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PRICING
Session #1 is FREE
Package of 5 webinars
(for price of 4):
$100 members
$180 non-members
A la carte (each webinar):
$25 members
$45 non-members
Policies for a Pivotal Era
a nonprofit policy webinar series
March 9 - 11, 2021
It’s a challenging world for nonprofits and the communities we serve. COVID-19 and shelter-in-place have deeply exacerbated our community's greatest inequities and problems.
As we navigate the new decade, SVCN invites you to our Activate Your Impact Policy Summit. Together, we will discuss and reimagine how public policy can be wielded as a change agent for racial equity and collective healing.
Pivotal eras demand pivotal policies.
Designed for those who challenge the status quo, #AYI21 will equip nonprofit advocates in your work to fight for equity and thriving communities. By joining us, you will immerse yourself in an environment that brings change agents together to learn and collaborate towards amplifying our collective voice.
We're offering this summit as a six-part series of live webinars from March 9 - 11, at 11am and 2pm each day.
PRICING
Session #1 is FREE
Package of 5 webinars
(for price of 4):
$100 members
$180 non-members
A la carte (each webinar):
$25 members
$45 non-members
Scholarships Available
SVCN is committed to making our trainings and webinars accessible to nonprofit employees who have been underrepresented in nonprofit leadership and management roles.

AYI 2020 Archive
AYI 2020's highlight was this panel presentation on empowering the community nonprofits serve, that led to the creation of the nonprofit racial justice pledge.
AYI 2020 Sponsors

#1 - March 9
11 am (FREE)
Health Equity: Challenge of our Time

A panel of local health leaders will explore the disproportionate impact COVID-19 is having on communities of color and what we can do now to combat these unjust health inequities. The panel will also discuss how can we help people through the immediate health and economic crises and move towards longer-term solutions to ensure a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
Moderated by: Christine Tomcala, CEO, Santa Clara Family Health Plan
Panelists include:
Dolores Alvarado, Executive Director, Community Health Partnership
Sarita Kohli, CEO, Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
Reymundo Espinoza, CEO, Gardner Family Health Network
André V. Chapman, CEO, Unity Care
#2 - March 9
2 pm
Moving to Meet the Moment

How the School of Arts and Culture at MHP, a place-based cultural institution, leveraged its two greatest assets (the Mexican Heritage Plaza and its team) to meet the moment through advocacy, change management, and the mobilization of the Si Se Puede Collective.
Featuring:
Jessica Paz-Cedillos, Executive Director, School of Arts and Culture
Vanessa Shieh, Associate Director, School of Arts and Culture
#3 - March 10
11 am
State Buzz:
Legislation Nonprofits Should Care About

What's new and emerging in the California Legislature that affects nonprofit organizations and the communities we serve.
Featuring: Lucy Salcido Carter, MA, JD, Public Policy Director, CalNonprofits
A panel of nonprofit advocates
tell how they moved the needle,
won the day, or lived to fight another
day -- and why your nonprofit is needed in the battle for equitable and thriving communities.

#4 - March 10
2 pm
Our Advocacy Stories
Moderated by: Maria Noel Fernandez, Deputy Executive Director, Working Partnerships USA
Panelists include:
Mathew Reed, Policy Manager, SV@Home
Jennifer Loving, CEO, Destination: Home
Darcie Green, CEO, Latinas Contra Cancer
Milan Balinton, ED, African American Community Service Agency
Helen Kassa, Policy & Advocacy Coordinator, African American Community Service Agency
#5 - March 11
11 am
ABC's of Advocacy

ABC's of nonprofit advocacy -- strategy, tactics, and partnering to accomplish your policy objectives.
Presented by: Wendy Ho, Chief of Staff, Santa Clara County Supervisor Otto Lee; Trustee, San Jose-Evergreen Community College District
#6 - March 11
2 pm
Post Election Rundown

Those in the know discuss how the November 2020 elections are shaping the local political landscape and government priorities during this second year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moderated by: Patricia Gardner, PAG Consulting
Panelists:
Terry Christensen, Host, Valley Politics
Poncho Guevara, ED, Sacred Heart Community Service