Racial Healing and Renewal Cohort: Session 1
Details
About the event
This program offers space to explore various perspectives on race, engage in meaningful discussions, and learn from one another. Together, we aim to foster empathy, challenge biases, and build bridges towards a more inclusive society. Whether you are an advocate for racial justice, a curious learner, or simply interested in making a positive impact, our Racial Healing and Renewal Cohort welcomes individuals from all backgrounds in the nonprofit sector.
Additional Information
This program session is part of our nonprofit Learning Hub's Racial Health & Renewal Cohort and is only open to cohort members. Interested in joining the cohort? Apply by March 27.
The Racial Healing and Renewal Cohort offers space to explore various perspectives on race, engage in meaningful discussions, and learn from one another. Together, we aim to foster empathy, challenge biases, and build bridges towards a more inclusive society. Whether you are an advocate for racial justice, a curious learner, or simply interested in making a positive impact, our Racial Healing and Renewal Cohort welcomes individuals from all backgrounds in the nonprofit sector. Let's come together, listen, and grow as we embark on a journey towards racial healing and renewal.
The Santa Fe Community Foundation proudly offers the Learning Hub as an educational space for nonprofit board, executive directors, staff members, and donors. Each year, the Hub offers dozens of events, workshops, and learning circles that promote leadership, skill building, and peer-supported growth.
Meet the people leading the conversation
Robert Blanquera Nelson
Robert Blanquera Nelson
Robert Blanquera Nelson is a Pilipino immigrant, working for racial justice in Albuquerque, NM. He has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 10 years. He has worked predominantly in homeless and housing services, having helped found Albuquerque’s first community housing-first initiative, Albuquerque Heading Home. He recently served as the Program Manager for Pivotal New Mexico, specializing in developing resources and investments for New Mexico. Currently, he serves as nonprofit consultant and anti-racism educator, having trained with the local Anti-Racism Training Institute of the Southwest (ARTI) and the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB). He currently serves on the Housing and Neighborhood Economic Development Fund Committee with the City of Albuquerque and is the Co-Chair for Asian American Association of New Mexico, working to build a vibrant Asian Pacific Islander community throughout the state. Lastly, he is a community organizer for the Historic Neighborhoods Alliance in downtown Albuquerque. In his spare time, Robert is an avid swimmer and enjoys mobile video games, cooking, writing, reading, and playing guitar.
Kendra Toth
Kendra Toth
Kendra Toth is a co-founder of RACED Consulting — a cross-race, cisgendered-queer facilitation team that harnesses the strengths of who we are to actively and directly confront white supremacy. She engages clients interested in exploring the impact of racial whiteness and how systems of oppression and privilege impact their lives — both personally and professionally — through a personalized, problem solving approach. Kendra has over 15 years of experience in classroom teaching, school leadership, facilitation, and one-on-one accompaniment. She has strong skills in interrogating whiteness, cultivating cross-race collaboration, facilitating difficult conversations, and helping leaders align organizational goals with building and fostering diverse groups of decision makers. Kendra holds a degree in Education and certification in both Mindful Facilitation and Mediation.
Meet the people leading the conversation
Robert Blanquera Nelson
Robert Blanquera Nelson
Robert Blanquera Nelson is a Pilipino immigrant, working for racial justice in Albuquerque, NM. He has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 10 years. He has worked predominantly in homeless and housing services, having helped found Albuquerque’s first community housing-first initiative, Albuquerque Heading Home. He recently served as the Program Manager for Pivotal New Mexico, specializing in developing resources and investments for New Mexico. Currently, he serves as nonprofit consultant and anti-racism educator, having trained with the local Anti-Racism Training Institute of the Southwest (ARTI) and the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB). He currently serves on the Housing and Neighborhood Economic Development Fund Committee with the City of Albuquerque and is the Co-Chair for Asian American Association of New Mexico, working to build a vibrant Asian Pacific Islander community throughout the state. Lastly, he is a community organizer for the Historic Neighborhoods Alliance in downtown Albuquerque. In his spare time, Robert is an avid swimmer and enjoys mobile video games, cooking, writing, reading, and playing guitar.
Kendra Toth
Kendra Toth
Kendra Toth is a co-founder of RACED Consulting — a cross-race, cisgendered-queer facilitation team that harnesses the strengths of who we are to actively and directly confront white supremacy. She engages clients interested in exploring the impact of racial whiteness and how systems of oppression and privilege impact their lives — both personally and professionally — through a personalized, problem solving approach. Kendra has over 15 years of experience in classroom teaching, school leadership, facilitation, and one-on-one accompaniment. She has strong skills in interrogating whiteness, cultivating cross-race collaboration, facilitating difficult conversations, and helping leaders align organizational goals with building and fostering diverse groups of decision makers. Kendra holds a degree in Education and certification in both Mindful Facilitation and Mediation.
Meet the people leading the conversation
Fundraising Immersion: Session 5
facilitated by Jennifer Kilbourn and Patti Ward, CFRE
The Fundraising Immersion is an intensive deep dive into fundraising best practices and basic tools needed to create and maintain a thriving culture of philanthropy in your organization. This six-week immersion will focus on the fundamentals of building a strong development program and is perfect for Executive Directors and Development Directors of small to mid-size nonprofit organizations in northern New Mexico. Nonprofit board members are welcome as well.
Racial Healing and Renewal Cohort: Session 2
facilitated by Robert Blanquera Nelson and Kendra Toth
This program offers space to explore various perspectives on race, engage in meaningful discussions, and learn from one another. Together, we aim to foster empathy, challenge biases, and build bridges towards a more inclusive society. Whether you are an advocate for racial justice, a curious learner, or simply interested in making a positive impact, our Racial Healing and Renewal Cohort welcomes individuals from all backgrounds in the nonprofit sector.
Self-Advocacy and Self-Actualization
with Marisa Page
What is your role in your organization and what is required to keep that position? Do you need to code-switch? Dim your light? Do you feel like you put your own needs last or downplay them? We will examine your goals and dreams to develop an individualized plan and align that with what you are doing now. What might shift for you if you really prioritized yourself? The possibilities are exciting and scary, and you don’t need to leap, just step.
