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. He coordinated U.S. government activities in the global fight against contemporary forms of slavery as head of the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons during the Obama Administration. As one of the United States’ most decorated federal prosecutors, Ambassador C.deBaca updated the post-Civil War statutes and the 13th Amendment to develop the “victim-centered approach” to modern slavery, which has become the global standard for combating human trafficking.
Sharon Prince is the CEO and Founder of Grace Farms Foundation. Its stake in the ground is to end modern slavery and gender-based violence, and to create more grace and peace in our local and global communities. Prince commissioned the Pritzker Prize-winning firm SANAA to design the River building at Grace Farms, which has garnered numerous awards for contributions to architecture, environmental sustainability, and social good. In 2020, Prince launched Design for Freedom, a ground-breaking movement with 60 industry leaders to create a radical paradigm shift to remove slavery from the built environment.
Phillip Bernstein is the Associate Dean at the Yale School of Architecture. Phil is an architect, technologist, and educator who has taught at the School of Architecture since 1988 and where he received his B.A (honors) and M.Arch. He was formerly a Vice President at Autodesk where he was responsible for setting the company’s future vision and strategy for BIM technology as well as cultivating and sustaining the firm’s relationships with strategic industry leaders and associations. Prior to Autodesk Phil was a principal at Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects where he managed many of the firm’s most complex commissions.
MODERATORDavid Blight, is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. He has won several awards, including the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize for Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American, and the Pulitzer Prize and Lincoln Prize for Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. He is also chair of the Yale Slavery and Research Project.
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Starting and running a nonprofit entails more than believing and working towards your mission. Nonprofits need online presences, database systems, and sometimes outside professional experts. Join YANA for an intimate discussion about the various technologies, including free to low-cost resources available to nonprofits, even if you don’t have internal staff to help.
No need for nonprofits to reinvent the wheel every time they realize they need a new piece of software or technology advice! YANA Colorado Co-Chair, Rachel Tibbetts ’99 and YANA Executive Director, Rachel Littman ’91 lead an informative and informal discussion.
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Leveling the Playing Field of OpportunityOf the many values that drive nonprofits, perhaps none is more important than helping underserved populations gain fair access to resources and opportunity. Join us as three change-makers describe how their organizations are leveling the playing field of opportunity in unique and innovative ways. **SPEAKERS
Georgia Faye Hirsty ’22 SOM** is co-founder and co-director of Frailty Myths, a nonprofit that is actively reimagining femininity through transformative action-based workshops that provide the hands-on skills for women to fully explore the power and potential of their physicality. Her work also embraces DEI with a focus on developing equitable, high-performing teams and building a more just world.
David McCullough III ‘17 founded the American Exchange Project (AEP) in 2019, a first-of-its-kind, free cross-cultural exchange program for graduated high school seniors. AEP has been hailed as a domestic Peace Corps that is effectively bridging the gap and building greater understanding and empathy across class, cultural, racial, and geographical divides throughout our nation.
Susan Scheer ’85 is the CEO of the Institute for Career Development (ICD) a 100-year-old non-profit that prepares individuals with disabilities (IWD) for employment. The unemployment rate for IWDs was more than double that of people without disabilities before Covid, and IWD are disproportionately employed in industries that have suffered in the pandemic.
Moderated by Dasia Moore ’18, Reporter for the Boston Globe and YANA Board Member.
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Honoring Women Helping Women
Celebrate Women's History Month by hearing from leaders whose social justice organizations are actively working to help those in need
SPEAKERS
Samra AliOperations Manager, Texas Muslim Women's Foundation
Ashley Lucas '01
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Co-Principal Investigator,Carceral State Project
Former Director, Prison Creative Arts Project
Lauren Yanks '19 DIV
Founder & Executive Director, The Blue Butterly Foundation
SPEAKER BIOS
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YANA Evening Tea with Amir Pasic ’85Eugene R. Tempel Dean & Professor of Philanthropic Studies
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
*Join the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance for an intimate Evening Tea with Amir Pasic ‘85, the Eugene R. Tempel Dean and Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. We will explore the history and role of philanthropy in the United States as well as current trends and issues.
Amir Pasic is the Eugene R. Tempel Dean of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, the world’s first school devoted to research and teaching about philanthropy.
Prior to joining the school, Pasic was vice president of international operations at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), a global professional association serving educational institutions and their advancement professionals.
Previously, Pasic was associate dean for development and strategic planning at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) as well as executive director of its Foreign Policy Institute, where he continues to serve as a fellow.
Pasic served as deputy director of the world security project at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and was deputy vice president for advancement at The George Washington University. A former librarian at the Library of Congress, he began his career with faculty appointments at Brown University's Watson Institute.
Pasic earned his doctorate in political science at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a master's degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Yale University.
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YANA Virtual Town Hall: in recognition of African American History Month & the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre
Honor African American History Month by exploring the ways in which music, art, architecture, and built space environments reflect the complicated history of racism in America, celebrate African-American culture, and move us towards a more just, anti-racist country.
SPEAKERS
Regina Bain ‘98, ‘01 MFAExecutive Director, Louis Armstrong House Museum
Jerome Haferd ARCH ‘10
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia GSAPP
Co-Founder, BRANDT : HAFERD
Don Roman ‘71
Board President, Steffen Thomas Museum of Art
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YANA WEBINAR Necessary Relevance: The Role of the Arts in Society
YANA has developed a series of programs to explore the role of arts and culture in society, particularly in a tenuous economy and amidst fervent social justice movements. Join us for any or all of the upcoming programs featuring Yalies in all parts of the arts and cultural sectors.
Role & Support of Individual Artists
Join us for an open conversation about how individual artists are faring and a discussion about ways in which we can support individual art-makers and their work.
SPEAKERS:
DALE PARK '03 | Founder, New York Film and Music Foundation
Dale Park is an American entrepreneur and conceptual artist. From a young age, Park learned all aspects of music and music theory, and was concertmaster and leader of various student organizations at Phillips Academy (Andover). After engineering private sessions at a recording studio in Manhattan, he spent time in Washington D.C. developing a technology to circumvent fraudulent online political contributions. At the William Morris Agency he worked for the head of the New York office, and while at Yale worked at Merrill Lynch private wealth management.
TAREK ZIAD '20 | Actor, Comedian, & Creative Producer
Tarek Ziad received his B.A. in Theater Studies from Yale as an FGLI student and has found himself in every corner of performance since, from playing the iconic role of Belize in Angels in America, to his viral YouTube video Mumps Quarantine at Yale, to his original solo piece Laughing at Crying Babies. He is now based in Brooklyn, where he auditions for roles and performs stand-up comedy, most recently in Colt Coeur Theater's live-streamed Holiday Craptacular with fellow artists including Sara Bareilles and Taye Diggs. Tarek is also a Public Speaking Coach, as well as the Creative Producer of the developing podcast, "Living Breathing Medicine" with Drs. Natasha Beauvais and Cecily Havert. You can find Tarek across social media @tarkinthepark.
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COVID-19 Vaccination: Ensuring SuccessThe global COVID-19 vaccination rollout is one of the largest public healthcare initiatives ever taken. Join us for an in-depth webinar with leading public health experts to discuss the many challenges facing the distribution and administration of this vaccine.SPEAKERS
Vaccination Priority
Dr. Bettina Experton (CEO, Humetrix), sharing their work using the world's largest database of COVID-19 patients to identify at-risk populations and geography to help the Department of Defense allocate supply and monitor vaccination rollout.
Overcoming Obstacles
Dr. Peter Hotez '80 (scientist, researcher, author, science explainer), addressing consumer trust issues and other barriers to the vaccination rollout. Dr. Hotez is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also the co-director of the Texas Children's Center for Vaccine Development.
Global Perspective
Dr. Saad Omer (Inaugural Director, Yale Institute for Global Health), describing what challenges exist in other countries and what lessons from the international community may improve vaccination delivery.
Moderator
Dr. Sten Vermund (Dean of the Yale School of Public Health, Professor of Pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine), who is engaged in health policy, particularly around sustainability of HIV/AIDS programs and their expansion to non-communicable diseases, coronavirus pandemic response and prevention, and public health workforce development.
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Exploring work towards peace and anti-hate in recognition of UN Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day.
January 27, 2021
SPEAKERS:
- Rabbi Brad Hirschfield: President, Clal - National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
- Professor David Simon: Director, Yale Genocide Studies Program
- Frank Stebbins: Senior Program Associate for New Jersey Growth & Strategy, Facing History and Ourselves
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PANELISTS:
DAVID BLASHER ‘01 Chair, Director, Drama Club NYC
SHANNON KILEY Music Therapist, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
WILBUR NEUSHWANDER-FRINK Executive Director, Open Arts Minnesota
SEBASTIAN RUTH Founder & Artistic Director, Community MusicWorks
DANTES RAMEAU MUS '07 Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Atlanta Music Project
ELLEN PRIEST DIV '77 Abstract Painter, Eyeball It! Studio Art Program
JARED STAHLER DIV '06 Pastor, Saint Peter's Church
Art and music touch all of our lives in some way or another. They are deeply entrenched in human experience and history and have been studied in a wide range of fields. From history and performance to anthropology, sociology, and the sacred and ceremonial rituals in many world religions, the “arts” are intrinsically part of our lives.
Explore this larger role of arts, music, and culture in our society beyond performance and exhibition. We have practitioners and experts from the fields of K-12 school programs, social justice, religion, ableness inclusivity, and trauma healing.
SPEAKER BIOS
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YANA Virtual Town Hall | Fighting Inequality: Democratizing Access to EducationWe spotlight change-makers advancing educational opportunities through affirmative action and pre-college services.
SPEAKERS:Cara McClellan ’10, ’15 LAW, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Founder, My Sister’s Keeper Collective
Monique Lin-Luse, Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Kate Reuther ’96, Executive Director & Founder, Uptown Stories
Madeline Kerner ’07 is CEO and Co-Founder, Matriculate
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Update on Opportunity Zones & Community Investing
Join us for a discussion about community and impact investing
PANELISTS
- Anna Blanding ’03, SOM ’09, ConnCAT and ConnCORP
- Jay Readey ’94, JD/MBA ’04, Ginsberg Jacobs LLC; The MetroAlliance
- Rob Lalka ’05, Tulane University; Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
SPEAKER BIOS
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W*e spotlight the impact of Yale alumni leaders Neal Keny-Guyer and Mick Hirsch in fighting inequality, extreme poverty, and social injustice overseas.
We also feature an Election Special with Tiffany Gardner, CEO of ReflectUS, a national coalition advancing the number of women serving in public office across America.*
SPEAKERS:
- Neal Keny-Guyer ’82 SOM served as the CEO of Mercy Corps for 25 years before stepping down in 2019. Under his leadership, Mercy became one of the largest relief and development NGO’s in the world, focusing on alleviating poverty, suffering, and oppression among the world’s most vulnerable populations. Featuring Neal and YANA Executive Director, Rachel Littman ’91, in conversation.
- Mick Hirsch ’03 M.Div. is the President & Executive Director of THRIVEGulu, a trauma recovery organization operating in Northern Uganda that helps people heal from the devastating impact of war, sexual exploitation, and extreme poverty. His multiple roles include serving as a psychiatric chaplain and specialist in refugee settlement.
ELECTION SPECIAL
With our national election less than a week away, we’ve invited Tiffany Gardner ’98, the newly appointed CEO of ReflectUS, a nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition of the nation’s leading women’s representation organizations. The mission of ReflectUS is to increase the number of women elected at the local, state, and federal levels. |
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Current Leadership & Funding Issues in Nonprofits Arts & Cultural InstitutionsWednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 YANA Webinar Series | Necessary Relevance: The Role of the Arts in SocietyJoin a panel of artists and arts organization managers to discuss the necessary relevance of arts and culture to a just, equitable, and meaningful community.
MODERATOR
Dr. Akosua Barthwell Evans (LAW ‘90), The Barthwell Group (Detroit, MI)
PANELISTS
- Sarah Williams (DRAMA ‘15), California Shakespeare Theater (Orinda, CA)
- Brian Hodge ‘96, The Printing Museum (Houston, TX)
- Clement So ‘06, San Diego Symphony (San Diego, CA)
- Gary Dauphin ‘90, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (Los Angeles, CA)
SPEAKER BIOS
Co-Sponsors: Yale Alumni Art League, Yale Club of Houston, Yale Club of San Diego
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Fighting Inequality by Democratizing Access
Please join us as we spotlight social entrepreneurs fighting inequality by democratizing access to essential resources.
SPEAKERS:
-- Tim McChristian ‘77 is the Executive Director of Madison Square Boys and Girls Club, a youth program that provides a safe, supportive environment for children of color living in many of New York's most under-resourced neighborhoods. Tim's program reaches over 5,000 kids a year, 90% of whom identify as Black and Brown.
-- Sarah Tomita '06 is the Head of Finance, Strategy & Planning for Revolution Foods, an Oakland, California-based social enterprise and provider of free and reduced school lunches for kids, as well as millions of adults and families nationwide affected by food insecurity. As a former YANA board member and NYC resident, Sarah is thrilled to participate in this Town Hall and reconnect with colleagues.
-- Danny Egol ’20 SOM is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Inclusion NextWork (INW), a nonprofit dedicated to connecting, supporting, and elevating the next generation of leaders and communities committed to advancing IDEAS: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Social justice.
-- Hannah Verma '21 is a senior Political Science major. She co-founded TeleHealth Access for Seniors at the start of the pandemic to provide low-income, high-risk patients access to free tablets for telemedicine appointments. The nonprofit has now raised over $100,000, donated over 2300 devices, and is entirely student-run.
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If you’ve been struggling with fundraising during the coronavirus pandemic, you’re not alone. Much of the philanthropic world has been turned on its head, and we want to help you navigate it. Learn how two different nonprofit organizations have successfully altered their fundraising strategies in the time of COVID, and also how the funding priorities of two foundations have changed, and what you should know to successfully secure grants for your organization.
Panelists:
- Patty Breech ’06, The Purpose Collective (moderator)
- Lauren Arnold, The Adoption Exchange
- Vicki Nichols Goldstein ’90 MEM, Inland Ocean Coalition
- Tony Lewis, Donnell-Kay Foundation
- Benny Samuels, Rose Community Foundation
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This webinar describes the nature of fiduciary responsibilities, especially with respect to financial and investment matters, provides a model of good fiduciary governance, and reviews some of the tools available to nonprofit financial fiduciaries for prudent financial management.
Matt Gelfand, Rich Moreland, and Bob Scott, of Moreland Associates, LLC, each has decades of experience serving as fiduciaries for nonprofit organizations in executive, board, committee, and vendor roles. They provide guidance through the thicket of fiduciary duties so you can feel confident in taking on and exercising more responsibility for the financial and broader benefit of your nonprofit organizations.
This webinar covers essential elements of fiduciary responsibility, good governance, and prudent financial management.
- Defining fiduciary responsibilities
- Model governance structures
- The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (“UPMIFA”)
- Documenting governance structures and processes and the investment policy statement (IPS)
- The importance of good recordkeeping
- What behavior, actions, and decisions are prudent?
- Self-dealing and conflicts of interest
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Antony Bugg-Levine, Nonprofit Finance Fund, moderates a panel of foundation leaders about how how funders can address racial inequities.
- Crystal Hayling, The Libra Foundation
- Nike Irvin, Civil Society Fellowship: A Partnership of ADL & The Aspen Institute
- Noel Poyo, National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders
Panel Bios
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