Dr. Charlotte Williams, Director of the Center on Community Philanthropy at the Clinton School, recently attended the 2017 UNITY Summit Investing in Movements for Equity held in New Orleans, La.
The summit focus was on the importance of convening, collaboration, and creating space to lift up ideas, models, and movements for how philanthropy can align its investments along the themes of Resistance, Protection, and Empowerment. Attendees were challenged to support and expand individual and institutional practice towards advancing equity with an inter-sectional lens.
Clinton School alum Shanell Ransom also attended the summit. Ransom currently works as the Grants and Operations Manager at the Samuel S. Fels Fund in Philadelphia, Pa. She is also an officer with Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP), a national organization whose mission is to empower emerging leaders and elevate philanthropic practice in order to build a more just, equitable, and sustainable world.
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