| Naomi Tutu will headline summit on philanthropy among women of color on December 6
The Humphrey School's Public
and Nonprofit Leadership Center (PNLC) will co-host the Pan-African Women's
Philanthropy Summit (PAWPS) from 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, December
6, at the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center, 179 Robie St. E., St. Paul, MN.
The summit is designed to promote philanthropy and community engagement among
women of African descent in Minnesota.
The summit will feature keynote speakers Naomi Tutu, activist and daughter
of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Mora McLean, president and CEO of the Africa-America
Institute. Breakout sessions will cover such topics as Pan-African giving
philosophies, financial empowerment strategies, best practices for encouraging
youth, and the future of Pan-African charitable giving.
“Minnesota has a well-deserved national reputation for philanthropic giving
and innovation,” said Jacqueline
Copeland-Carson, PAWPS organizer and a senior fellow at the Humphrey School.
“Minnesota's new immigrants and U.S.-born people of African-descent have
unique giving practices, and the field of philanthropy understands very little
about their traditions. Women in these communities are at the forefront of community
giving and caring. This summit aims to offer resources to new immigrants and
to local nonprofit leaders serving this population.”
According to the 2000 Census, the Twin Cities is home to the most diverse black
community in the United States, with nearly 20 countries and ethnicities represented.
Almost one-third of Minnesota's black community is first- or second-generation
immigrants of African descent, which includes people from Africa, the Caribbean,
and Latin America. Several Pan-African nonprofit organizations have emerged
in the past 10 years to address the culturally specific needs of this population
and to build bridges between American-born and foreign-born blacks.
“Nonprofit leaders in the Twin Cities have realized that Pan-African women
and other minority groups face unique barriers in their philanthropic work,”
said Copeland-Carson. “We hope to offer education and technical resources
that will help change that.”
Registration is $50; a small number of scholarships are available. All net
proceeds will be donated to the Pan-African Women's Philanthropy Fund of The
Minneapolis Foundation to support scholarships and community work for women
of African heritage. For more information and to register for the summit, click
here or contact Jeremy Gordon.
PAWPS is co-sponsored by the Humphrey School, the Minnesota
African Women's Association, the Powderhorn-Phillips Cultural Wellness Center,
and the International Leadership
Institute, with generous funding from The
Minneapolis Foundation, the Otto Bremer
Foundation, the Wells Fargo Foundation, and the Family
Housing Fund. The summit is the first event in PNLC's Community Philanthropy
Initiative.
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