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Hurray!
Fall is finally in the air!
I hope you enjoyed Social Hour for Social Issues as much as I did.
The Queen City Quiz Show was fun, the contestants hilarious, the statistics about affordable housing sobering
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If you're looking for more information
about affordable housing in Charlotte, join us on November 6 for a
L
unch &
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earn at the Goodwill Opportunity Campus. Check out all our upcoming events
here
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Earlier this month you should have received the 2018-2019 Annual Report.
It's a great read and testament to all the good work we do. Please take a moment to review it
and be proud
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You also should have received your dues invoice for
this program year (July 1 - June 30)
. Please be sure to pay prior to December 31, 2019 to ensure that we are well positioned to forecast our
2020
grants pool.
Click here
to sign in and pay now
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Finally, I want to draw your attention to a new addition to the newsletter. Going On Around Town will feature upcoming local educational events to further our commitment to educating members about our community. We will look to you, our members, to provide this information -- please share!
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Grants Corner
Grants Corner gives members a monthly update on this year's grant making process.
Written by Kristin Keen, Grants Reporter & Human Services Grants Sub-Committee Member
The Grants Committee is pleased to report that we received 146 Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) for this grants cycle. Current Grants Chair Jean Brinkmann and Incoming Grants Chair Anne Perper completed the
initial review and organization of the LOIs resulting in 142 LOIs that will be reviewed by our grant sub-committees. The LOIs
were distributed among our five program areas as follows:
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Education
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Environment
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Health
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Human Services
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The Grants Leadership Team met on October 16 to discuss insights from the Discovery Phase (including guidance from program area Subject Matter Experts) and share ideas. It yielded a robust conversation that addressed salient developments for our regions and potential crossover issues.
Read more here.
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Mission Moment: OurBRIDGE for Kids
Mission Moment shares the impact that Women's Impact Fund grants have in our community.
Written by Lea Johnson, Community Impact Chair
Did you know that Charlotte is the third largest refugee first stop on the east coast?
In 2017, Women's Impact Fund made a
two-year $100,000 grant to
ourBRIDGE for KIDS
to create and support an arts-based curriculum for its after school and summer programs for immigrant and refugee children.
Infusing arts into its existing literacy and STEM curriculum maximized the level of engagement of 262 ourBRIDGE students during the grant period, helping them express themselves across language and cultural barriers.
Through the arts curriculum, ourBRIDGE was able to create partnerships, including with The Harvey B. Gantt Center. The Gantt Center supported multiple field trips and provided consultation on a self-portrait curriculum, advising how to represent not just what you look like, but who you are and how you feel within self-portraits through choices of color and other creative elements.
We are excited to share that the arts curriculum and curriculum director position will continue to be supported beyond the WIF grant period.
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Come on Down!: Social Hour for Social Issues takes a look at Affordable Housing
Written by Jonell Logan, Signature Events Chair
We all know that affordable housing is no laughing matter. According to current data, more than 55,000 Charlotteans do not have an affordable place to live. To remedy this unfortunate reality, the city would need an additional 24,000 units of affordable housing. This is a daunting fact that can overwhelm the best of us. So how do we talk about this and motivate our members to learn how they can make an impact? Enter the Queen City Quiz Show!
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Matt Olin and Tim Miner
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On October 15, the Signature Events Sub-Committee partnered with
Charlotte is Creative to present a special Queen City Quiz Show (QCQS), with a focus on affordable housing. Queen City Quiz Show is the brainchild of Charlotte is Creative co-founders, Matt Olin and Tim Miner. Created in 2016 after winning a Knight Foundation Knight Cities Challenge grant, QCQS overlays community engagement, a competition, and entertainment onto traditional civic discussion in order to create more interaction between information and the audience.
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The Homers & The Winners
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More than 100 Women's Impact Fund members came out to watch Anne Essaye, Liana Humphrey, and Ann Marie Williams ("The Homers") take on
Alane Paraison, Sidney Logan Evecharria, and Amanda Pagliarini Howard ("The Winners") as they explored our knowledge of Charlotte via fun facts, history, and data directly related to affordable housing.
Joining the teams near the stage were our
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(L-R: Allison, Willie, Rosalia, Beth)
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invited content experts Dr. Willie Griffin, Historian at the Levine Museum of the New South; Beth Morrison, Executive Director of Rebuilding Together; ARTivist Rosalia Torres-Weiner; and Allison Winston, Director of Street Outreach at Urban Ministry. This group served as lifelines during the game, consulting with teams for the correct answers. Our audience also played a big part as both teams took advantage of WIF's extensive collective knowledge via "Poll the Audience."
At the end of the evening, "The Winners" emerged victorious. They not only won the game but secured two Charlotte is Creative $250 HUG micro-grants for Queen College's Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice and the Arts Empowerment Project. "The Homers" won one HUG grant for Project Outpour. We thank Matt and Tim for helping WIF support our mission of philanthropy and action in this way.
Social Hour for Social Issues was one way to explore the affordable housing crisis in Charlotte. The Education Committee's upcoming Lunch & Learn on November 6 will also center around this social challenge.
Please register to attend.
You can learn more about affordable housing in our community through the information below.
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Building Awareness about Domestic Violence
Written by Claire Samuels, Events & Logistics Chair
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It's a topic that can be difficult to grasp and hard to discuss for those who have not been affected by it. The statistics are eye-opening.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 4 women will experience severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. In Charlotte alone, nearly 40,000 domestic violence calls were made, making it the number one reason for 911 calls in 2018. And in 2019, there have already been 10 homicides in Mecklenburg County as a result of domestic violence.
These are alarming numbers and spotlight the purpose and value of the organizations in our community that help prevent domestic violence and advocate for victims of it.
Click here to read about three Charlotte-based organizations that are actively battling domestic violence, and the Women's Impact Fund Members who are advocating for awareness and prevention.
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Member News
Member News features personal and professional news about our members.
Jhaymee Tynan
has been awarded the 2019 Athena Leadership Award
which recognizes emerging female leaders who d
emonstrate excellence, creativity, and initiative in their business or profession; provide valuable service by contributing time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community; and serve
as a role model for young women personally and professionally.
In addition, Modern Healthcare named
Jhaymee one of its top 25 emerging leaders (leaders under 40) for 2019. Jhaymee is an assistant vice president for integration at Atrium Health and Treasurer of Women's Impact Fund.
Congratulations to
Veronica Kenny-Macpherson who is starting a new professional chapter. She received her masters in social work in May from UNC Chapel Hill, passed her social work boards this summer, and starts a job this month as a clinical social worker at Levine Cancer Institute. Well done! We wish you every success!
Within a year of handing over her non-profit, Promising Pages, to new leadership,
Kristi Cruise
launched Living Libraries on October 8. Living Libraries' vision is to "create an entire generation of heart-centered, coherent and resilient Superhuman learners and leaders who will unlock their own unlimited potential to positively impact our planet for generations to come." Check out
The LiLi Key
to see Kristi's first book in the Living Libraries debut. Congratulations to Kristi on her successful launch, and for her continued service to children's literacy.
Have Member News to share? Send us a note!
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Community Partner of the Month
Each month we highlight one of our generous community partners.
In their fourth year as a Community Partner, Moore & Van Allen is this year's Signature Events Sponsor for Social Hour for Social Issues.
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Upcoming Events
Click on event to register. Please remember to sign in so it links with your profile.
Date: Monday, October 28, 2019
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
: Dilworth Bar and Grille, 911 E. Morehead St., CLT 28204
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location:
Goodwill Opportunity Campus, 5301 Wilkinson Blvd., CLT 28208
In Home Social at Esezele Payne's Home
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: 3830 Stoney Ridge Trail, CLT 28210
Board of Advisor Luncheon with
Mattye Silverman & Elaine Lylerly
(full)
Date
: Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Email sign-up for the 10 spots are sent out one month before the luncheon. Want to be on the running waitlist?
Email us your name and phone number.
Date: Thursday, December 5, 2019
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Ballantyne Hotel Lobby, 10000 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., CLT 28277
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Going On Around Town
Going On Around Town shares upcoming educational events in our community.
November 5:
Election Day! Early voting in Mecklenburg County started on October 16.
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Thanks to those who have already paid and those who pay via ACH.
Call the office to learn more about these options.
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The mission of Women's Impact Fund is to strengthen communities by maximizing women's leadership in philanthropy through collective giving, education and engagement.
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