All are welcome to join the EPIP LA Giving Circle on Wednesday, May 19 from 5-6pm for our spring 2021 Pitch Night. Tune in to learn about the current round of inspiring nominees. If you’ve been curious to see how the Giving Circle works, this is a great introduction! Our Giving Circle provides grants to small, Los Angeles-based nonprofits typically operating with an annual budget under $1 million. Past grantees have included Sociedad Organizada de Latinas Activas; Social Justice Learning Institute; Inclusive Action for the City’s Street Vendor Emergency Fund; and Dance for Healing.

Not a member of our Giving Circle yet? Learn more here: https://www.epip.org/epip_la_giving_circle

Join your EPIP Michigan peers for the Spring 2021 Coffee Chat series! Coffee Chats are an opportunity to casually network and have a midweek refresh. Each month we’ll engage in opportunities to network in different ways. Hope to see you there!

To receive the ZOOM link for this event, please sign-up to attend via the box below. The link and call-in information will be available in your Confirmation Email.

EPIP Colorado invites you to our virtual May Coffee Chat to discuss the “new normal.”  What does a return to the office look like for your organization – has it already happened? How do we see ourselves engaging with grantee and community partners in the coming months? What do we need to keep in mind from an equity perspective as decisions are made? Join the conversation to discuss how we are navigating the knowns and unknowns of this transition, individually and within our organizations. Feel free to enjoy your favorite breakfast beverage and snacks!

Here are a few resources you can check out as background for our conversation:

What to Do When You’re Asked to Return to the Office (Forbes) 

What Psychological Safety Looks Like in A Hybrid Workplace (Harvard Business Review) 

Life Kit: Do We Even Know How to Socialize Anymore? (National Public Radio) 

Unmuted: What works, what doesn’t, and how we can all do better when working together online (The Goodman Center) 

Register here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

Join EPIP LA for a conversation with Kaci Patterson, Founder and President of Social Good Solutions, Senior Director of the Los Angeles Partnership for Early Childhood Investment, Co-Founder and Chair of Building Leaders and Cultivating Change, and Founder and Chief Architect of the Black Equity Collective. Kaci will join us to reflect on the year from May 25, 2020 to the present; how philanthropy has changed (and remained the same); and the call upon the next generation of funders who are at the beginning stages of their philanthropic journeys.

Join us for informal conversation and networking! All are welcome.

While we're living with the realities of Covid, we're meeting via Zoom. 

Join us for a conversation with LA County’s inaugural Executive Director of Racial Equity, Dr. D'artagnan Scorza, as he shares more about County’s Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiative. Hear more about the work and the role that philanthropy can play in supporting the implementation of this critical initiative.

EPIP LA and EPIP Bay Area jointly invite you to our “Building Bridges” membership mixer. This free event is open to current members from both chapters, and will offer an opportunity to discuss all things SoCal and NorCal and make new friends! The event will be interactive with ample time for participants to engage with each other in small breakout rooms. Everyone is welcome to stick around and join our optional virtual afterparty at 5:30 pm (BYOBurrito 🌯 / BYOBeverage 🍺).

Over the past year, many of us have hit a “pandemic wall” characterized by Zoom fatigue, a lack of motivation, and burnout. Unfortunately, these strains to our physical and mental health are likely to persist even as we resume our lives after the pandemic. To build our personal resilience, we will have to reckon with emotional stressors, break unhelpful cycles, and create space to prioritize our wellness. 

This event is presented in partnership with Southern California Grantmakers as part of their evolving Conversation Series, where progress-centered conversations meet tomorrow’s leaders. To kick off the series, we are excited to host therapist and mental wellness advocate Jor-El Caraballo, LMHC & Co-founder of Viva Wellness, and Omar Brownson, Co-founder & CEO of gthx. Together, Omar and Jor-El will recount their journeys as mental health advocates, unpack the oversaturated concept of self-care, discuss personal and professional boundaries, and explore how we can incorporate wellness into our daily lives.

Register on the SCG website here.

Join your EPIP Michigan peers for the Spring 2021 Coffee Chat series! Coffee Chats are an opportunity to casually network and have a midweek refresh. Each month we’ll engage in opportunities to network in different ways. Hope to see you there!

To receive the ZOOM link for this event, please sign-up to attend via the box below. The link and call-in information will be available in your Confirmation Email.