Money Talks. July 7, 2009

Join the AJWS-AVODAH Partnership to hear from two of the Jewish activist community's top fundraisers about giving, getting, and stretching the dollars that fuel our social justice work.

Date: Tuesday, July 7th
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Place: Revealed upon registration

This session is for you if…

- You’re interested in discussing the role of money in social justice work – and what Judaism has to say about it;
- You’re exploring board service but you’re intimidated by the give / get requirement;
- You currently serve on a board and are looking for some best practices on giving / getting / and managing the $$;
- You’re wondering how non-profits can survive in such trying economic times!

Speaker bios:

MIRIAM BARNARD is the Senior Director of Development at The Fortune Society. She has nearly a decade of experience in organizing, advocating, fundraising, and strategic planning for a broad range of activist and advocacy groups, from small, volunteer-driven actions to political campaigns to large, established, non-profit organizations. Prior to her current position, Miriam served as the Associate Director of Major Gifts at GLAAD (www.glaad.org) and the Director of Development at Wingspan (www.wingspan.org), where she became a nationally leading voice in ethical fundraising within the LGBT movement. Her mission-driven fundraising strategies have been put to work to support movements to end gender based violence, promote migrant rights, and create comprehensive criminal justice system reform.

For the past 10 years, HELENA TUBIS has worked for small, grassroots non-profit organizations in environmental, arts, and social justice sectors. Since 2006 Helena has been the Development Director at Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ). Additionally, she is an independent fundraising consultant and trainer for a diverse set of clients. Helena is a native New Yorker, received her BA from Colby College in Maine, and is a graduate of the Training for Trainers program at the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training.

This session will be the second in a series of follow-up sessions to our successful training, “Board Service for Social Change.” The sessions are designed to build on the “Board Service for Social Change” curriculum, however, you do not need to have participated in the training in order to attend this program - all are welcome!