Elevating AAPI Philanthropy: Leaders. Knowledge. Impact.

• Family Giving in AAPI Communities: Exploring & Elevating AAPI Family Philanthropy 
  Rosie Abriam, Shirish Dayal, Nelson Louis, A. Sparks
  With the philanthropic landscape rapidly changing – traditional foundation work being joined by new grassroots giving circles, small family foundations, social entrepreneurs and crowd-sourced funding platforms – AAPIP is interested in more diverse philanthropic conversations that represent our community.  How can we engage and be more inclusive in creating spaces for AAPI family philanthropy?  What does family philanthropy look like for our community? How has AAPI family giving been overlooked in traditional philanthropic settings and where are there opportunities to build community and collaboration?  This session will be interactive, exploratory and inspirational – all are welcome to attend!
• Navigating Challenges in Connecting AAPI Individual Donors to the Community 
  Lorene Chandler, Debra Fong, Garrett Gin, Stewart Kwoh
  This session will explore both the challenges and successful strategies being used by community funds, donor advisors and other intermediaries to successfully engage and influence AAPI high net worth donors to give back to their community. 
• Community Philanthropy Models: What Evaluations Show About the Impact of Collective Philanthropy and the Way Forward
  Rebecca Kaufman, Mijo Lee, Erica Shehane, Alex Wong
  Once thought of as a passing philanthropy fad, several sustained multi-year programmatic efforts in generating community philanthropy through the giving circle model have, instead, netted substantial dollars, research, and data. Hear from giving circle program practitioners who lead the field in unearthing new philanthropists through this collective model and their recent findings on demographics, psychographics, sustainability, and impact. An interactive discussion will demonstrate how these models go beyond the dollars, capture the true spirit of philanthropy, and uncover opportunities to augment mainstream philanthropies’ efforts.
• Where are you after the #?
  Raymond Foxworth, Carly Hare, Micky Huihui
  This session will explore how foundations can build relationships with Indigenous communities to support movement building and community solutions. We will ‘talk story’ and share wisdom on strategies to build diverse coalitions and how to effectively engage with Native-led partners. 
• Philanthropy at the Intersection: Building Impactful LGBT Asian / South Asian Community and Movement
  Lyle Matthew Kan, Glenn D. Magpantay, A. Sparks
  Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Asian Americans, South Asians, Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) LGBTQs are engaging in advocacy, organizing, and changing hearts and minds like never before. And yet philanthropy has been slow in supporting the needs of LGBTQ AAPIs. This workshop will give an overview of the state of the LGBTQ AAPI community, its intersectional agenda, and philanthropic responses.  Presenters will showcase effective grantmaker and grantseekerpartnerships to promote understanding and resource groups working at the intersection of immigrants’ rights, racial justice, and queerness.
• High Net Worth Donors of Color – Are we the change we’ve been waiting for? 
  Miki Akimoto, Melany de la Cruz-Viesca, Rachel Hutchisson
  Asian Americans and Pacific Islander communities are the fastest growing racial group in the U.S., yet foundation funding has not kept up with the needs of the most vulnerable among them.  Three leading experts will discuss what research is telling us about high net worth donors of color, with a particular focus on Asian Americans, and what seems promising – and challenging – about harnessing this  segment of charitable givers to give back to their communities.
• The Legal Aspects of Philanthropic & Nonprofit Advocacy in the Trump Era
  This panel conversation will explore the legal aspects of doing philanthropic and nonprofit advocacy work in the Trump era, both in terms of the legal limitations and grey areas and from a philanthropic leader’s perspective.
• Pop Culture Collaborative: The Power of Pop Culture Narratives to Drive Social Change
  Diane Espaldon, Bridgit Antoinette Evans, Tracy Van Slyke
  In this plenary session, Bridgit Antoinette Evans and Tracy Van Slyke, Executive Director and Strategy Director of the Pop Culture Collaborative, invite participants to explore the Collaborative’s vision for widespread narrative change, and take a deep dive into the ways that pop culture for social change strategies can create profound shifts in cultural conversations, policy discussions, audience investment and personal beliefs and behaviors. Participants will come away with a richer understanding of the narrative and pop culture strategy field, the Pop Culture Collaborative’s unique approach, and how this work intersects with each participant’s philanthropic work to create a just, equitable world and imagine new narratives for the AAPI community. Featuring introductory remarks by Diane Espaldon, strategic advisor to the Pop Culture Collaborative.

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