HIP GameChangers Conference
Ideas and Investments for the Next Decade
April 27-28, 2012
Los Angeles, CA
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Increasing Philanthropic Resources for Latino Communities in the Next Decade
In
December 2011, HIP and the Foundation Center released a report that
about one percent of foundation giving is targeted to organizations and
programs that primarily serve Latino communities. This figure has
remained the same in the past ten years, while the Hispanic population
has grown by 43 percent. While the Latino community's growth is rapidly
changing the U.S. political landscape, Latino immigrants have become the
targets of draconian immigration laws and racial profiling, and major
socioeconomic divisions persist. The average Latino family has ten cents
in assets for every dollar that the average white family has. Across
the country, half of Latino students drop out of high school, and
Latinos now make up a majority of the population sent to federal prison
for felonies. Philanthropy has a responsibility to lead change.
To
move the needle on these disturbing trends, we need to make bigger,
smarter investments in Latino communities. To that end, Hispanics in
Philanthropy is sponsoring HIP GameChangers, a series of briefings,
reports and forums-both online and in-person-bringing together funders
and other leaders to identify the "GameChangers" for Latinos in the next
decade. Throughout the campaign, we'll seek to answer these pressing
questions:
■ How can we address the structural underfunding of Latino communities and increase philanthropic investments in Latinos?
■ Why are Latinos underfunded and what will it take for change?
■ How
can funders make strategic investments to advance social change in the
policy areas that most affect Latinos, such as education access, health
disparities, immigration, and political empowerment?
■ What
cutting-edge models, emerging technologies, and promising new
initiatives have the potential to be GameChangers to increase and
sustain long term investments in Latino social justice issues?
The
campaign will include a national conference for foundation CEOs,
philanthropic leaders, academic experts, and community leaders in Los
Angeles on April 27-28.
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