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SUMMARY:Decolonizing Dance and Shifting the Rubric
DESCRIPTION:The Sole Defined Live! programming series is the brainchild of Dance Place‘s 2018 Artist in Residence\, Sole Defined. The series is intended to convene dance professionals to discuss topics impacting the dance world. \nAlison was honored to be invited as a panelist in the session that discussed the realities of being a dance professional in 2020. Topics included philanthropic patterns in the dance community\, ways to increase equity across dance genres\, and\n            ways to secure funding via the traditional grant making process. \nPanelists: \n\nNicole Chantal de Weever\, Founder & President\, Art Saves Lives Foundation\nConrhonda Baker\, Program Associate – Howard Gilman Foundation & Founder- The Best Saka\nJane Rabinovitz\, Co-Director of Dance Programming\, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts\nAlison McNeil\, Founder & Chief Creative Officer\, McNeil Creative Enterprises\n\n  \nModerator: \n\nTerina Alladin\, Managing Director\, International Performing Arts for Youth
URL:https://mcearts.com/event/decolonizing-dance-and-shifting-the-rubric/
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SUMMARY:The Power of Giving: A National Roundtable Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The Black Funders of St. Louis hosted a lunch & learn webinar series to celebrate Black Philanthropy Month.\n            These roundtable discussions and educational seminars focused on social justice\, racial equity\, nonprofit growth\, civic engagement\, and black charitable giving. Series panelists included the brightest Black nonprofit professionals\, activists\,\n            elected officials & subject matter experts. \nAlison was honored to be invited to speak on a national roundtable discussion about her efforts related to launching the Maynor Biggers Artist Fund (MBAF). Alison co-founded\n            MBAF in 2014 with Nefertari Kirkman-Bey Pross. The Maynor Biggers Artist Fund (MBAF) is a giving circle of Hampton University alumni that pools its resources together to invest in artists and artist companies who use their art as a vehicle\n            for social change. MBAF recipients exemplify a true commitment to shifting the narrative\, raising awareness\, enhancing consciousness around societal ills in communities. \nPanelists: \n\nAkira Barclay\, Southside Giving Circle – Chicago\, IL\nCiara Coleman\, Purposeful Project – New Orleans\, LA\nValaida Fullwood\, New Generation of African American Philanthropists – Charlotte\, NC\nAlison McNeil\, Maynor Biggers Artist Fund – National\nTracey Webb\, Black Benefactors – Washington\, DC\n\n  \nModerator \n\nMaranda Witherspoon-Richardson\, Black Funders of St. Louis – St. Louis\n\n 
URL:https://mcearts.com/event/the-power-of-giving-a-national-roundtable-discussion/
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