The Collaborative for Advancing Health Equity in Out-of-School Time (OST) invites OST professionals to join the Advancing Health Equity in OST Community of Practice (CoP). Designed to be a collective learning experience, CoP members will connect virtually to share best practices, successes, and challenges with implementing health equity strategies. Sessions take place from 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM on March 28, 2023, April 25, 2023, and May 23, 2023. Register by March 24, 2023.

The Johnson Family Foundation is launching a fellowship program to help build a pipeline for rising social justice leaders. The Johnson Justice Fellowship is a full-time two-year fellowship, based in New York City, for people interested in leading careers in the service of the public good. They are partnering with Riders Alliance, Center for Popular Democracy, and New American Leaders to launch this fellowship. Applications are due by March 31, 2023.

The Power of Us Workforce Survey is a first of its kind study that seeks to know and understand more about the experiences of staff and volunteers who support youth outside of the traditional school day. The data from the survey will help inform policy, practice, and further research to better support the workforce and ultimately improve job quality in the field. The Power of Us team wants to make sure that the data reflects your story! Take the survey today and inform the effort to explore, define, and elevate the youth development field's workforce and your essential work with youth.

Grant writing seems mysterious. It is a unique type of writing, but there are some basic pointers that can make writing a grant proposal approachable for any person or organization. This session from the New York State Network for Youth Success focuses on locating grants, creating templates for grant writing, and identifying a good starting spot for your school or organization. The session takes place on February 15, 2023 from 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM. Registration is now open.

Grounding family engagement strategies in an evidence-based framework can help guide school and community leaders in identifying effective approaches for supporting success for all. Join The EdRedesign Lab on February 23, 2023, from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM, for the second session in their Institute for Success Planning Virtual Learning Series as Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Karen Mapp presents the Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships, which she and colleagues co-created. If you missed the first session you can watch a recording of the webinar. Registration is now open.

Despite our best intentions, inequity in the workplace is often maintained by the systems we put in place. That's why changing processes often has a greater impact on promoting equity and inclusion than efforts to change employee attitudes. Join the NYC Behavioral Design Center on March 7 and 14, 2023, from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, for a two-part workshop that teaches how to reduce the effects of bias by fixing the processes or structures used in staff recruiting, assessment, hiring, onboarding, supervision, and performance management. Registration is now open.

Journeys in Youth Development is a new podcast series featuring readings and discussion from the editors and authors of the newest volume in the Current Issues in Out-of-School Time volume series, “The Heartbeat of the Youth Development Field: Professional Journeys of Growth, Connection, and Transformation.” Hosted by Georgia Hall, the series shines a light on the intricate connections between research and practice, touching upon both the vulnerability and triumph of youth development work. Episodes of the podcast are out now with more coming through April.

In the past few years, there has been a heightened interest in nonprofit demographic data. However, the result is that nonprofits are asked to collect and report demographic data over and over again in different ways for different funders (meaning more work for already overworked nonprofits). Join Candid on February 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM to learn about Demographics via Candid, an initiative to empower nonprofits to share their demographic data once on their Candid profile on GuideStar, where it can be accessed and reused by funders and stakeholders across the field. Registration is now open.

The Obama Foundation Leaders USA program is a six-month, non-residential leadership development program that seeks to inspire, empower, and connect emerging leaders across the country. They are looking for values-driven changemakers between the ages of 24-45 who are working to create lasting, positive change in the lives of people in their community. Together, leaders will accelerate positive and lasting change in their communities with a focus on strengthening institutions across sectors toward a more inclusive, participatory democracy. The deadline to apply is February 3, 2023.

Leaders often get asked to provide organizational budgets by funders, by community members, and by other stakeholders who want to know more about their work. However, nonprofit leaders don’t always have the opportunity to learn how to create a budget during the early stages of setting up their organizations. Nonprofit Finance Fund’s new three-video series can help you learn: How to Build a Budget from Scratch, How to Create a Budget Template, and How to Fill Out the Budget Template.