Council on Foundations Fall Conference Community Foundations
This was a great conference and very inspirational. I had the opportunity to participate in out trips to three locations to see funded projects.
On Monday September 19, we attended Stepping Onto American Soil through the Western Gate
The Day-Labor Center
First we visited the Day Labor Program in the Mission District. New immigrants often enter the job market as day laborers and this center supports and empowers their clients to form community and be financially successful. This is an organization of immigant workers, run and directed by the workers as a collective to improve their working conditions
We then moved on to visit Chinatown to hear from key leaders in that community who are working for the welfare of Asian-Americans in San Francisco. This is Norman Fong, Chinese Community Development Center
Chinese Community Development Center
If you have been wondering about the Giving Pledge, here we heard, at Monday’s lunch plenary Pledge to Lead by Example, from
Thomas F. Steyer, Senior Managing Member, Farallon Capital Management; Kat Taylor, Founding Director, One PacificCoast Bank and Foundation.Moderator(s): Nicole Taylor, President and CEO, East Bay Community Foundation.Session Designer(s): Nicole Taylor, President and CEO, East Bay Community Foundation.
Lunch Plenary