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Are you still interested in social impact? What I have mossed over the past few months.
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| Are you still interested in social impact? Net Impact New York Professional Chapter netimpactnyc@gmail.com via automations.mcsv.net 10:35 AM (16 minutes ago) to me Do you still want to hear from us? Dear Newsletter Subscribe, We know your inbox can get a little crowded, but we hope you'll make room for us. We noticed that it's been some time since you've opened our newsletters. It's our goal to provide you with interesting, relevant content about our social impact networking events, workshops, and pro-bono consulting opportunities, but we don't want to add to your inbox clutter if you'd rather not hear from us. To continue being a part of the Net Impact NYC community and receiving our emails, please click the 'I'll Stay!' button below. But if you'd rather not receive these emails, simply click on the 'I'll go...' button. I'll stay! I'll go... What You've Missed the Past Few Months Tensie Whelan - the Director of NYU Stern's Center for Sustainable Business - explained how companies can use the Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI) methodology to quantify the financial impact of making greener choices. Sustainability as a core value often leads to impact that spans departments, such as increased revenue, better personnel retention, and decreased operating expenses. Ox Verte Founder and CEO Jessie Gould shared her insights on why B Corps are uniquely positioned to innovate and pivot during times of crises. She explained that when your mission is your North Star, it’s less about the business you’re in and more about the way you do business. This includes practices like fair compensation, diversity in supplier base, renewable energy in your office, much more. In response to the BLM movement, we highlighted the impactful work some of our previous Service Corps Clients - Black-led nonprofit organizations and groups that are serving the Black community. We also compiled a list of NYC-based organizations to support and anti-racism resources. You can access those resources here. This spring our Service Corps program partnered with 18 local non-profits and social enterprises, and hosted our first ever totally virtual round! We were so impressed by the flexibility and commitment of both our clients and consultants, and were excited to learn more about the results of each project during our mid-point Zoom networking event. Good Capital Investment Group's co-founders Monica Meng and Gideon Cohn provided an overview of sustainable investing. As investors, we have immense power and responsibility. Each of us has the power to influence corporations, industries, and policies. Making a sound investment decision revolves around three different factors: knowledge, data and emotions. Copyright © 2020 Net Impact New York Professional Chapter, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are a member of the Net Impact NYC Professional Chapter or you opted in to our mailing less at our website. Our mailing address is: Net Impact New York Professional Chapter 150 Spear St. Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94105 To Our Net Impact Community As Net Impact President Peter Lupoff shared earlier this week, as sustainability and social impact leaders, we know that silence is not an option when faced with inequity and social injustice. The murder of George Floyd proves once again that we have an obligation to stand up for what is right and demand change. We stand in solidarity with the Black community today and everyday. To our Net Impact NYC community: we hear you, we see you, and we want to help amplify your voice. We will continue to serve this community of change makers with relevant events and resources. While the list below is not exhaustive, we’ve pulled together information on how you can take action, learn, and support local businesses. We realize not every form of support will work for everyone, but encourage you to drive momentum forward in your own unique way. We acknowledge we still have a lot to learn ourselves. Please feel free to flag additional resources or thoughts on how we can best serve you moving forward. Mental Health Resources for BIPOC Trying to Cope Right Now Black Emotional and Mental Health (BEAM): This website features a virtual directory to connect you with mental health professionals online. Whether you’re into email, video-chatting or just simply talking on the phone, you can choose which virtual platform works for you. Ethel Club: This Brooklyn-based working space has become a safe haven for people of color, both on and offline. Members can receive free mental health counseling (which has turned into virtual sessions as a result of the pandemic), watch discussions with cultural leaders and connect with others online. Association of Black Psychologists Self-Care Tool Kit: This 26-page tool kit, written in English and Spanish, contains information about how stress and trauma affect the body and mind, and self-care strategies for dealing with the effects of racism. Supporting Local Black-Owned Organizations At Net Impact NYC we have the privilege of working alongside dozens of local businesses driving change in their communities through our Service Corps pro bono consulting program. We wanted to take this time to spotlight the impactful work of these Black-led nonprofit organizations and groups serving the Black community. All Kings: Helps to heal these wounds of domination, isolation, and injustice by cultivating diverse communities of men to support justice-involved young men. All Kings creates communities of local men — a brotherhood of different ages, ethnicities, orientations, and economic backgrounds. Some of these men have experienced incarceration. Some have not. All men are welcome. Consider supporting them here. Children of Promise NYC: A community-centered organization that partners with children and families impacted by mass incarceration to dismantle the stigma and heal from the trauma that continues to plague Black and Brown communities. CPNYC’s multi-faceted youth programming incorporates academic and creative engagement, therapeutic empowerment, and self-advocacy to create social change and justice. Show your support to CPNYC’s families by learning more and donating. JustLeadershipUSA: Dedicated to cutting the US correctional population in #halfby2030, JLUSA empowers people most affected by incarceration to drive meaningful and lasting policy reform. JLUSA is the only directly-impacted led national organization with core programs and principles that intentionally elevate and amplify the voices, expertise, and leadership of directly-impacted people and communities. To learn more visit their website and donate here. Represented Foundation: A nonprofit and professional development network training Black and Latinx founders to enter, navigate and thrive in the social impact field. Represented Foundation trains early-stage Black and Latinx founders to use social entrepreneurship as a tool to create racial equity for themselves and the communities that they serve. Donations to Represented Foundation supports V.E.R. (Vision. Execution. Results) our social impact incubator for Black and Latinx founders. Donations made during the month of June will be matched (up to $2500) by Brooklyn Community Foundation. Please visit www.representedfoundation.org to make a contribution today. Unspoken Smiles Foundation: Works for a world where everyone has access to quality dental care. With more than 486 million children currently living with untreated tooth decay, Unspoken Smiles provides early oral health treatment and education, and dental assistance fellowships to young local women with otherwise inadequate earning opportunities, empowering them with a sustainable career in dentistry. Learn more and donate here. Take action now. Here are some additional NYC-based organizations to consider supporting: Anti-Racism Resources While we encourage non-BIPOC allies to have conversations with their BIPOC friends and colleagues when they make themselves available, it is important to first not only recognize personal biases, but also take initiative to educate yourself about the institutional and systemic issues at play. Read: Anti-Racism Resources: A curated list of anti-racism and racial justice resources via Rachel Rickets, a racial justice educator, lawyer, healer, speaker and author, who educates white folx on their role in perpetuating white supremacy, helps BI&PoC and mixed folx heal from internalized oppression, and offer practical solutions for all hue-mxns to dismantle racist heteropatriarchy. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism: In this 'vital, necessary, and beautiful book' (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and 'allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to 'bad people' (Claudia Rankine). Listen: 1619 Podcast: Four hundred years ago, in August 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed. “1619,” a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, examines the long shadow of that fateful moment. Code Switch: This NPR Podcast is hosted by journalists of color, and tackles the subject of race head-on. The hosts explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between. This podcast makes ALL OF US part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story. Watch: TED: How We Can Make Racism a Solvable Problem - and Improve Policing: When we define racism as behaviors instead of feelings, we can measure it -- and transform it from an impossible problem into a solvable one, says justice scientist Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff. 13th: (Netflix, 2016)Years before she took on one specific case of injustice with When They See Us, Ava DuVernay delved into a more sweeping, wide-ranging story with the phenomenal documentary 13th. Using plain, easy-to-understand language, logic, and facts, DuVernay lays out how the Thirteenth Amendment led to mass incarceration in the United States. Breaking down the racist origins of 'the war on drugs' and coded language like 'tough on crime' and 'law and order,', this fierce documentary is an eye-opening and unsettling examination of how the amendment created a pipeline to put black boys and men in for-profit prisons. Follow: Check Your Privilege, founded by Myisha T. Hill, is a guided journey that deepens your awareness of how your actions affect the mental health of Black, Brown, Indigenous, People of Color, or BBIPoC. Right now, the account is offering a Summer “Saturday Skool” series. Each day, participants will be led by a guide, coach or educator in the anti racism space. Bree Newsome is a Black female artist who made headlines in 2015 when she lowered the Confederate flag outside the South Carolina capitol building. Her tweets about structural racism and white power structures are educational, wise, accessible and resourceful. George Floyd Memorial in Minneapolis, MN. | |||||||||