ABFE President Susan
Taylor Batten appeared as a guest
on WBEZ radio (Chicago) to discuss diversity
and governance for an investigative report
on The
Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
Listen
to the report and Susan's interview.
Census
2010: What's at Stake for Black communities
and What ABFE Members Can Do
The best
evidence from the 2000 Census suggests that
Blacks, Hispanics and American Indians were
undercounted at significantly higher rates
than Whites. Read
more at abfe.org.
The Congressional
Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) has
released The Resource Guide on Recovery
Act for African Americans, a report highlighting
some of the major provisions within the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 impacting Black communities.
Read
more at abfe.org.
ABFE
Black Men and Boys Coverage
Black Labor
in America: Emerging Opportunities Amid
the Economic Crisis
Steven
C. Pitts, Labor Policy Specialist
at the University of California-Berkeley
Center for Labor Research and Education,
focuses on the job crisis facing Black communities,
with an emphasis on Black men and the immigration
reform movement. He presents data on Black
employment leading into the recession, the
changing ethnic composition of occupations
and some pathways forward. A grantee
of OSI's Campaign for Black Male Achievement,
Pitts is also the lead on a two-year project,
funded by the Ford Foundation, designed
to improve relations between Blacks and
Latino immigrants in the workplace.
Listen
to the discussion.
Reframing
the Story of Black Males in the Media: A
Philanthropic Call to Action
How can philanthropy encourage media to
provide more accurate, nuanced portrayals
of Black men and boys? OSI's Campaign
for Black Male Achievement hosted a discussion
with philanthropic leaders, media professionals
and community-based advocates to discuss
how to foster partnerships to counter negative
stereotypes about Black males in the media.
Panelists:
Sharon
D. Toomer, Director of Communications
and Membership for ABFE and Founder and
Managing Editor of BlackandBrownNews.com
(BBN); Byron
Hurt, Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker,
Writer and Activist; Erik
Eckholm, Staff Writer, New York Times;
Loren
Harris, Executive Director, Black
Male Donor Collaborative and Founder, Thinking
Man Consulting; Jordan
Coleman, Youth Filmmaker, Actor;
Rashad
Robinson, Senior Director of Media
Programs, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation (GLAAD)
Listen
to the discussion.
ABFE Guest
Columnist, Cedric Brown
Make a
Socially Responsible Investment in Young
Black Men
Cedric Brown, Director of Mitchell Kapor
Foundation and ABFE Connecting Leaders Fellow
(class of 2007-2008).
Read Cedric's commentary.
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an ABFE Member or Renew Your Membership
at
www.abfe.org
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ABFE
STAFF
Susan
Taylor Batten, President
Marcus
F. Walton, Director of Programs
Sharon
D. Toomer, Director of Communications and
Membership
Joshua
Powers, Director of Administration
Floria
Abney, Administrative Associate
Lynne
Algrant, Professional Development Coordinator
Christine
Nicholson, Coordinator of Membership Services
About
ABFE
ABFE
is a membership organization. Its members
are dedicated to promoting effective and
responsive philanthropy in Black communities.
Since 1971, ABFE's commitment to diversity
and inclusion has been essential to the
advancement of organized philanthropy.
Established as the first official affinity
group of the Council on Foundations, the
organization was founded on the principle
of the importance and value of diverse leadership
in philanthropy. ABFE counts among
its membership staff, trustees and donors
of grantmaking organizations committed to
Black communities. For more information
please visit www.abfe.org or contact ABFE
at 646.230.0306.
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