CONNECTION: The 2020 Animal Grantmakers Virtual Conference

CONNECTION: The 2020 Animal Grantmakers Virtual Conference

Philanthropy • Impact • Education

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28

• All-Member Annual Meeting: 10 - 11:30 a.m. PDT / 1 - 2:30 p.m. EDT
• All-Attendee Grantmakers' Racial Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Discussion: 12 - 1 p.m. PDT / 3 - 4 p.m. EDT
• All-Attendee Virtual Cocktails: 4 - 5 PDT / 7 - 8 p.m. EDT

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29

• Conference Program: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. PDT / 1 - 6 p.m. EDT

Virtual Conference Registration Deadline: October 25, 2020. Links to join conference events will be sent a few days prior.

CONNECTION: The 2020 Animal Grantmakers Virtual Conference will focus on bonding with colleagues old and new, sharing knowledge and ideas, and learning from experts (and artists, too!). Our annual conference will help expand visions and develop strategies to confront some of the biggest challenges in animal philanthropy. We will kick off with the Annual Meeting (members only) on October 28 followed by a discussion on grantmakers' DEI application guidelines and a virtual happy hour for conference registrants later that afternoon.

To date, the following speakers are confirmed to present October 29:

• Michael J. Blackwell, DVM, MPH, director, Program for Pet Health Equity, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Tony Eliseuson, litigation program director, Animal Legal Defense Fund
• James Evans, president, CARE (Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity)
• Che Green, principal, Cultivate Insights; founder & board member, Faunalytics
• Marty Irby, executive director, Animal Wellness Action
• Sara Kent, chief executive officer, Shelter Animals Count
• Abby Levine, director, Bolder Advocacy (a program of Alliance for Justice)
• Andrew Rowan, founding member, Animal Grantmakers, grants advisor, Edith J. Good Residuary Trust
• Paul Schmitz, principal, Leading Inside Out
• Phil Tedeschi, clinical professor and executive director, Institute for Human-Animal Connection
• Marcus Walton, president and CEO, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
• James Wilks, producer, The Game Changers (documentary film)
• Mary Logan Wolf, author and poet

Learn More: animalgrantmakers.org/conference.

Conference Program: https://animalgrantmakers.org/2020-conference-program

Note: this virtual conference is not open to the general public. Participation is limited to members of Animal Grantmakers and to organizations that are primarily grantmakers.

Animal Grantmakers is the only funder affinity group focused solely on animal protection. A diverse group of foundations, public charities, corporate giving programs, individuals and other philanthropists, our members work on local, regional, national and global issues involving animals of all stripes.