This week, Independent Sector (IS) announced Sherry Salway Black (Oglala Lakota) as the 2019 recipient the John W. Gardner Leadership Award. The award is named for the founding chair of IS, John W. Gardner. It is awarded annually to a distinguished leader whose career has embodied the work, spirit, and values of the late American…
Sometime after 7:30pm, a longsuffering security guard ambles to the conference room door to check on the progress of the meeting inside, but almost no one notices him. At this precise moment, perhaps a dozen people are talking over themselves about the disappearance of black neighborhoods in Chicago. They’ve been at it for more than…
Tom Tasche, co-presenter of the Upswell workshop, “Oh Behave! The Science of Behavior Change,” has a keen interest in global health and civic engagement. Find out more about this eternal optimist who has some pretty avant-garde opinions, including a big change he’d make in our voting process. Q: If you had a time machine, would…
If you work with human beings (and who doesn’t?), don’t miss the Upswell workshop, “Oh Behave! The Science of Behavior Change.” Tom Tasche will reveal behavioral science principles you can use to improve your decision-making and actions, and be a more effective social changemaker. Tom is Senior Associate at ideas42, which uses insights from behavioral…
We first introduced you to Jessica Stern, co-founder and COO of Connect Our Kids, when the nonprofit was named winner of the inaugural Innovate for Good Challenge, launched in 2018 at Upswell LA and supported by Accenture and Independent Sector. Innovate for Good is intended to recognize organizations that are leveraging new technology to solve…
Wouldn’t it be great to meet our six finalists for the 2019 NGen Leadership Award in person? Well you can. They’ll all be on hand at Upswell Chicago, November 13-15! These outstanding next-generation changemakers are all in the running for this prestigious award, presented each year to one emerging changemaker who has demonstrated transformative social…
Allen Smart, who’ll present the Upswell workshop, “Connecting With Rural Communities,” is a longtime foundation leader and current national rural philanthropy spokesperson who writes, presents, and provokes under his consulting practice, PhilanthropywoRx. He’s an expert on rural communities and philanthropy. He’s got a great speaking voice, too, which he used quite effectively in his past…
There are some assumptions about rural America and rural philanthropy that need to be addressed. Allen Smart will do just that during his Upswell workshop, “Connecting with Rural Communities.” He knows a thing or two about both, having spent a quarter of a century as a grantmaker with a focus on philanthropic strategy and rural…
Kimberly Peeler-Allen is the Co-founder of Higher Heights, the only national organization devoted to helping Black women harness their political power and advance progressive policies. In the movement building and fundraising space…well, we could say Kimberly has been around the block a time or two, but that would be a gross understatement. Speaking from 20…
Remember the 2018 midterm elections? Once all the ballots were counted, the results were touted as historic, and for good reason. In addition to the highest voter turnout rate for a midterm in a century, we saw a number of milestones for women in federal office. While we know there’s still a long road ahead…