Accelerating Equity Learning Collaborative

The Accelerating Equity Learning Collaborative is designed for courageous leaders who are ready to make the bold moves necessary to center equity within their organizations, spark sustainable work, and inspire people ­– including colleagues and external partners – to join them in building a vibrant and inclusive future.

After completing the Accelerating Equity Learning Collaborative, you will be able to:

• Apply equity principles to the policies, practices, and investments of your organization.
• Move from talk to actions that implement sustainable efforts to advance equity through philanthropy.
• Help your grantees, grantmaking peers, and strategic partners focus on equity to build stronger, more vibrant communities in the South.
• Hold yourself and your organization accountable by establishing benchmarks for success and tracking progress.
• Join with other Accelerating Equity Alumni to lay the foundation of a new network dedicated to establishing Southern philanthropy as an inspiration for advancing equity in the United States.

Thank you to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
for its support of the Accelerating Equity Learning Collaborative!

Robin Stacia, facilitator for the Accelerating Equity Learning Collaborative, is the Principal/Consultant of Sage Consulting Network, Inc. based in Atlanta. Robin's ultimate objective is to provide her clients with best practice tools and strategies that they can immediately use to improve organizational outcomes. She has partnered with Philanthropy Southeast on trustee development programming, the creation of our Equity Framework, and the work of our Equity Committee since its creation in 2019.

Why Equity?

An Introduction to the Accelerating Equity Learning Collaborative
Featuring: Nathaniel Smith (Partnership for Southern Equity)

Seizing the Moment

Leveraging Internal & External Strategies to Accelerate Equity
Featuring: Linetta Gilbert (Gilbert + Associates), Juan Serranno (Equity in the Center)

Let's Get Practical!

Focusing on Your Internal Policies and Practices
Featuring: Gita Gulati-Partee (OpenSource Leadership Strategies), Kristen Keely-Dinger (The Healing Trust)

Rethinking Philanthropy

Can Amplifying Community Voice and Power Help Us Accelerate Equity?
Featuring: Troy Hanna (Spartanburg County Foundation) and
Mary Thomas (Spartanburg County Foundation)

Hosted at the Robert Hett Chapman III Center for Philanthropy at the Spartanburg County Foundation

Summer Exploration

Self-Guided Learning and Network-Building

The Reframe

Equity, Philanthropy and Systems Change
Featuring: Ruby Bright (Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis) and
Sutton Mora (Community Foundation of Greater Memphis)

As the South Goes

Courageous Leadership