ENGAGE NEW YORK UPDATE

Summer is coming to an end and as fall is around the corner, and a lot is happening in our network! Below are highlights of events and information for New York funders including a Summit in September to bring funders together to learn and strategize about the rise of white nationalism, a new pooled fund to support organizations being targeted by hate groups, information about the NYS rural organizing portfolio, an opportunity for nonprofits to learn about digital security, and a resource for foundations supporting immigrant communities.

Please reach out if you have any questions.

NEW YORK STATE

ANTI-WHITE NATIONALISM SUMMIT

September 17 - 18, 4:00 pm

Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel

Our partners at the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes are organizing the summit to help funders understand the threat of the rise of white nationalism presenters to communities and to discuss strategies and grantmaking opportunities to combat the rise of hate.

Speakers include:

Kathleen Belew, Author, Bring the War Home Co-Editor, A Field Guide to White Supremacy

The white power movement in America wants a revolution. Its soldiers are not lone wolves, but highly organized cadres motivated by a coherent and deeply troubling worldview of white supremacy, virulent anticommunism, and apocalyptic faith. Historian, former CNN contributor, and author, Kathleen Belew, will give us the history of this movement.

Loretta Ross, Author, Calling In the Calling Out Culture 2022 Recipient of the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" award

In 1996, Loretta Ross founded the first center in the U.S. to innovate creative human rights education for all students transforming social justice issues to be more collaborative and less divisive. In her work, she transforms how people can overcome political differences to use empathy and respect to guide difficult conversations.

Click here to register. Space is limited.

Engage New York and its members created a pooled fund to move resources to organizations facing political violence or experiencing backlash for supporting communities impacted by injustice. If you are interested in learning more about contributing to the pooled fund or understanding what the goals of the fund are, contact us.

CAPACITY BUILDING FOR NY NONPROFITS

Engage New York and the New York City Capacity Building Collaborative have partnered to offer the following learning opportunity for nonprofits to learn about how to protect their online presence.

Digital Security Power Up!

Tuesday, September 10th between 12:30-3:00 pm

Note: This workshop will be broken into two parts. Part 1 is from 12:30-1:40, part 2 is from 1:55-3:00p. Participants can attend one or both parts.

Myeong Hong Hurwitz of Tiny Gigantic will be the facilitator for the workshops.

Key topics

Digital risk assessment
Top tips for reducing your digital security risks
Impact assessment
Incident response

The first part of the workshop will help introduce how to use a risk assessment framework to focus on issues that are common to most organizations working online with sensitive data. Tiny Gigantic will share top tips for reducing digital security risks.

The second part of the workshop will focus on issues that are emerging as organizations consider possible election outcomes. Tiny Gigantic will share impact assessment and incident response tools that your organization can use to be ready and responsive when incidents arise.

If you would like to share this information with your nonprofit partners so they may participate, contact Lisa Fasolo Frishman to receive information on how they can register.

NEW YORK STATE RURAL PORTFOLIO

Since 2019, Engage New York has partnered with the Integrated Rural Strategies Group (IRSG), a project within The Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG). This project has produced the Resourcing Rural Organizing Infrastructure: A New York Case Study report, which documents the realities of what it takes to build community power from the ground up and the real and critical role that organizing in rural communities has played in the successful advancement of statewide progressive policy change.

Just this summer, IRSG announced the launch of their New York State portfolio. The following 13 groups are working on advancing equity not just in their communities, but at the state level. To learn more about the portfolio partners, visit IRSG New York Rural Organizing Portfolio Page.

We know this is just the beginning of this journey with the Portfolio – and we are excited about the initial investments committed to supporting these groups. We hope you will invest in this portfolio..

Click here to learn more about how to invest in the portfolio!

RESOURCE FOR NEW YORK

The Immigration Research Initiative (IRI) has been assisting communities across New York since 2021. IRI's work includes researching different economic contexts and helping to frame narratives, and actions needed to support individuals and families settling in various regions of the State. IRI's work is helping to illuminate the idea that ‘research is organizing’, and how data is helping all sectors investing in this work. IRI's is providing information to the Ellis Island Initiative, the Fund Excluded Workers Campaign, the Green Light Coalition, and census work.

David and his team presented in June to the Newcomers working group call that takes place bi-monthly. They prepared this resource to share with funders to learn more about their work, How Research Strengthens Immigrant Justice Organizing and Advocacy.

If you are interested in joining the bi-monthly calls, please email info@engagenewyork.org.

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