AllAllField EventFunder EventMembers Only EventRaising Child Care Fund Event October 24, 2023 ECFC Member Book Club: Working with Native CommunitiesThis content is for members only. Members, please log in. October 17, 2023 Power Metrics: How Can Power and Influence Be Measured Meaningfully?Philanthropy has been coming to terms with the concept of power – which organizers believe is the best instrument to realize major impacts in early childhood policy, workplace and ideology. Please join ECFC and the Raising Child Care Fund in… October 10, 2023 Early Educators as adult learners – case studies and best practices from innovative early childhood modelsMany early childhood educators work in schools alongside and with the same credentials as K-12 educators, but are an often overlooked part of the broader educator continuum with disparities in wages, benefits and working conditions. Early educators are often… September 18, 2023 Power Sharing: Redefining Power Dynamics in Communities, Health Care Systems, and Philanthropic PracticesIn this session, participants will walk away with (1) concrete examples of power-sharing at multiple levels (community, health care systems, and philanthropy), including the obstacles and challenges to doing this well; and (2) practical tools for funders to start or… September 12, 2023 Affirmative Action Landscape and InsightsThis content is for members only. Members, please log in. August 2, 2023 Funder Huddle | Proposed Changes to Child Care & Supporting Stakeholder CommentThe federal Administration for Children and Families has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which proposes important changes to the Child Care and Development Fund that would help families and providers. For families: the NPRM would limit parent copayments… July 25, 2023 Places & Spaces: ECFC Member Huddle on Place-Based Grantmaking StrategiesOn this month’s state and local ECFC member huddle, we discussed place-based grantmaking strategies and what makes it successful. Michelle Martin, Field Coordinator, The Ford Family Foundation in Oregon shared an example of work with the Douglas County Child Care… June 28, 2023 ECFC/RCCF Power Building Series: Becoming a Philanthropic Partner to Movement BuildersIn this Power Building series event, we will discussed funder opportunities and challenges for moving a power-building, race equity focused agenda within philanthropy. We were joined by Frances Kunreuther, Co-Executive director, and Deepa Iyer, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, of… June 20, 2023 Places & Spaces: ECFC Member Huddle on Funder Action on State AdvocacyOn our first monthly state and local ECFC member huddle, we focused on state and local funders working together on early childhood and early learning advocacy in their state. ECFC members – Al Castle, from the Samuel N. and Mary… May 17, 2023 ECFC/RCCF Power Building Series – After the Win: Sustaining Power to ImplementBuilding power is needed both to make social policy change and to implement changes with fidelity to the vision of organizers. Community organizers help by tracking and influencing implementation, linking new services/rights to the people who would most benefit, and… May 3, 2023 ECFC Spring 2023 Member Meeting: Detroit Learning Tour, Lessons from Hope Starts HereThis content is for members only. Members, please log in. April 26, 2023 ECCF/RCCF Power Building Series: What can Early Childhood Learn from Power Building for Reproductive Justice?This session in the ECFC/Raising Child Care Fund Power Building Series included perspectives from organizers and a foundation leader in the reproductive justice movement. Long before the Dobbs decision, a group of philanthropists began pooling resources to support power-building in… 123456789101112131415 Load More
