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You’re Invited To Experience The Collective Action for Equity (CAFE) Peer Network
Join us for An Equity Dialogue
Tuesday, July 18th, 3-5PM on ZoomJoin us this one time to see if you would like to join on a regular basis.
Learn what your peers are thinking, feeling, and doing to advance equity in their work and life.
- Share experiences and insights…
- Listen and reflect…
- Walk away with more confidence about how to unravel racism and advance equity and justice in your work.
WHY JOIN THE CAFE PEER NETWORK?
COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EQUITY (CAFE) was formed by Cultural Alliance members seeking to deepen their understanding of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and take specific actions toward advancing equity. We listened to members' needs and launched the group with a public series of workshops, focused on DEI issues within the arts and culture sector.
You’ll Take A Meaningful Journey Into Equity: Recognizing that racism and social inequities are systemic and require cultural changes beyond simple fixes, we use a dialogue-focused process and group norms to provide a safe, meaningful, and judgment-free environment. Participants reflect, share experience, and value trust, confidentiality, patience, and vulnerability.
You’ll Experience Meaningful Peer Learning: Develop awareness of equity through personal, social, and cultural contexts. Peer learning is supported by reading, relevant community partners, and outside expertise. An outside facilitator organizes meetings, discussion prompts, and supports learning. Outside guests and other equity specialists, budget permitting, support group learning.
You’ll Be Motivated to Take Meaningful Action: Commit to take specific, self-determined action(s) toward advancing equity, and integrate equitable practices into everything you do.
CAFE meetings run 9 meetings/year (≈every 6 weeks) mostly online (2-4 in-person sessions). The CAFE schedule beyond June 6 will be presented at the meeting and retains a 3-5PM Tuesday schedule. |
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SPOTLIGHT PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE |
| | | The podcast of our July 10 broadcast on the Good to Great award winners is now available on Soundcloud at https://bit.ly/spotGoodToGreat
The highly competitive “Good to Great” grant, jointly administered by the CT Office of the Arts and CT Humanities, is awarded to “organizations of all sizes who demonstrate deep thinking about who they are as organizations, and what they could be if granted access to capital funding.” We thought this was a great opportunity to spotlight these organizations, the work they do, and how they will be using their grants to transform their organizations.Our guests were:
• Cybele Maylone, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield
• Peter Gistelinck, Avon Theatre Film Center, Stamford
• Kathy Maher, Barnum Museum, Bridgeport
• Tracy Kay, Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens, Stamford
• Howard Lasser, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield
• Hilary Wittmann, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan
• Clare Murray, cARTie, Shelton
• Maggie Dimock, Greenwich Historical Society, Greenwich
• Steve di Costanzo, WPKN, Bridgeport |
| | ARTISTS: SIGN UP FOR NEXT ARTIST WORKLAB WED. AUGUST 2 |
| | | We continue our series of professional development workshops and panels for artists with our partner Metro Art Studios..
Registration is open for the next Artist WorkLab on Wednesday August 2 from 5:30 to 7 PM. The topic for August is Setting Up E-Commerce for Success and Sales. This series is free and open to any artist working in any medium. Produced in collaboration with Metro Art Studios and with the support of Connecticut Humanities, Artist WorkLab brings you panels and discussions to help your art career thrive!
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| | ORGANIZATIONS: Bridgeport, Stamford Each to Receive $900,000 from State's Social Equity Council
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| | United Way of Coastal Fairfield County and United Way of Western Connecticut, under the newly merged entity United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut, will distribute $1.8 million in grant funding to support projects in Bridgeport and Stamford that uplift communities and strengthen families disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs.
A total of $900,000 will be designated for each community.
United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut (UWCWC) will serve as the third-party grant manager for the pilot Community Reinvestment Grant from Connecticut’s Social Equity Council, which aims to reinvest state cannabis revenues back into affected communities. Qualifying nonprofits were eligible to begin applying on July 5, 2023 at https://bit.ly/e-cimpact. (The full Notice of Funds Availability can be found here.)
Funds can be allocated for programs designed to uplift impacted communities and families focused on the two areas of (1) reentry and reintegration, and (2) youth education and recreation.
This includes programs that support formerly incarcerated individuals and their families; civil legal aid; justice-involved youth; expungement/criminal record erasure; homelessness; family stability; enrichment programs for young people and their families that assist in preparing the future workforce; STEM/STEAM; financial literacy; promoting physical and mental health wellness; sports; mentoring; youth and parent leadership and empowerment; creative culture programs; community uplifting; and organizing and empowerment.
The minimum grant award for qualifying non-profit organizations applying for the 2023-2034 Community Reinvestment Grant process will be $10,000.
I nterested applicants can submit materials via e-CImpact and can find more information at www.unitedwaycwc.org/grant-opportunities. All completed applications are due on August 3, 2023. Award notices will be distributed following approval from the Social Equity Council and all funds must be spent by June 30, 2024.
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