Bringing LCF Grantees together to exchange ideas, challenges and strategies during a day-long convening is powerful. Doing it in a way that honors and respects the values of the Latino community is transformative. LCF strongly believes in the power of authentic, trust-based relationships to create and sustain individual, organizational, and social change.
Much of what LCF does is rooted in the idea of Familismo or simply known as cultivating a sense of family and value among our community of donors, funders, and grantees. Sitting beside our respected community leaders and funders, we had an opportunity to be heard, share insights, and aspirations of our work. So, as opposed to talking at each other we spoke with each other. In these conversations, reflections were sparked, but more importantly authentic relationships were made. In a warm and welcoming environment, a candid conversation has the power to change hearts and minds.
During our convening, we first sat in circulo, sharing our personal stories. We honored our roots and shared gratitude for our immigrant parents and grandparents. Inspiring Latino nonprofit leaders, Camille Llanes-Fontanilla, Juan Hernandez, and Socorro Santillan shared insights, fundraising strategies, and grant writing support with their peers.
This year, LCF also invited funders such as Justin Steele from Google.org, Pia Infante from Whitman Institute, Lateefah Simon of Rosenburg Foundation, Janeen Perez from the Tipping Point Community, and Christine Clark from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. These pioneers shared their personal stories and challenged Latino leaders to push philanthropy to address some of the toughest issues of our time.
The current lack of funding for Latino nonprofits – less than 1.4% of all philanthropic dollars go to Latino nonprofit organizations – must be addressed by building bridges. LCF is here to build those bridges.
Join us by promoting the work of our Latino-based nonprofit organizations. Here is a complete list of our current Grantees: http://latinocf.org/community.html
“This pic cannot quite do justice to the sacred space for nonprofit leaders and funders to swap story and talk real talk that Latino Community Foundation created yesterday. Side note: the first panel I’ve ever participated in where panelists are dispersed among a circle as opposed to lined up at the front firing squad style.” – Pia Infante #disruptingpatterns
1 Comments
Noemy Quinones on October 13, 2015 at 10:06 pm
We do not have a non-profit, we’re working on that. We do not have a website and we’re working on that. We have a fb page, and working on that as well (Support Father’s Rights – Chicago). I support the Father’s rights Movement – a right to co-parent. I became an advocate because of my brother’s case. His daughter’s (my niece) mother was murdered 4 years ago by her boyfriend, and my brother is still fighting for custody; he compromised to joint-custody and still fighting the courts, 4 lawyers later and was granted 1 hour per week as if he was a criminal. I learned through my research, that the fatherless children have been perpetrated by corruption, greed, vindictiveness of the family court system. We’re dealing with Human violations, false allegations and parental alienation made of the other parent with no solution in sight, let alone punishing the parties involved in brainwashing of the child…yes, usually it’s not just the one parent…. We’re are not representing the “real” deadbeat fathers (and some moms). We are representing the caring, loving, fitting – step up to the plate type of father/parent. Look up Borando los padres (youTube), yes it’s in Argentina, but the issues are right here at home, look up the Father’s Rights Movement on fb. Maybe one day we may be able to work together. Please send me information about your organization.
respectfully
Noemy Quinones