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Member Call: COVID-19 Member Call

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Thursday March 26 | 12:00pm ET | 11:00am CT | 10:00am MT | 9:00am PT

Funders Together is organizing multiple ways for our members to connect and share information about local responses to the impact of COVID-19 on people experiencing homelessness. In addition to regular webinars with field updates, we are organizing recurring, informal member calls for funders to share what they’re seeing and doing and to seek support from other members.  

Member Call 

Member calls are active, discussion-based calls that we hope will be led and lightly facilitated by our members. Join these member calls if you want to share what is happening in your community related to supporting people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic and hear what other funders are doing in their communities.  

Our first member call will take place on Thursday, March 26 from 12-1pm ET / 9-10am PT. To sign up for this member call, please RSVP below and Stephanie Chan, Director of Membership and Programs will send you the calendar invitation with call-in instructions. We hope that participants will join via videoconference if they are able. 

Working agenda for member calls

  • Who's on the call
  • Discussion
    • What is happening in your community? 
    • How are you and/or other funders responding?  
    • What questions do you have for the group?  
  • Closing
    • Ask for two volunteers to lead next week's call
    • Review any action items

Future member calls will take place every Wednesday afternoon from 3-4pm ET / 12-1pm PT starting on April 8 and lasting until members decide otherwise. These calls will not be recorded. 

 

COVID-19 Webinar

If you are interested in hearing about what is happening in the field nationally and want more high-level information about how funders are responding in communities, we will hold a more formal webinar the week of March 30 (likely on April 1 or 2). We plan on holding regular webinars every few weeks or whenever there are substantive updates for members who want broader field updates. 

 

Please note: Participation in our programming is limited to private funders, including foundations, United Ways, corporate giving programs, individual philanthropists, and philanthropy serving organizations (PSOs). If you have questions about your eligibility to register, please contact Stephanie Chan, Director of Membership and Programs at Funders Together to End Homelessness.  

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March 26, 2020 at 12:00pm - 1pm
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Stephanie Chan ·

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