the conductor circle
A project of RRI in partnership with Rose Community Foundation
The Conductor Circle brings together donors and BIPOC community leaders to listen, learn, connect, heal, and decenter wealth and power to make grants focused on uplifting Denver’s Black community.
content directory
session 1:
healing self and relationships
OBJECTIVE:
Build your own understanding of how race has been internalized within you, how it impacts your relationships and your work as a philanthropist.
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KEY TOPICS:
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Overview of The Conductor Circle
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What you'll learn
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What is Healing Justice?
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Why do the Work?
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Understanding Relational vs. Transactional practices
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Healing relationships as a precursor to philanthropy
KEY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
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How does the construct of race and class impact your identity and sense of self?
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What is the nature of your relationships with people of different race and class to you? How does that impact your relationships as a philanthropist with community members you intend to serve?
watch Jan 05
online recording
PODCAST 2:
Deeper dive into healing relationships & purpose of philanthropy
PODCAST 1:
introduction to conductor circles
session 2:
refining your sense of purpose
OBJECTIVE:
Reconnect to your “why” and develop an understanding the historical and current context for how the philanthropic systems can be in misalignment with their true purpose.
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KEY TOPICS:
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Understanding you Ikigai- your true purpose
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Understanding the limitations of current-day
institutional Philanthropy, and why that is -
Alternative approaches to Philanthropy grounded in healing and liberation
KEY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
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What does your higher self want?
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How can you manifest those wishes?
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How would your philanthropic practices need to shift to fully align with your Ikigai?
watch Jan 19
online recording
PODCAST 3:
debriefing on challenging questions about philanthropy
session 3:
transforming our systems
OBJECTIVE:
Understand the role philanthropy can play in being responsible for fully resourcing community-based services, and supporting Black community members in manifesting their vision for new systems that will render the old, racist systems obsolete.
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KEY TOPICS:
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Historical context on the Black community in Denver
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Working with community to manifest new systems
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Resourcing community members in building new systems
KEY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
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What is working with how foundations and donors are giving? What do we need more of?
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What would it look like to actually walk hand-in-hand with BIPOC leaders and community members, and invest resources in ways that lift them up rather than undercut their efforts?
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What commitments can we make to working in partnership with BIPOC community members
through this Conductor Circle process?
session 3- Feb 10
online recording
PODCAST 4:
deeper dive into transforming our systems
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