CONNECTION: The 2020 Animal Grantmakers Virtual Conference

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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. The Animal Grantmakers Annual Conference is being offered at no cost to funders in all sectors for the first time this year.

CONNECTION will kick off on October 28 with an important discussion for grantmakers on racial equity, diversity and inclusion.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28

• All-Member Annual Meeting: 10 - 11:30 a.m. PDT / 1 - 2:30 p.m. EDT
• All-Attendee Grantmakers' DEI Application Guideline 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.

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
• 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