Youth In Action: PFF Quarterly Newsletter -
Thank you to @familygiving and @THE_FCYO for giving us the opportunity to lift up the importance of youth organizing and challenging methods of traditional philanthropy. After reading, let’s discuss what transformative grantmaking can look to you!
The @Perrinfamilyfdn decided to shift their philanthropy to invest in youth-led social change. What does that look like in practice? @THE_FCYO recently interviewed Sheila Perrin and her son David about their philanthropic journey http://ow.ly/1hQZ50xfejQ
Information like this underscores why it is so important to take an intersectional approach to analyzing the systemic problems that continue to plague our communities on a statewide, town/city, or local community level.
In the #Hartford, #NHV, & #FairfieldCounty areas, white children from low-income homes can expect greater upward #economicmobility than Black children from high-income homes. Learn more about this information in the new #CommunityIndex: http://ctdatahaven.org/reports #NNIP #racialequity
PFF’s move to supporting youth led social change was recently featured by @familygiving with two interviews that were initially published by @THE_FCYO. Click below to read all about it!
@familygiving published FCYO's interview with @Perrinfamilyfdn members on how they shifted their funding priorities to youth organizing! Check out the post here: https://www.ncfp.org/2019/11/14/the-perrin-family-foundation-a-funder-journey-story/
While there was a stark increase in young ppl #voting, there are still many barriers to youth participating in #elections.
How can you have an impact on young #voters and in increase access to casting a ballot tomorrow?
Analysis | https://bit.ly/2Y7TOgm
“There’s a real opportunity to support young people power - young people have the power to flip elections. It’s about how we get organized as a sector to best support them in this moment.” - Rachel Gilmer, .@Dreamdefenders
Our final panel is “Spotlight: Strengthening Youth Power in Florida” with Rachel Gilmer at .@Dreamdefenders and David Caicedo at Florida Student Power.
“It’s not helpful to make isolated tables of youth organizations, we need to be at larger tables where the money is and statewide and national organizations and foundations can have the backs of local organizations” - Sarah Audelo, .@alliance4youth
What is something that you need help with, but can't find help for? Is there a resource that you can't find but wish you had?
Our next panel is on “Infrastructure & Power Building Programs” with Sarah Audelo .@alliance4youth, Amanda Mayos .@PPGenAction, H. Drew Galloway st .@MOVE_texas, and Clarissa Unger, Students Learn Students Vote.
“Young people are often thought of as targets to drive out [for votes] rather than drivers of change” - Reginald Bolding, .@AzC4C