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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month


PEAK’s Asian American Pacific Islander Affinity Group, created in partnership with our network of volunteers, held its first meeting during PEAK2021 Online. Co-led by members Jina FreibergAnna Huynh, and Sheryl Saturnino, this group provides a forum where grants professionals who identify as AAPI can connect, network, and support one another. Only by coincidence did this group coalesce during AAPI Heritage Month.

To commemorate these two occasions, we asked Jina, Anna, and Sheryl to recommend books, film, and other media to promote greater understanding and appreciation of AAPI heritage and support everyone in being better allies to the AAPI community. From literature and documentary films to reports and educational resources, these offerings provide a window into the AAPI community and the issues they face. Read on—we’re sure that these materials will enlighten and inspire you to drive change.
 
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A Visual Tool Kit for Driving Equity


Earlier this month, more than 1,300 members of our community gathered at PEAK2021 Online for eight days filled with candor, inspiration, and guidance that empowered us all to be change agents to drive equity in grantmaking practices and transform philanthropy.

Throughout the event, a graphic facilitator translated insights from our six keynotes into mind maps. We hope you’ll download and use these visual tools to help you continue the conversations you started at PEAK2021 within your own organizations and be a catalyst for change.
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Upcoming Events


June 16
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Equivalency Determination—
The Basics


June 17
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Monthly Coffee Hour (PEAK
Pacific Northwest)


June 23
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Uncovering Unconscious Bias in Philanthropy (PEAK Minnesota)

Starting June 23
VIRTUAL LEARNING SERIES
Grants Management 101—Class
of 2021: Cohort 2


June 30
CHAPTER WEBINAR
Equity and Evaluation: Can We Embrace Both in Collecting Demographic Data? (PEAK Northeast)

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Weekly Reads

“The limited life approach in philanthropy has received increased attention in recent years. But across foundations, perpetuity is often still seen to be the default, and there is considerable uncertainty about the practice of spending down.”  [more]
A Date Certain: Lessons from Limited Life Foundations, Center for Effective Philanthropy

“For most in the disability community, the barriers to recovery [from the pandemic] are more complex and, if not properly addressed, will have immediate and long-term consequences on their quality of life and wellbeing, not to mention a negative impact on society at large.”  [more]
Angela F. Williams, Covid-19’s Impact on People With Disabilities, Easterseals

“In the workplace, white supremacy culture explicitly and implicitly privileges whiteness and discriminates against non-Western and non-white professionalism standards related to dress code, speech, work style, and timeliness. …These values, established over time as history and fact, have been used to create the narrative of white supremacy that underpins professionalism today, playing out in the hiring, firing, and day-to-day management of workplaces.”  [more]
Aysa Gray, Center for Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding at Queens College, in Stanford Social Innovation Review

 

              
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