Coverage and Highlights
ABFE's 2009 Annual Meeting and Program
Atlanta, Georgia
May 2nd and 3rd
For ABFE's 2009 Annual Meeting and Program at the Council on Foundations annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia, ABFE tried a fresh approach to covering our events by asking Rosetta Thurman, writer and blogger, to cover the two-day event.
For those who were unable to attend and for those who simply want to take your time to review the weekend events, click on any link below.
Enjoy!
Click here to read ABFE President Susan Taylor Batten's PowerPoint presentation, A New ABFE Agenda for Change, which was given during the Town Hall meeting on Sunday, May 3rd.
View a taped message from Benjamin Jealous, ABFE Board Member and President of the NAACP
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Click here to view Dr. john powell's, Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, enlightened presentation on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and President Obama's 2010 Budget, and the implications for Black Communities and the role for philanthropy entitled Economic Recovery Funding and the Future of Federal Policy.
We're Not in a Post-Racial World: ABFE's Commitment to Future Black Leaders
Read and watch the report...
-- Welcoming words from ABFE President and CEO Susan Taylor Batten
-- Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, Spelman College President
-- Ms. Amina J. Dickerson, Eighteenth James A. Joseph Lecturer
African Americans in Philanthropy Must Stimulate the Status Quo
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-- ABFE President Susan Taylor Batten outlined goals for ABFE with one overall outcome: that people in philanthropy will know about the issues of black communities.
-- Wenda Weekes Moore, ABFE Board Member and Trustee of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, said..."This is an exciting time to be in philanthropy as it relates to African Americans"
-- Phillip Thomas, ABFE Board Member and Senior Program Officer at Chicago Community Trust, explains the importance of Blacks in Philanthropy groups (BIPs) around the country.
-- Chad Jones, ABFE Connecting Leaders Fellow (2007-2008), discusses how ABFE is promoting a diversity pipeline and how the fellowship has impacted his career.
-- Towalame Austin, ABFE Member and President of the Magic Johnson Foundation, talks about the importance of being connected to other Black leaders in philanthropy.
Call to Black Philanthropy: The Future is in Our Hands
Gladys Washington, ABFE Board Member and Senior Program Officer at the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation framed the discussion well as she introduced ABFE's luncheon keynote speaker John H. Jackson. "Having the conversation in a southern city was fitting considering that most African Americans live in the south, the most poverty is in the south, highest incarceration rates are in the south."
Dr. John H. Jackson, New ABFE Board Member and President and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, talked about the critical correlation between educational attainment, incarceration economics, etc. We can see by race and ethnicity who's more likely to end up in jail. How do we identify the social policies that are leading to these disparate, unnatural results? We have to ask the question, why have we won some battles, but are still losing the war. We have the first African American President, but only 47% of Black males are graduating from high school. This is our challenge.
External Coverage of ABFE's 2009 Annual Meeting and Program
-- The Chronicle of Philanthropy Black Foundation Executives Urged to Support Education
-- The Blogosphere Speaks in Philanthropy
Coverage and Blogging services for ABFE's 2009 Annual Meeting and Program in Atlanta, Georgia were provided by Ms. Rosetta Thurman. She can be reached at rosettathurman@gmail.com and her website is www.rosettathurman.com.
On behalf of ABFE's Board of Directors and staff many thanks to our members, supporters and friends for a successful 2009 ABFE Meeting and Program!
For more information, please contact Sharon D. Toomer, ABFE Director of Communications and Membership at stoomer@abfe.org or Christine Nicholson, ABFE Coordinator of Membership Services at cnicholson@abfe.org.