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October 9, 2019 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Insights on Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Journey 5: How Self-Healing Can Be a Powerful First Step

Insights on Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Journey 5: How Self-Healing Can Be a Powerful First Step DEI Manager Margie Jo Eun Joo Andreason; Photo by Nawang B. Margie Jo Eun Joo Andreason, our DEI manager, writes about how her current role leading the Foundation’s DEI journey grew out of her experience as a Korean adoptee and her passion for social justice. Recently...Continue Reading →

August 15, 2019 General News, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Financial Inclusion

Our 2019 Annual Report Spotlights African American-Led Solutions to the Racial Wealth Gap, and Our Continued DEI Journey

Our 2019 Annual Report Spotlights African American-Led Solutions to the Racial Wealth Gap, and Our Continued DEI Journey

Six grantee cohorts participating in the African American Financial Capability Initiative have developed community-based solutions to the racial wealth gap, and they’re doing so with impact. View our 2019 annual report In our cover story on the cohorts’ work, we...Continue Reading →

July 24, 2019 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Insights on Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Journey 4: DEI Isn’t an Abstract Concept, It’s Lived Experience

Insights on Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Journey 4: DEI Isn’t an Abstract Concept, It’s Lived Experience

Business Intern and DEI Blog Writer Monika Nestor-Maldonado with Board Member Father Larry J. Snyder, vice president for mission at St. Thomas University in St. Paul. Our business intern, Monika Nestor-Maldonado, a second-year student in Dougherty Family College at...Continue Reading →

July 17, 2019 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Owning My Whiteness

Owning My Whiteness

By Kevin Walker, President and CEO, Northwest Area Foundation My own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) journey is making me take a second look at a number of things in my life, including how I show up as a white male leader in philanthropy. Recently, a nonprofit...Continue Reading →

May 14, 2019 General News

Q1 Grantee Partners Advance More Equity for Financial Capability and Workforce Policy

Q1 Grantee Partners Advance More Equity for Financial Capability and Workforce Policy

Our 2019 grantmaking begins with just over $3.7 million in the first-quarter grants. Q1 Grants We awarded 13 grants to partner organizations that advance our mission to expand economic opportunity in underresourced communities by supporting organizations rooted in the...Continue Reading →
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