Join EPIP LA and AAPIP-LA for a lovely spring evening in Little Tokyo. We’ll start with drinks and appetizers at Far Bar, located in the historic Far East Building and walk over to the beautiful David Henry Hwang Theater in the Historic Center for the Arts to watch the East West Player’s production of Mamma Mia!

6pm – Far Bar Mixer (free, RSVP required if attending mixer only)
8pm – Mamma Mia (purchase your discounted ticket below)
East West Players is located around the corner from Far Bar at 120 Judge John Aiso St, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

The mixer is generously sponsored by Wendy Chang and the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund.

No one will be turned away for lack of funds, so if the ticket prices above are a concern for you, please contact us at losangeles@epip.org, and we'll add you to the RSVP list.

If you are only able to attend the mixer, please RSVP for free here.

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Everyone living in the Los Angeles region faces future threats from increasing pollution and a changing climate, but for many communities the effects of environmental damage can be felt today. Join EPIP LA on Tuesday, April 30th at 6:30pm for an intimate conversation with mark! Lopez, executive director of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, to learn about the disparate impacts of LA’s largest industries as well as the activist movement that seeks to change the conversation. Dinner will be provided.
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mark! Lopez comes from a family with a long history of activism. He was raised in the Madres del Este de Los Angeles Santa Isabel (Mothers of East LA Santa Isabel – MELASI), an organization co-founded by his grandparents, Juana Beatriz Gutierrez and Ricardo Gutierrez. This set his trajectory as a community activist. He has engaged in a wide array of student activism at UC Santa Cruz where he earned his B.A. in Environmental Studies, and taught university courses at UC Santa Cruz, Cal State Northridge, and UCLA Extension. mark! earned his M.A. from the Chican@ Studies Department at Cal State Northridge, where he completed his Masters thesis titled “The Fire: Decolonizing “Environmental Justice.” mark! joined East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice as a member three years before joining the staff. After serving as Lead Organizer for East Yard Communities and Co-Director with EYCEJ Co-Founder Angelo Logan, mark! is now the Executive Director. He organizes in the area where he was born, raised and continues to live. mark! is the 2017 North American Recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize.

No one will be turned away for lack of funds, so if the ticket prices above are a concern for you, please contact us at losangeles@epip.org, and we'll add you to the RSVP list.

Membership Questions? Have you been meaning to make your membership official or are you unsure if your employer is an Institutional Member? Contact us at losangeles@epip.org and we will happily get you connected!

This event is currently sold out. To join the waitlist, please fill out this form. 

Co-hosted with PEAK Grantmaking

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According to Forbes, the relationship with your boss is the “primary ingredient in job satisfaction.” With different personality types and approaches to projects, the burden is often on you to effectively communicate your work and your worth. Regardless of who your direct supervisor is, there are some practical skills and strategies that can help.

Join us for an interactive discussion on how to effectively manage up and across in your current role. During this session, we’ll go over how to:
• Initiate solutions
• Demonstrate your usefulness and get credit
• Communicate with managers
This session will also explore the ways in which our racial identities affect the experiences of managing up and being managed, and will include affinity group breakouts for deeper discussion.

No one will be turned away for lack of funds, so if the ticket prices above are a concern for you, please contact us at losangeles@epip.org, and we'll add you to the RSVP list.

Membership Questions? Have you been meaning to make your membership official or are you unsure if your employer is an Institutional Member? Contact us at losangeles@epip.org and we will happily get you connected!

This event is currently sold out. To join the waitlist, please fill out this form. 

EPIP LA is thrilled to announce that it is accepting applications for its sixth year of the Mentorship Program. Through its Mentorship Program, EPIP LA aims to provide participants with the tools needed to develop and maintain meaningful connections with experienced leaders and their peers.

The EPIP LA Mentorship program connects emerging leaders in the philanthropic field with a seasoned leader to serve as a mentor and like-minded peers to support them on their journey.

The EPIP LA Chapter is now recruiting Steering Committee members. Please read more here about responsibilities, opportunities and details on how to apply.

Now in its fifth year of programming, EPIP LA’s Mentorship Program has continued to connect early to mid-career philanthropic professionals with executives in the field to serve as a mentor and with peers to support them on their journey. This unique program provides a structured cohort opportunity for mentees to work with a seasoned professional to deepen their learning of philanthropy, build efficacy in their current positions and thought-partner in building long-term career plans, which remains in great need within the philanthropic sector. This year’s applications were very competitive, resulting in the selection of the following three cohorts...

EPIP LA is thrilled to announce that it is accepting applications for its fifth year of the Mentorship Program. Through its Mentorship Program, EPIP LA aims to provide participants with the tools needed to develop and maintain meaningful connections with experienced leaders and their peers.

The EPIP LA Chapter is now recruiting Steering Committee members. Please read more here about responsibilities, opportunities and details on how to apply.

"We often think of investing in terms of dollars and cents and though financial investments are important, investing in ourselves goes beyond monetary measures. As we progress through the various stages of our careers, there are always opportunities for improvement, but these can only be realized if we commit to seeing them through." Read more and to download the framework and tools by EPIP LA >>>

While Talitha James didn’t have any set expectations when she applied for the EPIP Mentoring program in Los Angeles, she had already heard enthusiastic recommendations about it.

“…[I] knew that whoever I was matched with could add value to my professional career path,” Talitha shared. 

And for our cohort of 2016, the feeling was mutual. 

None of us were entirely sure what to expect. We all hoped we might spark a connection, build a relationship, and glean a nugget or two professional insight. [...]