Join us for the New York State Fall Funders Meeting
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Join funders from across New York State in Syracuse to hear from experts in their field about issues that matter to grantmakers, and to network and connect with colleagues around the state.
Fall Funder Meeting Agenda*
*The agenda will continue to evolve and we will add speakers, titles, and details as they become available.
9:00 am - Registration and Light Breakfast
9:30 am - NY Funders Alliance Annual Meeting and Opening Plenary
Linda Swanson, Vice-President of the NY Funders Alliance Board of Directors
"The Power of Philanthropic Networks in Public Policy and Beyond"
David Biemesderfer, President & CEO, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
10:30 am - Networking Break
10:45 am - "Understanding The World of Impact Investing"
Melissa Bradley, Director, American University Center for Innovation in the Capital.
Brian Nagendra, Senior Investment Associate, Capital Innovation, Living Cities.
12:15 pm - Networking Break
12:30 pm - Lunch Buffet
12:45 pm - "Engaging and Empowering Residents: How Funders Can Use Participatory Budgeting"
Josh Lerner is co-founder and Executive Director of the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP), a non-profit organization that empowers people to decide together how to spend public money, across the US and Canada. Through programs that PBP has launched and supported, over 200,000 people in 17 cities have directly decided how to spend $170,000,000. He is the author of Making Democracy Fun: How Game Design Can Empower Citizens and Transform Politics and Everyone Counts: Could Participatory Budgeting Change Democracy?
2:00 pm - Networking Break
2:15 pm - Breakout Sessions
3:30 pm - Event Concludes
3:45 pm - Post Meeting Conversations
Put it to work! Attend one of the sessions below for information conversations around the following topics:
Early Childhood with Dr. Lisa Klein and Jason Sabo
Participatory Budgeting with Josh Lerner
Community Credit with Javier Silva
Foster Care System in NYS with Rashida Abuwala