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As community professionals, we all strive to create safe, equitable spaces for our members, but what does it really mean to be an equitable community, and what can we or should we be doing to help create spaces that are truly equitable?
Join the CMX Connect Education and Nonprofit Sector chapter for a roundtable conversation on this important topic.
When
Wednesday, Oct 27
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PDT)
About this event
As community professionals, we all strive to create safe, equitable spaces for our members, but what does it really mean to be an equitable community, and what can we or should we be doing to help create spaces that are truly equitable?
Join us for a roundtable discussion where we will share our own experiences, our goals for where we want to be in the future, the roadblocks we may encounter, and how we can overcome them.
Matt is the community manager at Committee for Children, and international nonprofit located in Seattle, WA that is a leader in the field of social-emotional learning.As the Community Manager at Committee for Children, Matt strives to support the important work of social-emotional learning educators, advocates, and thought leaders by fostering the development strong, sustainable communities of practice. Previously, Matt developed research-based SEL curriculum for elementary, middle, and high school students, taught language arts and social studies, and (in the distant past) appeared on stage at many schools throughout the Chicagoland area dressed in chainmail and wielding a very large sword. In his spare time he chases two small children and . . . well, that’s about it.
Elijah van der Giessen
TechSoup
Eli loves to be a connector, bringing community together. He's been a volunteer manager, an event producer and a digital campaigner. Basically he'll take any job that allows him to enable a group of passionate people to join together to create meaningful relationships.
Currently Eli works as Community Manager with TechSoup, producing events and supporting the TechSoup Connect #Tech4Good chapters.