KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ANGELA GLOVER BLACKWELL
Angela Glover Blackwell is Founder in Residence at PolicyLink, the organization she started in 1999 to advance racial and economic equity for all. Under Angela’s leadership, PolicyLink gained national prominence in the movement to use public policy to improve access and opportunity for all low-income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of health, housing, transportation, and infrastructure. Angela is also the host of the Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life podcast and the Radical Imagination podcast and Professor of Practice at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley.
Prior to founding PolicyLink, Angela served as Senior Vice President at The Rockefeller Foundation. A lawyer by training, she gained national recognition as founder of the Urban Strategies Council. From 1977 to 1987, Angela was a partner at Public Advocates. Angela is also the co-author of Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America’s Future, and the author of The Curb Cut Effect (2017) and How We Achieve a Multiracial Democracy (2023) published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
As a leading voice in the movement for equity in America, Angela serves on numerous boards. She advised the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve as one of 15 members of its inaugural Community Advisory Council, and in 2020 was appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to the state Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery. She is the 2018 recipient of the John W. Gardner Leadership Award, presented by the Independent Sector, and in 2017, she received the Peter E. Haas Public Service Award from the University of California, Berkeley.
EDUCATION EQUITY PANEL
Torie Weiston-Serdan, PhD, IECF’s Educational Equity Program Officer, will moderate the panel discussion: Freedom Dreaming: Re-Envisioning Education.
What does education look like in a shifting political landscape? This powerful panel centers student and youth voices as they share firsthand experiences and bold visions for the future of learning. In response to the summit’s keynote and themes, young leaders will reflect on education, policy, and restorative justice, challenging us to rethink systems and imagine what’s possible when we truly listen to those most impacted.
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TOWN HALL: Philanthropy & This Moment
Philanthropy is being tested. This town hall takes that seriously.
IECF President and CEO Michelle Decker will moderate a timely conversation with three foundation leaders putting resources to work in the Inland Empire. They’ll share what they’re learning, where the pressure points are, and what’s shifting in real time.
Panelists:
• Don Howard, CEO, The James Irvine Foundation
• Chet P. Hewitt, CEO, Sierra Health Foundation
• Veronica Carrizales, Managing Director of Programs, The California Wellness Foundation
The conversation will tackle questions that matter: Are we moving fast enough? Are we listening well? What will it take to meet this moment with the clarity, trust, and collaboration our communities need?
Expect a direct and grounded discussion with people who are shaping the future of philanthropy in our region.
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