Please join us for the 2021 Racial Equity & Philanthropy Panel, organized by the Nonprofit Leadership Master’s Program (NPL) and Center for Social Impact Strategy (CSIS). Our hope is that the conversation will lead to greater insights on the role of philanthropy in furthering racial justice.
This event is open to the public. Zoom registration is available here.
Panelists:
Dr. Abhishek Bhati is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Bowling Green State University. His research focuses on nonprofit studies, international development, and global politics. Abhishek is a former Social Impact Strategy Doctoral Fellow at the School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania. His work has appeared in nonprofit and public administration journals such as Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and Journal of Behavioral Public Administration and The Foundation Review.
Matt Stephenson is the Co-Founder & CEO of Code2College, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the rate of historically underserved students attending and completing STEM undergraduate degree programs and entering STEM careers. Matt started his career in K-12 education as a high school math teacher and later a Leadership Fellow at Achievement First Amistad High School in New Haven, CT. Next, he joined NewSchools Venture Fund as an Associate Partner. Matt later joined KIPP Austin Public Schools as Director of Finance managing a district budget of over $50M.
Iimay Ho (they/them) lives in Washington, DC and is the Executive Director of Resource Generation, a multiracial community of young people age 18-35 with access to class privilege and wealth committed to the equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power. Raised by wealthy Chinese immigrant parents from Taiwan, Iimay is dedicated to dismantling the model minority myth and organizing young wealthy people for racial and economic justice. Iimay has been organizing at the intersection of LGBTQ, racial justice, and youth movements for over 10 years, starting with their first political home at Southerners on New Ground. Iimay is also the Co-Chair of the board of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.