Preparations for the 2016 NCRP Impact Awards reception are well underway and we’re excited to share the news that Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) will be joining us in congratulating this year’s awardees.
Rep. Ellison is the first Muslim elected to the federal government. Guided by his philosophy of “generosity and inclusion,” his priorities in Congress are to “promote peace, prosperity for working families, environmental sustainability and civil and human rights.” Before being elected to Congress, Rep. Ellison was a community activist with a law practice in Minneapolis specializing in civil rights, employment and criminal defense.
For the past three years, the NCRP Impact Awards provide an opportunity to celebrate the power and possibilities of communities working together to overcome injustice, the leadership and vision of trail-blazing work and the values of diversity, inclusion and equity in action. This year’s reception promises to be the most inspiring yet and we hope you can be a part of it.
RSVP for free now. Community leaders along with nonprofit and foundation staff are welcome! (No, you don’t need to be registered for the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ National Conference to attend.)
Can’t make it to the event? Give a shout out to our awardees.
And in case you haven’t heard, the 2016 NCRP Impact Awards recipients are Consumer Health Foundation (Washington, D.C.), Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund (San Francisco, California), Patagonia (Ventura, California) and Sandler Foundation (San Francisco, California).
Special thanks to the following nonprofit and foundation leaders who are serving on the 2016 NCRP Impact Awards Host Committee and helping us make this a memorable event:
- Kelly Drummer, Tiwahe Foundation
- Trista Harris, Minnesota Council on Foundations
- Sarah Eagle Heart, Native Americans in Philanthropy
- Saanii Hernandez, Women’s Foundation of Minnesota
- Mary Jane Melendez, General Mills Foundation
- David Nicholson, Headwaters Foundation for Justice
- Trina Olson, PFund Foundation
- Jon Pratt, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
- Lee Roper-Batker, Women’s Foundation of Minnesota
- Kevin Walker, Northwest Area Foundation
- Kate Wolford, The McKnight Foundation
Yna C. Moore is communications director of NCRP. Follow @ynamoore and @NCRP on Twitter.
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