Bet you didn't know grantmakers could sing! Thank you to aishafukushima for leading us in song and to everyone in the room who was open👏🏿 #NCFP19

#Philanthropy friends, as I sit in meetings with you today, talking about virtual conferences or “trust” or “solutions”, please know this is how I’m feeling. •Call in Black• featuring @eveeeeezy youtu.be/cpVeUVcFMAU via YouTube

Just took the Formerly Foundation Center Candid Learning for Funders knowledge sharer quiz and found out I'm a Knowledge Novice! Excited to learn how to share MORE 💃🏿 #openforgood #2018geo

Favorite thing about #2018GEO so far: every session I’ve attended has included a nonprofit partner in the room! Inclusion in action. GEO

Calling current college students! Ready to empower Young Men of Color in South Central? Ready to build your network, meet top tech professionals, and learn how the industry works? If so, please apply to our summer Tech Start-Up Fellowship! exploringtech.org/txt-fellowship

Truth: “Our schools have gotten more segregated because that’s what white people want.” Housing stratification/gentrification is just segregation by another name. Ida Bae Wells #2018GEO

There’s nothing about sitting next to a white kid that makes a black kid smart. It just ensures that the black kid is getting the same great resources. Ida Bae Wells #2018GEO

“I think we are very comfortable with ignoring what we do to kids.” Ida Bae Wells This is a painful truth I realized while growing up in foster care. #2018GEO

“The housing crisis and other social problems that have roots in racism and discrimination are not just going to ‘unhappen’ without interventions that address structural and systemic complexity.” Gloria Bruce at #2018GEO

I find that while foundations say they want to hear from the community, in practice it’s not really happening. I’m a funder with lived experience in foster care, poverty, and living with a disability. And even my voice is not heard on those issues. #2018GEO x.com/jbearwoman/sta…

So excited for the only youth focused session at #2018GEO with @sshahphd @rashidagovan Neva Walker. We’re always working to center the voices and work of young people. #youthphil #youthleaders

How different might family philanthropy look if we were teaching our youth about equity and oppression starting at 5yo like Coleman Advocates does? And, what does it say about us that we haven’t? #2018GEO #youthphil

“Young people we work with understand the needs for systems change and that changing a policy may not impact them directly, but will impact their peers and sisters and brothers” - Neva Walker #2018GEO

Through organizing, young people learn to do root cause analysis so they don’t end up saying things like “slavery is a choice” like Kanye. Thanks Rashida Govan for the real world example. #2018GEO #youthphil #youthorganizing #youthleadership

Youth organizing is more than just young people playing a role or speaking out. Youth are designing, developing, and managing strategy & building supportive and strong relationships with peers and adult supporters. #2018GEO #youthorganizing #youthleadership

Why do organizations have to hide youth organizing and advocacy under terms like “community engagement” or “leadership development”? Because we (funders and our boards) won’t fund anything that’s too radical or too social justice. WE NEED TO CHANGE! #2018GEO #youthorganizing

This is why you stay until the end of the conference. A beautiful performance by opera singer @bronzequeen2911. Thank you for sharing your gift and your story with us! #2018GEO #BlackOpera

Thank you to the board, staff, and volunteers for an amazing time! I so appreciated every single conversation and seeing so many people who looked like me center stage. #2018GEO #blackgirlmagic x.com/geofunders/sta…