Previous Conferences

Various photos2008 Charlotte, NC
"Community Philanthropy: Symbolism or Substance
October 3-5, 2008

Keynote Speakers

Lynn Walker Huntley, Esq
President, Southern Education Foundation
"Understanding Who, What and Whose we Are?"

Rev. Dr. William Barber, II
President, North Carolina NAACP
"Somebody Has to Pay the Price to Move Forward"

J. Kameron Carter, PhD
Associate Professor in Theology and Black Church Studies, Duke University Divinity School
"The Spiritual Architecture, Infrastructure and Anatomy of Philanthropy"

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2008 Conference Booklet | 2008 Conference Agenda


2007 Raleigh, NC
“Civic Responsibility: Re-connecting People to their Communities”
October 5-7,2007

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Emmett D. Carson
“Civic Responsibility: Re-connecting People to their Communities”
CEO and President, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Mrs. Margaret Rose Murray
“The Very Art of Living is Giving”
Co-Founder, Vital Link School

Rev. Timothy Johnson
“Don’t Forget to Unpack”
Pastor of Transformation Christian Center

2007 Conference Booklet | 2007 Conference Agenda


2006 Raleigh, NC
“The Debt and The Reckoning: What Do We Owe Each Other?”
October 6-8, 2006

Keynote Speakers

Linetta Gilbert
Senior Program Officer, The Ford Foundation
“Community Philanthropy: Addressing Race and Equity in the American South”

Ambassador James A. Joseph
Chair, Louisiana Recovery Foundation
Director, U.S.- Southern Africa Center for Leadership and Public Values, Duke University
“The Debt and The Reckoning: What Do We Owe Each Other?”

Kanyere Eaton
Executive Director, The Sister Fund
“You are Blessed to be a Blessing”

2006 Conference Booklet | 2006 Conference Agenda