This year marks the 10th anniversary of one of the Funders’ Network’s most significant efforts to foster leadership in philanthropy: the PLACES Fellowship. PLACES — which stands for Professionals Learning About Community, Equity and Smart Growth — has welcomed 127 fellows to participate in a yearlong learning opportunity to help grantmakers embed the values of racial, social and economic equity into their work. By the end of their fellowship, participants are equipped with the tools and resources to understand, challenge and change systemic inequities. Our alums hail from all corners of the United States and Canada, representing national, regional and community foundations. We are proud to share just a few of the many stories of our alums here as part of our PLACES X: Stories of Impact project.
“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed.
But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.”Audre Lorde
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nadege Green is an award-winning journalist who covers social justice issues for the Miami-based public radio network, WLRN. For her, journalism boils down to not only telling the stories of the people who are accessible, but also seeking out the voices we don’t hear from, and telling those stories too.
Her work has received numerous awards, including a 2017 Regional Ed- ward R. Murrow Award about children lost to gun violence, 2016 first place investigative reporting award from the National Association of Black Journalists and Florida AP Broadcaster awards.
In 2018 Green was recognized by the Miami Foundation with the Ruth Shack Leadership award for her body of work that gives voice to communities that are often not heard. Green’s reporting has appeared in the Miami Herald, NPR and PRI. Her work has also been cited in Teen Vogue, The Root, Re- finery 29 and the Washington Post. She previously worked at the Miami Herald covering city governments and the Haitian community. Green studied English with a specialization in professional writing at Barry University.
ABOUT PLACES X
PLACES Tenth Anniversary: Stories of Impact, captures and shares stories from alums of TFN’s PLACES Fellowship. Interviews were conducted by Miami-based journalist Nadege Green, and may have been edited for length or clarity. This project has been made possible with the support of The Annie E. Casey Foundation. For print copies, please reach out to TFN Communications Director Tere Figueras Negrete, tere@www.fundersnetwork.org.