Take a look at clips from the convening the Grantmakers for Girls of Color planning committee and the NoVo Foundation hosted on May 19, 2016.
More than a hundred funders met in person in New York City for the all-day meeting exploring the power of black young women and girls in the United States, the unique hurdles standing in their way, and how philanthropy can support them. Hundreds more joined online. Watch video of the full morning sessions, look through the complete agenda, and browse all the speakers who presented during the day.
The convening was designed as a first step toward a new dialogue and movement among funders to chart what’s needed, create opportunities for collaboration, and articulate a shared vision to shift the philanthropic sector.
Grantmakers for Girls of Color Convening Planning Committee Members:
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Nakisha M. Lewis
Senior Strategist for Safety,
Ms. Foundation for Women (Co-Chair) -
Tynesha McHarris
Fellow for Advancing Adolescent Girls Rights, NoVo Foundation (Co-Chair)
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Susan Batten
President and CEO, ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities
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Allison Brown
Executive Director,
Communities for Just Schools Fund -
LaTosha Brown
Program Director, Grantmakers for Southern Progress, Neighborhood Funders Group
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Mandy Van Deven
Communications Officer,
Foundation for a Just Society -
Jeanné Isler
Field Director, National Committee For Responsive Philanthropy
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LaShawn Jefferson
Program Officer, Ford Foundation
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Marjona Jones
Senior Program Officer, Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock
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Ada Williams Prince
Program Officer, Marguerite Casey Foundation
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Lorraine Ramirez
Program Manager,
Funders for Justice/ Neighborhood Funders Group -
Takema Robinson
Founder, Momentum for Progress
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Cassie Schwerner
Senior Vice President,
Schott Foundation for Public Education
Our full-day convening included these sessions:
Introductions & Welcome |
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A Black Girls Bill of Rights During the Black Girl Movement Conference, more than 500 black girls and women created a declaration of what it means and will take for black girls to live with dignity and safety. Our funders convening will open with a presentation of the Declaration of Freedom & Humanity by some of the black women and girls who helped to draft it. |
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State of Black Girls in America Roundtable One (9:30am - 10:45am) |
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Lunch Keynote Racial Justice is Gender Justice: Why Funding with an Intersectional Lens is Necessary for Systemic Change |
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“Where is the Money”: Mapping Philanthropy & The Field for Black Girls Presentation on what we know on where the money is for black girls and young women in philanthropy to date, followed by a facilitated discussion with all participants. |
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Moving Money to Make Change: Organizing Strategies for Philanthropy Small Group Discussions |
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Closing & Next Steps |

Joanne Smith
Girls for Gender Equity

Nakisha Lewis
Ms. Foundation for Women

Monique Morris, Ed.D.
National Black Women's Justice Institute and author of PushOut

Elle Hearns
#BlackLivesMatter

Scheherazade Tillet
A Long Walk Home

Kimberlé Crenshaw, J.D.
African American Policy Forum

Allison Brown
Communities for Just Schools Fund

Tynesha McHarris
NoVo Foundation

LaShawn Jefferson
Ford Foundation

Cidra Sebastien
Brotherhood/Sister Sol

Seema Shah, Ph.D.
Foundation Center

Makayla Gilliam-Price
Baltimore Student Activist

Alvin Starks
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Kameisha Smith
Nollie Jenkins Family Center

Jody Myrum
NoVo Foundation

M. Adams
Freedom, Inc.

Monica Dennis
2016 G4GC Convening Facilitator

Shaena Johnson
BreakOut

Samantha Masters
Black Youth Project

Gloria Malone