Watch the REPLAY of our livestream from the
Grantmakers for Girls of Color National Funders Convening.
Originally aired: May 19, 2016, 8:45am to 12:15pm ET
See the morning program, speakers, and their twitter handles
below the video. Join the conversation using #G4GC
Learn more about the convening here.
(Click on the top right of the video screen to see additional videos from the day. See key clips here.)
PROGRAM
8:40am – 9:10am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:10am – 9:30am
A Black Girls Bill of Rights
9:30am – 10:45am
Roundtable One: Beyond the Magic: What’s at Stake for Black Girls
10:45am – 11:00am
Break
11:00am – 12:15pm
Roundtable Two: Black Girls Matter: Organizing at the Intersections
SPEAKERS
8:40am – 9:10am – Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jody Myrum, NoVo Foundation, @jlmyrum
Nakisha M. Lewis, Ms. Foundation for Women, @NakLew
Tynesha McHarris, NoVo Foundation, @tymcharris
Monica Dennis, Facilitator, @Sojourner4Truth
Cassie Schwerner, Schott Foundation for Public Education, @CSchwerner
She-Salt, Artist Performance, @SheSalt
9:10am – 9:30am – A Black Girls Bill of Rights
Cidra Sebastian, Brotherhood Sister-Sol, @brosis512
Joanne Smith, Girls for Gender Equity
9:30am – 10:45am – Roundtable One:
Beyond the Magic: What’s at Stake for Black Girls
Kameisha Smith, Noille Jenkins Family Center
Monique W. Morris, Ed.D., PushOut,
National Black Women’s Justice Institute, @MoniqueWMorris
Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home
Gloria Malone, Young Women’s Initiative, @GloriaMalone
Shaena Johnson, BreakOut
LaShawn Jefferson, Ford Foundation (moderator), @LRJefferson
10:45am – 11:00am
Break
11:00am – 12:15pm – Roundtable Two:
Black Girls Matter: Organizing at the Intersections
Elle Hearns, #BlackLivesMatter, @SoulFreeDreams
Makalya Gilliam-Price, Baltimore Student Organizer, @M_GilliamPrice
Joanne Smith, Girls for Gender Equity
Samantha Master, Black Youth Project
M Adams, Freedom Inc.
**Nakisha M. Lewis, Ms. Foundation for Women (moderator), @NakLew
