Hey all!
As I mentioned last night, the Battery has a community giving program called Battery Powered that is interesting. BP is not flawless — there are critiques to be made, and I've heard many of them over the course of my residency at the Battery :) but, at heart, BP is a serious attempt to bring new people into the world of philanthropy. In a way, it's a larger-scale collective giving circle similar to what Stacey has begun here.
BP looks at three issues per year, and for each theme, they give away a bunch of pooled money from their members. With each theme, they start by hosting "expert nights" that offer Battery members & guests the chance to learn about the theme.
The next theme is Mental Health, and their Expert Night is on January 22nd. I can guest in +3 people (besides myself), so if you want to come, let me know!
I'll save one spot for Stacey in case she can make it (let me know Stacey!), but aside from that, anyone is welcome to join :)
Event details: *Mental Health Expert Night for Battery Powered*
*@ The Battery, 717 Battery St* *Wednesday January 22nd* *6:30pm to 8pm*
Experts: • Thomas Insel, Special Advisor to Governor Newsom on Mental Health & Former Director of NIMH • Keris Myrick, Chief of Peer Services for the LA County Department of Mental Health, Peer Advocate • Alex Briscoe, Principal at California Children's Trust • "Additional speakers to be announced soon."
More info about the Mental Health theme: https://www.thebatterysf.com/batterypowered/future-theme
<3 Lydia
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Yes, thanks so much for sharing, Lydia! I will be there and am excited to learn about this group/the specific area (feels close to what my subgroup discussed on Tues night: how do we create space for mental health/thriving in community?)
On Thu, Nov 21, 2019, 12:01 AM Lydia Laurenson dragonladyflame@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all!
As I mentioned last night, the Battery has a community giving program called Battery Powered that is interesting. BP is not flawless — there are critiques to be made, and I've heard many of them over the course of my residency at the Battery :) but, at heart, BP is a serious attempt to bring new people into the world of philanthropy. In a way, it's a larger-scale collective giving circle similar to what Stacey has begun here.
BP looks at three issues per year, and for each theme, they give away a bunch of pooled money from their members. With each theme, they start by hosting "expert nights" that offer Battery members & guests the chance to learn about the theme.
The next theme is Mental Health, and their Expert Night is on January 22nd. I can guest in +3 people (besides myself), so if you want to come, let me know!
I'll save one spot for Stacey in case she can make it (let me know Stacey!), but aside from that, anyone is welcome to join :)
Event details: *Mental Health Expert Night for Battery Powered*
*@ The Battery, 717 Battery St* *Wednesday January 22nd* *6:30pm to 8pm*
Experts: • Thomas Insel, Special Advisor to Governor Newsom on Mental Health & Former Director of NIMH • Keris Myrick, Chief of Peer Services for the LA County Department of Mental Health, Peer Advocate • Alex Briscoe, Principal at California Children's Trust • "Additional speakers to be announced soon."
More info about the Mental Health theme: https://www.thebatterysf.com/batterypowered/future-theme
<3 Lydia
-- Lydia Laurenson Twitter https://twitter.com/lydialaurenson | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shataina | Instagram https://instagram.com/lydialaurenson/ | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydialaurenson | Personal http://journalismforbrands.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4dd2dfcae09441bc31f8fe131&id=dafb369eb4 Newsletter http://eepurl.com/8_OXf Currently working on a brand-new publication: *The New Modality http://thenewmodality.com — **NOW ON KICKSTARTER https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lydialaurenson/the-new-modality/! * _______________________________________________ chrysalis.giving mailing list chrysalis.giving@moomers.org https://mailman.moomers.org/listinfo/chrysalis.giving
Okay yay! All 3 spots are now spoken for. But if a lot more people want to come, let me know -- I can ask the head of BP for a favor, I'm sure she'd be psyched to support a new gifting circle by getting lots of people into this event. :)
-- Lydia Laurenson Twitter https://twitter.com/lydialaurenson | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shataina | Instagram https://instagram.com/lydialaurenson/ | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydialaurenson | Personal http://journalismforbrands.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4dd2dfcae09441bc31f8fe131&id=dafb369eb4 Newsletter http://eepurl.com/8_OXf Currently working on a brand-new publication: *The New Modality http://thenewmodality.com — **NOW ON KICKSTARTER https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lydialaurenson/the-new-modality/! *
On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 at 18:26, Stacey Svetlichnaya stacey.svet@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, thanks so much for sharing, Lydia! I will be there and am excited to learn about this group/the specific area (feels close to what my subgroup discussed on Tues night: how do we create space for mental health/thriving in community?)
On Thu, Nov 21, 2019, 12:01 AM Lydia Laurenson dragonladyflame@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all!
As I mentioned last night, the Battery has a community giving program called Battery Powered that is interesting. BP is not flawless — there are critiques to be made, and I've heard many of them over the course of my residency at the Battery :) but, at heart, BP is a serious attempt to bring new people into the world of philanthropy. In a way, it's a larger-scale collective giving circle similar to what Stacey has begun here.
BP looks at three issues per year, and for each theme, they give away a bunch of pooled money from their members. With each theme, they start by hosting "expert nights" that offer Battery members & guests the chance to learn about the theme.
The next theme is Mental Health, and their Expert Night is on January 22nd. I can guest in +3 people (besides myself), so if you want to come, let me know!
I'll save one spot for Stacey in case she can make it (let me know Stacey!), but aside from that, anyone is welcome to join :)
Event details: *Mental Health Expert Night for Battery Powered*
*@ The Battery, 717 Battery St* *Wednesday January 22nd* *6:30pm to 8pm*
Experts: • Thomas Insel, Special Advisor to Governor Newsom on Mental Health & Former Director of NIMH • Keris Myrick, Chief of Peer Services for the LA County Department of Mental Health, Peer Advocate • Alex Briscoe, Principal at California Children's Trust • "Additional speakers to be announced soon."
More info about the Mental Health theme: https://www.thebatterysf.com/batterypowered/future-theme
<3 Lydia
-- Lydia Laurenson Twitter https://twitter.com/lydialaurenson | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shataina | Instagram https://instagram.com/lydialaurenson/ | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydialaurenson | Personal http://journalismforbrands.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4dd2dfcae09441bc31f8fe131&id=dafb369eb4 Newsletter http://eepurl.com/8_OXf Currently working on a brand-new publication: *The New Modality http://thenewmodality.com — **NOW ON KICKSTARTER https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lydialaurenson/the-new-modality/! * _______________________________________________ chrysalis.giving mailing list chrysalis.giving@moomers.org https://mailman.moomers.org/listinfo/chrysalis.giving
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Stacey Svetlichnaya