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(October 18, 2010) 2:30-4pm

Rural LGBTQ organizing issues

Community organizing, policy work, and movement building are happening in rural LGBTQ communities throughout the country. What does this work look like and how is it different from the often more visible efforts of urban LGBTQ activists and advocates? What are the strategies, networks, and support needed to advance this work in rural communities? How can we strengthen the infrastructure and bolster the visibility of rural LGBTQ movement builders?

Cosponsored by the National Rural Funders Collaborative and Native Americans in Philanthropy.

2011 Grantmakers Retreat
(September 7, 2010) Advancing an LGBTQ Justice Movement through Research, Policy, and Community Engagement

JANUARY 18TH - JANUARY 20th 2011

Palm Springs, California

How can we support strategic relationships between direct service, community organizing, research, and policy? What is the link between LGBTQ policy work at the city, county & state levels and the federal policy agenda? What is the future of queer community institutions and culture in a changing political and social landscape? How can funders actively engage in cross-movement alliance building?

Please join Funders for LGBTQ Issues for three days of discussion, strategy, and knowledge sharing at our second national retreat for LGBTQ grantmakers In January 2011.

Registration is open to representatives from any grantmaking entity or philanthropic infrastructure organization (e.g. board members, staff, grant advisory committee members, etc.).

Please click on the '2011 Grantmakers Retreat' link above for more information and to register.

LGBTQ Issues in Education Teleconference
(August 23, 2010) Presenters: Nalleli Luna and Sam Finkelstein, Gender JUST, Dr. Eliza Byard, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Dr. Cindy Cruz, Education Department, University of California at Santa Cruz. Moderated by: Andrew Lane, Johnson Family Foundation, moderator.
Download the audio (74.8 MB MP3 file)

Beyond the Uniting American Families Act: LGBTQ Issues in Immigration
(July 31, 2010) Presenters: Pooja Gehi, Sylvia Rivera Law Project; Trishala Deb, Arcus Foundation; Eric Berndt, National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Minorities, National Immigrant Justice Center. Moderated by: Nancy Ordover, Funders for LGBTQ Issues
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Funders for LGBTQ Issues Joins Arizona Boycott
[NEW YORK, NY] (May 12, 2010) In protest of the new Arizona law on immigration, Funders for LGBTQ Issues has pulled its January 2011 funders retreat from Tucson, and will relocate it to another state. For a full statement, click the headline.

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Releases New Reports on Grantmaking
[NEW YORK, NY] (April 9, 2010) Funders for LGBTQ Issues has released two reports on LGBTQ grantmaking. One is "LGBTQ Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations (2008)," available as a full report and in executive summary form. The other is an update from the Racial Equity Campaign, and highlights "U.S. Foundation Support for LGBTQ Communities of Color." Both reports are available at the publications page, at http://www.lgbtfunders.org/resources/publications.cfm

Funders for LGBTQ Issues Launches an Online Toolkit for Foundations Interested in Learning about LGBTQ Communities of Color
[NEW YORK, NY] (November 9, 2009) This evolving, online resource includes a range of original funder tools, perspectives from foundations and nonprofit leaders in the field, a library of publications and more.

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Changes Its Name to ‘Funders for LGBTQ Issues’
[NEW YORK, NY] (October 14, 2009) New name highlights the importance of supporting transgender and gender non-conforming communities in achieving safety, equity and enhanced well-being.