This event is hosted by PACE (Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement).
In a recent essay, It’s All About Relationships: Systems-Based Changemaking, authors John Esterle of The Whitman Institute and Malka Kopell and Palma Strand of Civity highlight the systemic nature of current intractable challenges such as COVID, racism, and political polarization, and suggest that understanding our society, our democracy, and our civic life as complex adaptive systems provides new insights into how change can happen.
In their piece, the authors make the case for relationships as the interactions that drive complex adaptive systems and suggest that funders consider an approach that calls for directly investing in relationships, engaging relationally with grantees, and partnering with grantees in the enterprise of joint learning and growth.
We invite you to join the authors for a webinar discussion on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 from 3-4pm Eastern/12-1pm Pacific. In this discussion, participants will:
Gain a deeper understanding of the complex adaptive systems framework
Understand how relationships drive these systems (with examples offered)
Consider philanthropy’s role in engaging in and resourcing relationships
Have space to ask questions and engage with other funders on this topic