REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR THE 2020

 “BLACK GIVING AND BEYOND SUMMIT” 

 

Soledad O’Brien and Bakari Sellers Among Speakers Confirmed

 for August 1st Virtual Event
 

 

Summit Will Convene Top Voices Across Philanthropy, Venture Capital,

Angel Investing and Social Impact Funding As Part of
the 9th Annual Black Philanthropy Month

 

 
Black Giving and Beyond: Towards a Just Future in a Covid World.


The Black Giving and Beyond virtual summit will jumpstart a series of year-long events and initiatives to mark Black Philanthropy Month, which has been observed annually throughout August for the past nine years.

This year’s focus will be on how to mobilize funding strategies across sectors like philanthropy, social investment and venture funding for community recovery and social change in a post-Covid world.

The Black Giving and Beyond summit encompasses three events starting with the August 1st kick-off
 and will continue with two additional convenings on 
August 4-5th and August 29th,
all of which will engage audiences in and across the African continent.

The architects of Black Philanthropy Month -- Dr. Jacqueline Bouvier Copeland, Valaida Fullwood and Tracey Webb -- are utilizing state-of-the-art digital event technology to drive global participation across the African Diaspora and provide attendees with an immersive conference-going experience.

Programming will include keynotes and panels with high-profile social investors and philanthropists to discuss topics including, but not limited to

 1) New Trends in Social Impact Funding;

2) Philanthropy and Social Investment;

 3) Towards 21st Century Black Funding Principles. 

More details on speakers, panels and workshops will be announced in the coming days and weeks. To encourage widespread participation and engagement across the U.S. and internationally, summit registration is free and open to the public and can be completed at https://bit.ly/FundBlackSummit.

"Black people have long recognized and demonstrated that philanthropy is deeper than your pockets,” said BPM co-architect Valaida Fullwood. “Our traditions of giving, in all its forms, illuminate the human impulses to progress, to see fairness, to connect, to show compassion and to love. We have always been philanthropists. This moment and the next generation will be shaped by how generously we share and act on that wisdom."
 
Founded in 2011 by Dr. Copeland now of The WISE Fund,

Black Philanthropy Month is a global celebration and concerted campaign to elevate African-descent giving. Since then it has grown significantly, reaching approximately 17 million people across the United States and African Diaspora. The key goals for this year’s Black Philanthropy Month -- the theme for which is FORESIGHT 20/20 -- are to:
 

• Address the racial inequities that exist in the funding field.
• Connect to the current national conversation around Covid-19, systemic racial discrimination and state-sanctioned violence.
• Amplify the role that Black philanthropists, funders, and investors can and must play to advance progress and foster change.

Said BPM Founder, Jackie Bouvier Copeland, “The twin pandemics of Covid-19 and virulent racism are devastating Black communities everywhere. Equal funding is a racial justice issue.  We have the resources to jumpstart a more just future. Please join us to create New Black Funding Principles to guide the massive rebuilding that needs to start today.”

 

Register for the 2020 Black Giving and Beyond Summit HERE

 

For Sponsorship Inquiries Please Contact

 info@humanimpactsolutions.com

 

 

 

 

About Black Philanthropy Month
Black Philanthropy Month (BPM), observed every August, is a global celebration and concerted campaign to elevate African-descent giving throughout Africa and its Diaspora. Created by Dr. Jackie Bouvier Copeland now of The WISE Fund, BPM launched in 2011 to commemorate the United Nations Year and Decade of People of African Descent. Since it was established, BPM has reached roughly 17 million people and become an increasingly year-round  initiative that illuminates the ingenuity and transformative impact of generosity in Black communities. BPM is a project of The Black Alliance for Cultural Revitalization (BLACR), administered by The Social Good Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity supporting

Learn more at http://www.blackphilanthropymonth.com.