Opportunities for Nonprofits at the Takoma Park Folk Festival
Takoma Park Folk Festival is on September 8 at the Takoma Park Middle School. This free festival is expected to have over 5,000 in attendance and will have a cross-section of the DC area community. The festival offers two ways groups can gain donations and/or visibility: becoming a Beneficiary Group or exhibiting as a “Community Table.” Click here for more information.
Funders Dialogue on Equity Follow Up
We are excited to include programs like the Equity Dialogue and our upcoming workshop Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ Individuals: How to Be An Ally.
We encourage you to read/explore the issue of equity to better understand it as a lens through which to view your work. Here are some helpful links:
- OLO Report: “Racial Equity in Government Decision-Making: Lessons from the Field.”
- Leadership Montgomery’s Racial Equity Training.
- The three Racial Equity Principles adopted by the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County are: 1) A commitment to Brave Conversations. 2) An understanding that Power Dynamics may shift and that we must share power. 3) Nothing about us, without us can be for us. Here’s a short video of background on how they came to these principles:
- Finally, each funder that was on our panel has helpful resources on their respective websites.
Les Chansons Juives-Portraits of Jewish Music in France
Join Kolot HaLev for their annual concert on Sunday, June 2, 4pm at the Temple Beth Ami in Rockville. Special guests from Rochambeau Choir will also be performing. Click here for more information.
Safe Spaces for LGBTQ+ Individuals: How to Be An Ally
The Safe Space workshop is a dynamic and hands-on approach to creating safe space for all; focusing specifically on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) community. From the classroom bully to the unintentional exclusion by the use of certain language, LGBTQIA people frequently find themselves excluded and uncomfortable in a variety of settings.
This workshop aims to reduce the often unwelcoming and even hostile environments in which LGBTQIA people navigate in their daily lives. Workshop participants will explore their role and responsibility in creating a more welcoming environment at work, school, and in our communities. All attendees will leave the workshop with greater understanding and workable solutions for promoting Safe Spaces of Respect, Acceptance, and Support for all.
Through the workshop participants will:
- develop an understanding of the lived experiences of LGBTQIA people through current statistics and examples.
- be able to identify sources of unwelcoming behaviours in a variety of settings.
- become more familiar with and comfortable in using LGBTQIA-inclusive terminology.
- learn to dispel negative stereotypes and develop strategies to create a more welcoming and inclusive environments for LGBTQIA people.
- be able to recognize many of the issues and scenarios that LGBTQIA people experience in their workplace, community, or school and formulate effective responses.
June 5, 2019 – 8:30am to 12:30pm (breakfast provided)
The Universities at Shady Grove
Cost: $10 for Nonprofit Montgomery members, $25 for non-members
The Universities at Shady Grove
Cost: $10 for Nonprofit Montgomery members, $25 for non-members
in partnership with The Collaboration Council
City of Rockville Seeks Input on Vacant Shopping Center
The City of Rockville Department of Planning and Development Services and their consultant partners are facilitating discussions about the future of the Rockshire Shopping Center site. Please join this meeting on May 9, 7-9pm to collaborate and share ideas. Click here for more information.
Youth Development & Mentoring Symposium
On May 14-16, the Montgomery County Collaboration Council will host more than 150 youth development professionals at its annual Youth Development and Mentoring Symposium at The Universities at Shady Grvoe. The symposium is specifically designed to increase and reinforce the critical knowledge and skills needed for practitioners who work with Montgomery County youth.Click here for more information.
NM Reading List
Montgomery County is finally talking about its segregated schools. But can we fix them? (Greater Greater Washington, April 24)
If you’re feeling hopeless of late, remember that your work matters and you do too (Nonprofit AF, April 22)
Immigrant Children Using Health Care Services On The Rise In Montgomery County (WAMU 88.5, April 16)
Grants and Funding Opportunities
The Meyer Foundation – Applications due July 10, 2019
It’s Back! CFO/Finance Director Network
Join your fellow Finance Directors, CFOs, and COOs for collaborative problem solving, support and also share effective policies and practices. We encourage anyone who does finance work, operations, HR, etc. to attend.
When: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 – 9:30am to 11am
Location: EveryMind (1000 Twinbrook Parkway Rockville, MD 20851)
RSVP HERE
RSVP HERE
Please note that this group is for Nonprofit Montgomery members only.