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#Philanthropy friends, as I sit in meetings with you today, talking about virtual conferences or “trust” or “solutions”, please know this is how I’m feeling. •Call in Black• featuring @eveeeeezy youtu.be/cpVeUVcFMAU via @YouTube

Bet you didn't know grantmakers could sing! Thank you to @aishafukushima for leading us in song and to everyone in the room who was open👏🏿 #NCFP19

Thank you to the board, staff, and volunteers for an amazing time! I so appreciated every single conversation and seeing so many people who looked like me center stage. #2018GEO #blackgirlmagic xitter.gq/geofunders/status/9917…

This is why you stay until the end of the conference. A beautiful performance by opera singer @bronzequeen2911. Thank you for sharing your gift and your story with us! #2018GEO #BlackOpera

Why do organizations have to hide youth organizing and advocacy under terms like “community engagement” or “leadership development”? Because we (funders and our boards) won’t fund anything that’s too radical or too social justice. WE NEED TO CHANGE! #2018GEO #youthorganizing

Youth organizing is more than just young people playing a role or speaking out. Youth are designing, developing, and managing strategy & building supportive and strong relationships with peers and adult supporters. #2018GEO #youthorganizing #youthleadership

Through organizing, young people learn to do root cause analysis so they don’t end up saying things like “slavery is a choice” like Kanye. Thanks @rashidagovan for the real world example. #2018GEO #youthphil #youthorganizing #youthleadership

How different might family philanthropy look if we were teaching our youth about equity and oppression starting at 5yo like @ColemanSF1 does? And, what does it say about us that we haven’t? #2018GEO #youthphil

So excited for the only youth focused session at #2018GEO with @sshahphd @rashidagovan @neva_walker. We’re always working to center the voices and work of young people. #youthphil #youthleaders

I find that while foundations say they want to hear from the community, in practice it’s not really happening. I’m a funder with lived experience in foster care, poverty, and living with a disability. And even my voice is not heard on those issues. #2018GEO xitter.gq/jbearwoman/status/9917…

“I think we are very comfortable with ignoring what we do to kids.” @nhannahjones This is a painful truth I realized while growing up in foster care. #2018GEO

There’s nothing about sitting next to a white kid that makes a black kid smart. It just ensures that the black kid is getting the same great resources. @nhannahjones #2018GEO

Truth: “Our schools have gotten more segregated because that’s what white people want.” Housing stratification/gentrification is just segregation by another name. @nhannahjones #2018GEO

Favorite thing about #2018GEO so far: every session I’ve attended has included a nonprofit partner in the room! Inclusion in action. @GEOfunders

Just took the @fdncenter @grantcraft knowledge sharer quiz and found out I'm a Knowledge Novice! Excited to learn how to share MORE 💃🏿 #openforgood #2018geo