Impact Maker Breakfast

Tuesday, September 17, 8:00-10:00am

Please join Impact100 DC and the DC Public Library Foundation for our first annual IMPACT MAKER BREAKFAST on Tuesday, September 17 from 8:00 to 10:00am at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in downtown DC (901 G Street NW). 

We've invited some of the top women philanthropists in the DMV to share their vision and advice about making an impact in our community. We're teaming up with the DC Public Library Foundation to promote the importance of giving locally and hope to make this event a must-attend in DC philanthropy circles for years to come. 

Registration details to follow, but for now—save the date!

We are dividing our semifinalist spotlights between this newsletter and our August newsletter! Stay tuned to learn about the other semifinalist organizations next month.

From their website:

Aspire expands learning opportunities to help historically underserved 3rd through 8th grade students in South Arlington fulfill their potential through afterschool and summer learning programs. Aspire is committed to closing the opportunity gap and offers our programs at no cost to families.

Aspire’s mission is to expand learning opportunities that help historically underserved students fulfill their potential through afterschool and summer learning programs that support and connect families, schools, and communities. Aspire envisions an Arlington where all children have the support they need from family, school, and community so they can succeed as learners and thrive as healthy and happy individuals.

From their website:

One World’s mission is to transform students into writers with voice, knowledge, and purpose. Our vision is that all students become effective writers and communicators.

The One World Program started in Southeast DC at the SEED Public Charter School in 2007. Teacher Eric Goldstein was frustrated that only 20% of students were turning in their writing assignments. He challenged them to research and write about issues that mattered to them. Engagement soared when students wrote about social justice topics directly relevant to their lives.

Using a curriculum that broke down the instructional and learning process, his students began turning their research and writing into essays and presentations, which students called their One World Assignment. With the support of fellow teachers and school leadership, Eric incorporated One World Education as a nonprofit organization a year later to serve students across the city. One World has led the largest writing program in Washington, DC, for six years and has worked in Richmond, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore schools.

From their website:

Young Playwrights’ Theater inspires young people to realize the power of their own voices. YPT provides inspiration, tools, and opportunities for young and emerging artists to develop and share their stories. We prioritize young people who are targeted by systems of oppression, and we also collaborate with people of all ages who are invested in the ways in which theater can transform lives and communities.

Everyone deserves high-quality theater education that centers their voices. Young Playwrights’ Theater provides inspiration, tools, and opportunities for young and emerging artists to develop and share their stories. Since 1995 we’ve provided young people across Washington, DC and beyond with performing arts programming that builds their confidence and showcases their self-expression.

From their website:

What does a scientist look like to you?

When asked to draw a scientist, only 25 percent of 16-year-old girls draw a woman.

Conservation has an inclusion problem. The current structure of the profession makes it harder for people of color, Indigenous peoples, and women to get involved.

But we need diversity and inclusion to drive innovation. The earth is experiencing a biodiversity crisis, and we need to change now to save it.

Our work brings more people to the table, nurtures the diversity of the field, and drives novel thinking. The survival of thousands of species — including our own — hangs in the balance.