Join your EPIP DC Steering Committee at our open house to learn more about how you can get involved in the chapter, share your ideas and help shape programming for 2020. If you are interested in joining the Steering Committee, this is an especially good opportunity to meet the current members and learn more about what’s involved. Food and drink provided.

Join us for a special opportunity to meet with our most recent grantee, Social Justice Learning Institute. Come learn more about SJLI's commitment to improving the education, health, and well-being of youth and communities of color in Inglewood and beyond. All are welcome to attend - if you have been curious about the Giving Circle, this is your opportunity to meet members and learn more about us! Dinner will be provided.

Every 4^th Tuesday of the month, different members of our EPIP St. Louis community will lead monthly discussion on a particular topic or article. Grab a friend, bring your lunch and come prepared to meet new people and discuss ways to move the sector forward. EPIP St. Louis will provide snacks and deserts.

Creating Workplaces Where Women Can Thrive 

October 22nd, 12:00 - 1:00 pm @ St. Louis MHB

Across the board, women are paid less than men, assume most low wage jobs, and are promoted at a slower pace. These factors exacerbate social and economic inequity in our region. This month we are joined by Lisa Weingarth, Executive Director of the Women's Foundation of Greater St. Louis (WFSTL).  Come learn about the WFSTL's new strategic plan and initiatives to address the barriers to economic success for women through workplace, individual and policy change.

Prior to our conversation, please read this fact sheet on A Woman-Centered Economic Agenda created by the Institute for Women's Policy Research. 

About the Facilitator: 

Lisa Weingarth is Executive Director of the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis, a regional, grassroots organization that serves as a catalyst for workplace, individual, and policy change that advances women’s economic success. During her career, Lisa has worked to protect and empower victims of domestic and sexual violence and to help students to becoming the first in their family to graduate with a post-secondary degree. Since starting with the WFSTL in April 2018, Lisa’s leadership has doubled the reach and impact of the organization’s Women in the Workplace: Employment Scorecard initiative. Lisa is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and has been featured as one of the most influential St. Louisans by Gazelle Magazine and an “Emerging Leader” through the national Bank of America “Neighborhood Builders” program.

Join us for our monthly Rant & Refresh session, a casual opportunity to come together (with snacks) and talk about what's on our minds. 

To mix it up this month we're meeting at Pintxo!

NEW DATE!

Join EPIP LA for its second People of Color Network gathering as we continue the conversation and explore the topic of identity. This informal gathering provides a safe and brave space to connect with fellow leaders of color from the field and deepen your own practice of liberation.

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Snacks and mingling
4:30 PM: Grounding practice and discussion begins

This gathering is open to EPIP members and non-members who identify as people of color.

EPIP members in conversation with Jamie Allison, Executive Director of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund

Light dinner & refreshments will be served. 

EPIP Bay Area is excited to continue it's partnership with The Libra Foundation to co-host programming at Libra's new office space that will highlight and connect leaders in philanthropy with emerging leaders from the EPIP network, specifically around racial equity and social justice. 

Join EPIP Bay Area on October 30 for the second conversation in this series -- an intimate moderated conversation with Jamie Allison, Executive Director of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund. This will be an exciting opportunity to learn from a philanthropic leader's experience and hear among other topics about: 

• What it really means for philanthropic leaders to support social justice and embrace racial equity
• Lessons learned from Jamie's career path and experience in philanthropy

Participants will have the opportunity to listen to a moderated conversation as well as connect with the speaker and other attendees about their own experiences. EPIP Bay Area is committed to empowering members to build skills, hone leadership, and find a path forward in a field that allows them to bring their whole selves to work in environments that are healthy, safe, and inclusive. 

Location & Transportation

This event will be located in The Presidio, approximately a 30-minute bus ride from the Embarcadero BART Station in San Francisco. The exact address for the event's venue will be provided upon RSVP. 

The best mode of transportation is the free PresidiGo shuttle or rideshare. The shuttle pick-up/drop-off is about a 10-minute walk from the venue. 

The venue is wheelchair accessible and restrooms are gender inclusive. 

Registration

This program is a unique opportunity intended for EPIP members. To register for this event as a member, please do so below. If you are unsure of your membership status, email us at membership@epip.org.

To register for this event as a non-member, please click here.

Please note that due to the nature of this program, registration is limited to 20 people. In the event we sell out, a waiting list will be created.  

EPIP members in conversation with Jamie Allison, Executive Director of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund

Light dinner & refreshments will be served. 

EPIP Bay Area is excited to continue it's partnership with The Libra Foundation to co-host programming at Libra's new office space that will highlight and connect leaders in philanthropy with emerging leaders from the EPIP network, specifically around racial equity and social justice. 

Join EPIP Bay Area on October 30 for the second conversation in this series -- an intimate moderated conversation with Jamie Allison, Executive Director of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund. This will be an exciting opportunity to learn from a philanthropic leader's experience and hear among other topics about: 

• What it really means for philanthropic leaders to support social justice and embrace racial equity
• Lessons learned from Jamie's career path and experience in philanthropy

Participants will have the opportunity to listen to a moderated conversation as well as connect with the speaker and other attendees about their own experiences. EPIP Bay Area is committed to empowering members to build skills, hone leadership, and find a path forward in a field that allows them to bring their whole selves to work in environments that are healthy, safe, and inclusive. 

Location & Transportation

This event will be located in The Presidio, approximately a 30-minute bus ride from the Embarcadero BART Station in San Francisco. The exact address for the event's venue will be provided upon RSVP. 

The best mode of transportation is the free PresidiGo shuttle or rideshare. The shuttle pick-up/drop-off is about a 10-minute walk from the venue. 

The venue is wheelchair accessible and restrooms are gender inclusive. 

Registration

This program is a unique opportunity intended for EPIP members. To register for this event for free as an institutional or individual EPIP member, please log-in and go to our event registration page for members. If you are unsure of your membership status, email us at membership@epip.org. 

To register for this event as a non-member, please do so below. No one is turned away for lack of funds, so if the ticket price is a concern for you, please contact us at bayarea@epip.org. 

Please note that due to the nature of this program, registration is limited to 20 people. In the event we sell out, a waiting list will be created and monitored. 

Are you an EPIP member? Log in and go here to purchase discounted tickets.

Skillful collaboration is facilitated by an open mind and heart, keen powers of observation of self and others, compassionate communication, a whole-systems view and a willingness to witness and experience transformation. This workshop will promote these qualities while seeking to enhance leadership skills, self-awareness and a capacity to contribute to positive change at any scale. Participants will be introduced to a variety of facilitation skills and tools through both presentation and hands-on exercises. We will explore facilitative approaches to implicit bias, transgressions and managing difficult conversations related to diversity, inclusion and equity. We will also make space to discuss ways that we can intervene as participants and facilitators when our meetings’ dynamics mirror the racism or other forms of oppression found in the greater society.

By practicing presence, expanding our awareness of self and others and unlocking our creativity, we can realize our potential as inspired and skillful facilitators.

Participants can expect to:
(1) Explore and better understand the role of a facilitator and core facilitative practices;
(2) Learn to imaginatively embrace emergence in unpredictable meetings;
(3) Learn about compassionate communication skills, group culture and ground rules;
(4) Be introduced to a practical and comprehensive facilitator’s tool box; and
(5) Learn strategies to address hurtful transgressions in group work.

The workshop will be facilitated by Adam Wolpert. Adam is a facilitator, educator and fine artist. He leads workshops in group process and has worked as a facilitator with many institutes, communities, organizations and foundations since 1994. In the last 15 years, he has designed and led multiple workshops and trainings in creative collaborative leadership and systems thinking as it relates to group work. Adam has also taught workshops in building and sustaining community and has lived in an intentional community for over 25 years. Adam is a co-founder of OAEC (www.oaec.org) an organization that focuses on cultivating ecological literacy and building the capacity of civic and social movement leaders and organizations to guide their communities toward an ecologically regenerative, economically viable, and socially just future.

Breakfast and networking will begin at 9:00 a.m. Workshop will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will run for four (4) hours until 1:30 p.m., including a working lunch.

When arranging your schedule, please note that November 5 is Election Day.

Are you an EPIP member? Log in and go here to purchase discounted tickets.

Are you an SCG member? Log in and go here to purchase discounted tickets.

This interactive discussion-based workshop will allow participants to explore diverse methods of self-care. This session will also touch base on how self-care and its implementation can impact productivity, health, and work-life balance. 

Topic Covered

• The "types" of self-care and their sub-types
• How to evaluate self-care needs
• Methods of implementation
• Self-Care planning and Action Steps

Refreshments will be served.

We can all agree that the new "buzzword" in the field of philanthropy is equity. But how we apply the principles of equity to our work can sometimes be a challenge.

EPIP members will tell the stories of partnerships and projects that successfully embedded equity principles into their work. We will learn about how they took the first step to shifting their work and the successes and challenges they faced along the way.

As we embed principles of equity in our work, it is important that it shows up in all areas, both internally and externally. Communications and marketing teams are often responsible for developing the road map. Learn more about how these tools can be applied in communications and beyond to move your work forward.