Dec. 2 @ WG: “Foundation Spend Down: Strategies, Lessons and Options”
Dec 9 @ NFG: “A Post Election Analysis of Economic Justice and Workers Rights Movements” – RSVP by Dec. 1 to Dania Rajendra at wglcp@nfg.org
VOTING RIGHTS | It’s the Demand Democracy In DC Contest: seeking your “creative, bold, non-violent ideas” for protest and advocacy.
ONLINE GIVING | Jumo just went live. Apparently the default is set to 15% “tip” to Jumo. (Controversy?)
LOCAL BUDGETS
- Hearing on D.C. budget cuts set for Tuesday (WaPo, 11/30)
- In Fenty’s proposal, low-income residents bear the brunt of cuts, according to DCFPI (11/29).
POVERTY | Combatting Povety with LIFT (HuffPo, 11/29) – An interview with Kirsten Lodal, founder. See also LIFT in Washington, D.C.“ (Thanks Reader CM!)
FAMILY FOUNDATIONS | Last day to get early bird rate at the 2011 COF Family Philanthropy Conference.
SCHOOLS | Incoming county exec supports longer school days for younger students in Prince George’s County (WaPo, 11/30)
YOUTH | UDC’s law school helping public school students who have been suspended (WaPo, 11/29) – “Now, thanks to a six-year, $600,000 grant from the law firm Crowell & Moring, some students are accompanied by a lawyer when they challenge a suspension and seek to return to school.”
