It’s Official! We’ve Launched BLOC 2!
In our 2013 Field Scan, PFF and Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) outlined the many obstacles that hindered the advancement and progress of Connecticut’s youth-led social change field. BLOC was designed in an effort to address and challenge these...
#AffordtoDream
On April 27th, Connecticut Students for a Dream’s five-year fight #AffordtoDream came to a victorious end when legislation opening access to institutional aid was passed with broad bipartisan support and signed into law by Gov. Dannel Malloy. Prior to this victory,...
“Activating” the Potential of Youth Development – Reflections on PFF’s Recent Workshop
In June, PFF hosted a free workshop, “Activating the Minds of Critically Conscious Youth” at The Connecticut Center for the Arts and Technology (ConnCAT). As part of the the Foundation’s commitment to strengthening the youth sector through capacity...
Making the Road, Charting a Course – Make the Road CT’s Youth Make Strides On Campaign
40 minutes. That’s how long some youth in Bridgeport are walking during the school year just to make it in time for their first class. Unsafe routes and the general lack of adequate school and public transportation creates a “perfect storm” of inaccessibility, that...
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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 3 - There is still time to apply for the Development & Events Manager position - Join our team!
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Closing recommendations for funders at #FCYO2019:
-Fund multi-year gen op support
-Remember this money belongs in our communities; figure out how to move it swiftly
-Fund transformation, not transactions
-Trust young people
-Fund the new ideas, transition + dark times
@THE_FCYO
Funders! Join @The_FCYO as we uplift Youth Organizing work in the South on June 4 in Atlanta at our Funder Briefing: https://t.co/WnHMhRe976
“Philanthropists: Fund us like you want us to win.” - Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Highlander Center. @hendersonaw0604 ‼️‼️‼️ @THE_FCYO
"We asked, we listened, and we did what we were told" 🔥 - @Laura McCargar on how @Perrinfamilyfd is able to take a movement building approach in their funding #YOintheSouth
Room poll: in one word how would you (#philanthropy) describe your relationship with grant partners? Here’s what we learned... #GEOLearn cc: @Perrinfamilyfdn @LucasCodog
Happening now at #GEOlearn: Trust-Based Approaches to Learning and Evaluation in the ballroom. Come have breakfast with @TWI_2022 @RSClarkFdn @headwatersmt @durfeeLA @Perrinfamilyfdn & Satterberg Fdn @GEOfunders
Lucas Codognolia of @CT4aDREAM and Laura McCargar of @Perrinfamilyfdn remind us that wisdom is in the room #GEOLearn
Reciprocal, Equitable, Accountable, Learn - some REAL talk with @CT4aDREAM and @Perrinfamilyfdn. Learning moves in both directions. Everyone has something to teach, everyone has something to learn. And it's not extractive. #GEOLearn
Getting ready for Real Talk with Laura @Perrinfamilyfdn & @LucasCodog from @CT4aDREAM #GEOLearn
