RESOURCES AND RECAP
Led by: Jennifer Near and Nwamaka Agbo,
Justice Funders
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*Real-time captioning is provided for all Making-Visible webinars.
How do we protect the most vulnerable in these trying times and at all times? And how are you preparing for the increase in suffering to come?
This webinar, led by two of the most experienced women in social justice philanthropy, will teach us how to align our resource distribution with our values. We will learn how to make the best use of whatever wealth we have (whether we give $10 or $10 Million) to move us towards a more just and equitable system. We will learn concrete ways to use our financial resources to not just help those most in need, but to also change the very structures that underlie the inequalities we see in our world today. This is a very hopeful conversation about what we can do with whatever we have.
Resources
RECOMMENDED READING AND LISTENING shared by Jennifer before webinar
Pandemic Philanthropy: Moving From Relief to Power By Dimple Abichandani
Boosts and Blocks of Building Wealth Tool by United for a Fair Economy
Restorative Economics Podcast by Nwamaka Agbo
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES shared during webinar
Direct grassroots support in moments of crises (bail relief, black led-organizing, legal support)
Movement for Black Lives
Black Futures Lab
BYP100
Black Organizing Project
Blackbird
BAJI
Dream Defenders
BOLD
Anti Police-Terror Project
Reclaim the block, fund our broader movement resource, shared by Jennifer - CLICK HERE
Bail funds and groups to support around MN bail fund, shared by Jennifer - CLICK HERE
Resources shared by Nwamaka
https://robasciotti.com/
https://chordatacapital.com/about-us/
https://candidegroup.com/olamina-fund
https://www.ujimaboston.com/
Volunteer opportunities, shared by Irene (webinar attendee) - CLICK HERE
An Invitation for Radical Giving
Dear Radical Giving Allies,
The People of Color Sustainable Housing Network (POCSHN) would like to add redistribution of land to the lists circulating about what allies can do at this moment in history. We are a resource network created in 2015 for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color interested in building intentional, healthy, and affordable housing communities in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
We view land redistribution (i.e. below market rates, sharing land with Black, Indigenous, and People-of-Color-led collectives, or donations without strings attached) as a way to repair historical harm from genocide, slavery, and local and federal laws and policy decisions that have promoted discriminatory patterns that continue to this day.
Up until this point we’ve successfully been able to “integrate” individual people and households of color into predominantly white cooperatives and land trusts, so that they now have access to permanently affordable rent or share costs. However, we are still looking for autonomous access and community control to land through the strategies listed below. Here is a radical model of a 577 acre Indigenous Ecovillage in Alabama that reminds us of what is possible!
We welcome the support of land-owning allies by inviting the question:
How do I Leverage (land) My (money) Privilege (position and participation)?
LAND
Does anyone in your personal or professional network have access to land/property/retreat centers that could be sold or rented below market rate, donated to POCSHN through the Northern California Land Trust, or shared with an autonomous group of people of color? At this time, we are prioritizing a Black Land Project called the Beehive Collective, with seed funding from the San Francisco Foundation.
MONEY
Start a giving circle within your community
Donate to POCSHN here (write in POCSHN in the notes)
POSITION AND PARTICIPATION
Volunteer as a Radical Giving Ally Organizer to recruit white allies and other landowners who might be interested in donating. If you know of anyone who might be interested, please contact Marissa Ashkar at marissa.ashkar@nclt.org or (510) 548-7878 x 341.
Thank you,
Brandi Mack, Desi Fontenot, Marissa Ashkar, Rona Fernandez, and Tavi Baker,
People of Color Sustainable Housing Network
https://www.pochousingnetwork.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/POCHousingNetwork
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/building-a-post-colonial-community-starts-with-vocabulary
Together we have what it takes to create a fair and equitable future. In this webinar, Jennifer and Nwamaka will help us learn exactly how we can contribute to long-lasting changes. Both of them are part of the Justice Funders organization, which guides philanthropy into transformative change. We need their message more than ever right now. Please join us.
Annie Mahon will share her own journey from her middle-class upbringing to marrying into an owning class situation, including how she created a family foundation and learned how to use intentional giving to make systemic change to reduce suffering. She and her daughter Hanna shared about this journey on a Resource Generation webinar in 2019.
More about Nwamaka and Jennifer
Restorative Economics practitioner, Nwamaka Agbo, brings a solutions-oriented approach to her project management consulting. With a background in organizing, electoral campaigns, policy and advocacy on racial, social and environmental justice issues, Nwamaka supports projects that build resilient, healthy and self-determined communities rooted in shared prosperity. Jennifer supports philanthropic organizations in adopting and accelerating their practice of the Just Transition. Her work includes developing strategies to redistribute land, wealth, and power in the field of philanthropy and working to align philanthropic practices with grassroots leadership and communities' vision for a cooperative and regenerative economy.
This is an opportunity to learn about something so critical especially during this time. With your support and presence, we will continue to bring awareness and transformation to our economic injustices.