What is OUR Storytelling Event

Storytelling can be a powerful tool for amplifying truth, changing the narrative, and promoting healing. It can propel us to times and places long ago and far away, and take us on imaginative journeys through the experiences of others.

We hope you can join us on a storytelling journey on April 4, 3:00 - 7:00 for the "What is OUR Storytelling" event at the Chicago History Museum.

Before the storytelling, participants are invited to tour the "Race: Are We So Different?" exhibit at the museum from 3:00 - 4:30, and to enjoy light snacks and refreshments from 4:30 - 5:15.

Registration is filling up...sign up today!!!

Click here for more information, to see the list of storytellers, and to register.

And the Youth Shall Lead Them...

Amina Dickerson, Board of Directors, Woods Fund Chicago

In the aftermath of the horrible, and now all too familiar, occurrence of the school shooting in Parkland Florida, might we have come to the tipping point? And if we have, what caused THIS one to be different?

Updates From the Ground: Progress and Opportunities for Bond Reform in Illinois

Funders, join your grantmaker colleagues for a conversation about the current local and national landscape of monetary bond and pretrial detention as well as alternative models and opportunities for reform in Cook County and Illinois.

Leading this conversation will be The Coalition to End Money Bond, including representatives from Illinois Justice Project, Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, Chicago Community Bond Fund, The Next Movement at Trinity United Church of Christ, and The People's Lobby. Click here to register and for more information.

What does the new tax law mean for you?

Find out next week at a session crafted for Woods Fund Grantees. Local experts will share about the broad implications of the new federal tax law, the impact it could have on state funded programs, on donations and giving, and how it could change the landscape of social services in Illinois. Interested Woods Fund Grantees can register here.

Job Postings

Associate Director for Research, UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy

Vice President of Development, Sargent Shriver Center on Poverty Law

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Once again we congratulate Grace Hou on being recognized by Chicago Women In Philanthropy as their Making a Difference awardee! A special "THANK YOU to Wonder Woman Unicorn Angelique Power, President of the Field Foundation, for being the most amazing Honorary Co-Chair! And thanks to all of our Woods Fund Chicago grantee partners and philanthropy colleagues for your presence and your support!

Call for Nominations!!

Chicago African Americans In Philanthropy is looking for leaders whose work exemplifies a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in the Black community. Nominate someone for the Connecting Philanthropy to Community awards today!

Bright Promises Foundation, a Chicago-based public charity serving children since 1869, announced that nominations are now being accepted for the 2018 Awards, which recognize those who have demonstrated outstanding service and commitment to low-income and at-risk children in a professional or volunteer capacity. Nominate someone today!

Are you or your org guilty of Trickle-Down Community Engagement?

Social Media, Political Polarization, and Political Disinformation: A Review of the Scientific Literature, William + Flora Hewlett Foundation

What BYP100 Director Charlene Carruthers Wishes She'd Known About Community Organizing, Charlene Carruthers

An End to the Class vs. Race Debates, NYT Op-Ed

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