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Session 4A
How to Integrate CCF into Donor-Centric Practice
Rachel D'Souza-Siebert, Cassidy Flynn, Sherita Love, and Lyndsey Reichardt
Thursday, September 23
11:00 – 12:00 PM (PT) | 2:00 – 3:00 PM (ET)
In a panel discussion moderated Rachel D'Souza Siebert, four development professionals with varying experience levels will explore the community need and tools necessary to reduce the perpetuation of harm and inequity in modern fundraising. Community-Centric Fundraising is a fundraising model that is grounded in equity and social justice, and session attendees will learn exactly what this means and understand how to bring these practices to their own fundraising models. Attendees will also be asked to look at their own fundraising experiences and identify how the traditional donor-centric practices that they might be using can perpetuate inequity and be a barrier in establishing a state of belonging in not only the non-profit world, but communities in which we all reside.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will learn:
- How the history of philanthropy in the US has perpetuated inequity
- The rise of CCF movement
- How to build equity, justice, and anti-racism into donor-funder relationships
Keywords: Design Thinking, Diversity & Culture, Foundational Elements of Donor Relations, Inspiring Change, Other
Track: Diversity & Inclusion
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 Rachel D'Souza-Siebert
Founder and Principal
Gladiator Consulting
Rachel is a life-long St. Louis resident and seasoned fundraiser. She's passionate about creating and nurturing transformational nonprofit-funder relationships and does this mostly through her boutique consultancy, Gladiator Consulting, and work to bring community-centric fundraising to the nonprofit sector.
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 Cassidy Flynn
Interim Chief Development and Communications Officer
City Garden Montessori School
Cassidy Flynn is a marketing, communications, and fundraising professional based in the City of St. Louis. For the last 7+ years, Cassidy has honed his skills through various roles, including the Associate Director of Development of Leadership Annual Giving at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, and the Chair of External Relations on the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) St. Louis’ board of directors.
He currently serves as the Interim Chief Development and Communications Officer at City Garden Montessori School, where he has previously served as Director of Development and Communications. In his current role, her oversees City Garden’s annual fund, capital campaign, and the entirety of City Garden’s marketing and communications, involving fundraising content, website management, enrollment and recruitment messaging, graphic design, video development, brand management, and more.
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 Sherita Love
Founder
Education Equity Center of St. Louis
Sherita Love is a fierce advocate for justice and liberation in education. She has deep knowledge and expertise as a classroom teacher, an entrepreneur, an anti-racist reduction catalyst, and thought-leader. After teaching in elementary and middle school classrooms, Sherita moved into curriculum, program, and staff development with a national nonprofit with locations in St. Louis and Southwest Illinois. There, she was also a national trainer in Leadership and Diversity & Inclusion courses for professional staff, served on the organization’s Multicultural Mentorship Committee as well as the Diversity and Inclusion Council where she developed the current model for Diversity, Inclusion and Global strategy for staff in St. Louis and Southwest Illinois.
Sherita is currently the Executive Director of The Education Equity Center of St. Louis, a nonprofit fostering a regional approach to achieving racial equity in education through convening, capacity building and systems change. She is also the lead anti-racist education catalyst with Changing Systems where she works in collaboration with educators to dismantle systemic inequities as well as an adjunct professor with Washington University. Sherita is also the co-founder of GLAMM (Girls Lead and MakeMoves) promoting education and empowerment for young women of color, board member for Blessed Teresa of Calcutta School, board member of Educators for Social Justice, board member of Connect ED Learning, advisory board member with the Education Foundation of the St. Louis Aquarium, a consultant with a lens for supporting girls and students of color with Washington University’s STEM Teacher Quality Institute, and is a lead consultant with Education Equity Consultants.
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 Lyndsey Reichardt
AFP St. Louis Chapter President and Senior Development Director
The OASIS Institute
An advocate of community-centric fundraising, Lyndsey led the St. Louis, MO, AFP Chapter through a tumultuous year of change and uncertainty.
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