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This section of the GFEM Web site contains audio and video recordings from GFEM sponsored funder briefings.

Race, Class and Privilege: An Ongoing Dialogue (COF 2008)

How can we frame issues of race, class, and priviledge to advance our philanthropic work?

Media + Philanthropy = Impact! (COF 2008)

Media shapes opinion. But how do you prove it? Are there metrics that can correlate media funding and change? Media and media-related organizations have the power to raise awareness, advance public policy, and change people’s lives.

40 Years of Impact: Foundation-Funded Media

Building on the Past - Harnessing the FutureOn September 16, 2007, GFEM held a media conference in San Francisco as part of our commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the Council on Foundations ...

GFEM Dinner at NCMR 2007

Featuring Representative Edward Markey, Denice Zeck and Sui Lang Panoke of American ForumAudio of GFEM's funder delegation dinner at the Memphis Marriott Downtown on January 13, 2007 features ...

Living Wage Panel Discussion at COF Annual Conference 2007

Hear the April 28 discussion featuring the Barbara Ehrenreich, best-selling author of Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch; Roger Weisberg, Emmy award winning filmmaker of Waging a Living; Wyatt ...

GFEM Member Briefing at COF Annual Conference 2007

Listen to GFEM’s April 29 briefing on the state of the media field and learn about opportunities for funders to effect sustainable social change through media grantmaking. The issues of marketing ...

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