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** You’ve Created a Diverse Grant Review Board – But Don’t Stop There
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It takes thoughtfulness, time, and hard work to create a review board that reflects the diversity of your applicant pool, shows your commitment to equality, and helps ensure a fair grantee selection process. But the work doesn’t end there.
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** RSVP for our next Community Conversation | Reimagine Grantmaking
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On November 17, we invite members to join the PEAK team, and Journal guest editors Cristina Yoon and Jane Ward, to explore how grants management professionals are reimagining grantmaking to meet the moment – and for the long-term.
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Join this week’s trending conversations:.
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** Upcoming
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October 20
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Virtual Coffee Hour: Coping with the New Normal (PEAK Mideast) ([link removed])

October 21
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Using Data to Assess Your Grantmaking Practice (PEAK Southeast) ([link removed])

October 27
CHAPTER WEBINAR
The Board Member Journey (PEAK Southern California) ([link removed])

October 28
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Driving Equity in Grantmaking and Promoting Anti-Racism (PEAK New England) ([link removed])

November 5
WEBINAR
The State of Philanthropy Tech: Understanding the Landscape ([link removed])

November 9
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Fall Chapter Meeting (PEAK Pacific Northwest) ([link removed])

November 10
WEBINAR
When Disaster Strikes: Responsive, values-driven grantmaking strategies for emergencies ([link removed])

November 12
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Reflections of a Career Advocating for Health in Indian Country (PEAK Minnesota) ([link removed])

November 12
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Equitable Tech: How Technology and Data Impact Equitable Outcomes ([link removed])

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** Weekly Reads
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"Building Movement Project’s latest report, On the Frontlines: Nonprofits Led by People of Color Confront COVID-19 and Structural Racism ([link removed]) , shines a spotlight on how 2020’s social upheavals are affecting people of color-led (POC) nonprofit organizations and their communities, programs, leadership, and financial sustainability." [more] ([link removed])

“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Be willing to challenge the age-old interpretation of your mission and embrace intersectionality in programmatic approaches. Look beyond regular partners with cyclical programs, defined timelines, and guaranteed outputs and put an eye towards the not-yet-known. The rewards can be momentous.” [more] ([link removed])
– Patricia McIlreavy, Center for Disaster Philanthropy, on Center for Effective Philanthropy

"Nonprofits that serve communities of color struggle to survive because of systemic racial disparities and biases. To surmount these challenges, we recommend seven approaches that have emerged from our work with these communities." [more] ([link removed])
– April Nishimura, Roshni Sampath, Vu Le, Anbar Mahar Sheikh & Ananda Valenzuela, RVC, in Stanford Social Innovation Review

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