{"id":111,"date":"2011-09-26T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/connie\/?p=111"},"modified":"2011-12-15T10:06:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T10:06:11","slug":"council-on-foundations-fall-conference-community-foundations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qpr.ca\/blogs\/connie\/2011\/09\/26\/council-on-foundations-fall-conference-community-foundations\/","title":{"rendered":"Council on Foundations Fall Conference Community Foundations"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was a great conference and very inspirational. I had the opportunity to participate in out trips to three locations to see funded projects.<\/p>\n

On Monday September 19, we attended\u00a0Stepping Onto American Soil through the Western Gate<\/p>\n

 
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The Day-Labor Center<\/p><\/div>\n

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 \u00a0an organization of immigant workers, run and directed by the workers as a collective to improve their working conditions<\/p>\n

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
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Chinese Community Development Center<\/p><\/div>\n

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If you have been wondering about the Giving Pledge, here we heard, at Monday’s lunch plenary\u00a0Pledge to Lead by Example,<\/em>\u00a0from
\nThomas 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.
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\"Lunch<\/a>

Lunch Plenary<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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