Association of Fundraising Professionals

Mixer at the Zoo
2022-09-29 16:30 - 18:30 UTC | Reid Park Zoo, 3400 Zoo Court, Tucson, AZ, 85716, United States
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Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrating our Valuable Cultures and Contributions Through the Lens of Advocacy and Fundraising
2022-09-09 07:30 - 09:00 | Zoom
The rich multi-culturalism of the Latino & Hispanic cultures has contributed immensely to our society. We will examine this cultural intersection to better foster philanthropy based on genuine relationship building & avoid the pitfalls of transactional philanthropy.
Edna Meza Aguirre (she/her/ella) JD, CFRE
A first-generation Tucson native, Edna is fluently bilingual and bicultural. She received her B.A. from the University of Arizona and law degree from the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law. Edna self identifies as BIPOC/Latinx and she is governed by the tenet that representation is crucial. She brings a unique background of law, teaching, political and not for profit fundraising to her career. Edna is with the Arizona Center for Women’s Advancement, the first think tank by and for Arizona Women, providing information and advocacy to women working to improve their communities.
She serves on the board of the Southern Arizona Chapter of Fundraising Professionals as the CFRE (Certified Fundraising Professional Executive) chair where she conducts a course for the CFRE exam; & previously served on the board as National Philanthropy Day co-chair (2013) and chair (2014). She proudly serves on the board of the University of Arizona Consortium on Gender Based Violence.
Edna also teaches International Alternative Dispute Resolution as well as the Deposition collaborative course at the University of Arizona Rogers School of Law.
Edna has previously volunteered for Lawyers for Literacy, the Banner Hospital neo-natal unit and the Sun Sounds Radio, as a bi-lingual on-air volunteer, reading to the visually impaired.
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When Cash Changes Color: Philanthropy from the lens of a “black” woman
2022-08-05 11:30 - 13:00 | El Conquistador Resort -Tucson, 10000 N. Oracle, Tucson, AZ, 85704, United States
Location: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSA) 114 B&C
Looking through the lens of a black woman in the philanthropic world. Learn about her acceptance and nonacceptance journey in white-led philanthropy, and her parallel mixed emotions of her own black culture and LGBTQ+ allies.
Mesha Davis
Chief Executive Officer, Arizona Foundation for Women
Mesha is the CEO of the Arizona Foundation for Women (AFW) where she fights for the safety, health and economic empowerment of women in Arizona. Mesha is currently chair, and recently served as vice-chair, finance and governance chair of Arizona Grantmakers Board of Directors and serves on their public policy committee. She is also a member on Alliance for Arizona Nonprofits Board of Directors and policy council, and a member of EPWNG.
Mesha was recently on the cover (including full article) of So Scottsdale Magazine August 2020 issue and as a part of the 100th 19th Amendment, selected as a Phoenix Herstories by the Celebration Taskforce, a citizens commission made up of members of The City of Phoenix’s Women’s Commission, Arts Commission and Community Champions. Also recognized as one of InBusiness Greater Phoenix Magazine’s 2018 Women of Achievement and received many other awards during her nonprofit leadership in Arizona and other states.
Prior to AFW, Mesha was the Chief Development Officer for Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS and led their $10.1 million capital and capacity campaign. The organization celebrated its 25th anniversary during its 20-year largest fundraising gala. Mesha also served as the VP of Development for The Family Partnership in Minneapolis helping transition a board of advisors to fundraisers building a large donor pool.
Mesha’s nonprofit journey began at the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee. Mesha opened the Northside YMCA, a $16m, 114,000sf YMCA, kindergarten-8th grade charter school and childcare center, which experienced increased memberships and program revenues. Mesha received a Master of Science in Management from Cardinal Stritch University and a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and lives with her loving life-partner Doug Carter.
According to current Pima County Health Department and CDC guidelines, AFP is operating in Yellow/Medium category:

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If you have any questions, please reach out to Gerry Oldenski at admin@afpsoaz.org. We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Using Asset-Based Language to Reclaim BIPOC Narratives
2022-07-08 07:30 - 09:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Please note: this meeting will be held in person at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona at our old morning time. See below for details & COVID precautions.
Single narratives often create stereotypes which are deficit-framed, incomplete and harmful. The use of asset-based language in fundraising emphasizes the strengths, aspirations, and contributions of communities of color. By honoring the work of people of color rather than portraying them as recipients of charity, they themselves can lead systemic change efforts in their communities.

Frank Velásquez Jr. (he/his)
A racial and gender equity advocate, Frank Velásquez Jr. leads and collaborates with passion, authenticity and an open mind. He connects to the stories that make each of us who we are and the stories that inextricably connect us to each other. His career has included stops in the private sector such as Walt Disney World and MGM Grand Resort & Casino Las Vegas, as well as higher education (Pima Community College), the not-for-profit sector (JobPath, Boys to Men Tucson), and consulting/contracting (YWCA of Southern Arizona, Sunnyside Foundation and Sol Casinos). Frank’s passion is to bring local, regional, and national attention to the inequities that people of color face, and does this currently through his workforce and community development work in Southern Arizona. His favorite project was the creation and soon-to-be-launched Women’s Economic Advancement Center at YWCA of Southern Arizona, a self-sufficiency center designed to meet women where they are and provide them holistic support so that they can achieve economic stability. He currently works as the Director of Workforce Initiatives at the Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce.
In his free time, Frank loves to play basketball, travel the globe, hike, and watch a good movie/show/play with his partner in crime.
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Connection to Care: How Events Can Bring Community Together
2022-06-10 11:30 - 13:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Events often play a significant fundraising role for nonprofits each year. Unfortunately, events are not the efficient fundraisers they once were (if they ever were). Join our speakers from the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation and Phoenix Pride to learn how they use events to bring community together for a bigger purpose. During their presentation they will share the history of their organizations as well as the grassroots connections that led to highly successful, well attended, and deeply loved yearly events that do not focus solely on raising money.

Eva Steele (she/her/hers) Director of Programs – Phoenix PRIDEIn 2015, five years after beginning her transition Eva, originally from MI, decided to move to Phoenix to dive into the Metropolitan Phoenix LGTBQ+ Community and develop her career. In 2017 she won the Miss Phoenix Pride Pageant and later that year was elected to the Board of Directors. In her board service, she served as the Audit Committee Chair and on the Education and Outreach Committee. In 2018 she made the professional shift leaving Cosmetic Retail and her Board Service to become the Phoenix Pride Program Manager. In 2019 she attended the Arizona Leadership Academy and ASU Lodestar obtaining her Non-Profit Management Certification.
Because of her experience in the Corporate Sector and her lived experience as a Bi-Racial trans woman, Eva created the Phoenix Pride Diversity and Inclusion Training, presented to local and national corporations agencies and entities to create lasting inclusive workplace policies and settings allowing all employees to truly thrive. Eva also serves the local organization The Imperial Court of Arizona as a volunteer and member and in 2021 Eva was sworn in as Council Member to the Greater Phoenix Ryan White HIV Services Planning Council and was announced as the organization’s first Director of Programs.

Landen Smith (he/him/his) Development Manager – Phoenix PRIDE
Landen originally from Toledo, Ohio has been a resident of Phoenix since 2006. After coming out in 2007 he was able to attend his first pride festival here in Phoenix and has been nearly every year since. With a background in clothing retail management for nearly 15 years, Landen began working with Phoenix Pride in 2017 after winning the title of Mister Phoenix Pride. Later that year he joined the Phoenix Pride Board of Directors. In his four years on the board, he served as Audit Committee Chair, Director at Large, and later as the President before taking the leap from board service to staff. Additionally, he is the Co-Director for the Phoenix Pride Pageantry System. Landen also previously served as Emperor XIV and Vice-President of local community non-profit, the Imperial Court of Arizona.
Outside of the office you can catch Landen dancing on stages across the valley entertaining as “Kristofer Inez Onyx” and traveling throughout the country whenever he has the opportunity.

Monique Vallery is the Director of Development at the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF). She joined SAAF after serving as the Chief Operations Officer and Creative Director at Fourth Avenue Merchants Association. Monique also serves as Board President for Homicide Survivors, Inc. Her commitment to Homicide Survivors and MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) comes from a very passionate place, due to a personal loss her family experienced and the kindness they received from the community. She has spent the last 18 years in Tucson developing and supporting both corporate and nonprofit events as well as fundraising. Her strongest value is believing that our community is about building and maintaining relationships.

Authentic Leadership – Creating Space and Leaning in
2022-05-13 11:30 - 13:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Join us for a presentation with Kristen Garcia-Hernandez, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona
Kristen García-Hernandez serves as the Chief Executive officer of Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona. She is a native Tucsonan, a proud University of Arizona Wildcat and is honored to be the first Latina at the helm of the organization.
She is passionate about the work of Girl Scouting, championing girl ambition and equipping girls and women with the confidence and know how to live life on their own terms, whether that means being leaders in their own house or the White House. Kristen’s focus is ensuring that the 110-year-old organization continually innovates to remain relevant, remove barriers to female leadership and move at the speed of girls today.
Kristen is active in her community. She is a member of Women at the Top, Women Presidents Organization, Women’s International Forum, and serves on the National Board of Advisors for University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management and the CALS College Career Center.
She’s been named one of Arizona’s 40 Hispanic Leaders Under 40 by Valle del Sol, recognized as an Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things by Eller College’s Professional Women in Business Association, named an Up and Comer by Inside Tucson Business, included Sunnyside School District’s ‘Sunnyside 100’, and an honored Woman of Color by 100 Black Men of Phoenix.
Kristen and her husband, Joseph, have two beautiful children, one of whom is a future Girl Scout.

Youth In Philanthropy: Cultivating the Next Generation of Supporters
2022-04-29 11:30 - 13:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Dr. Marcela Molina from Tucson Girls Chorus is joining us to explore creative ways in which youth members or volunteers in your organization can enhance donor cultivation and retention through their participation in the fundraising process. She will discuss how we can ensure young people have a strong sense of belonging and self, and how to give young people the agency and confidence to be ambassadors for your organization.
Dr. Marcela Molina has been affiliated with the Tucson Girls Chorus since 2006, first serving as Artistic Director and taking the helm as Executive Director in 2011. Under Dr. Molina’s guidance, the Tucson Girls Chorus (TGC) has grown significantly in program and community engagement. With her leadership, the TGC has transformed into a collaborative organization that creates access to inclusive programming for youth and provides resources to music educators and support to their classrooms all year-round.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Dr. Marcela Molina holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and the University of Arizona. She has contributed to publications such as Antiphon, Teaching through Performance in Choir, Volume 2, and Choral Reflections: Insights from American Choral Conductor-Teachers. In 2011, Dr. Molina was an honoree in Tucson’s 40 under 40 for her significant achievements and contributions in her profession and community. In 2014, she was one of eight in the state of Arizona chosen as a Cox Hispanic Heritage Month honoree, and in 2016 she was selected as a finalist for the Woman of Influence Awards in the category Arts and Culture Champion.

Non-Traditional Fundraising for a Non-Traditional Candidate
2022-03-11 11:30 - 13:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly will be speaking to the Association of Fundraising Professionals chapter about her campaign fundraising as a working-class candidate. Gabriella is a dues-paying union member and non-traditional candidate of color, and one of her biggest challenges to running for public office was navigating the financial barriers. She will discuss the struggles of asking for money during a pandemic, the reality of taking a salary from her campaign, and her successes of small dollar fundraising.
Gabriella Cázares-Kelly (she/her) is the current Pima County Recorder. She leads an office that oversees voter registration, early voting, and document recording for the county. She is a proud, union dues paying, former #RedForEd public school educator and community organizer. She is one of four women who cofounded Indivisible Tohono, a grassroots, community organization that provides opportunities for education and civic engagement for members of her tribe, the Tohono O’odham Nation. She was inspired to run for office after encountering many systemic barriers that were preventing people from simply getting registered to vote. She lives with her husband, Ryan, and their two children, who are now voting age. She is the first Native American to hold an elected Pima County office and the 3rd Native American to hold a county level office in the State of Arizona.

AFP February 2022 Meeting
2022-02-11 11:30 - 13:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Professional or Community Partnerships, How Authentic Are Your Relationships?
Many relationships today are more transactional than sustainability, a revolving doors of people, organizations and groups that sometime create more harm than good. This workshop is set to explore a framework of how you can think about your style of relationship interactions with concepts to strengthen and grow your pool of more authentic and sustainable relationships.

Teniqua Broughton, M.Ed.
As the founder and CEO of VerveSimone Consulting, a minority woman owned small business providing consulting services to individuals and organizations. Teniqua Broughton is noted for her impact in both national and local sectors. Leading with passion, she identifies strategies that support the sustainability of organizations by leveraging her experience, initiative, and insight gained throughout her professional career. Her services focus on nonprofit governance consulting, arts and culture project management and equity, DEI workshops and assessments.
A focus of her work is leading Equity, EDI assessments and readiness workshops with staff and boards. The goal is to help teams begin equity work, reform practices, and develop a deeper understanding of conflict and race, and attitudes and hidden biases.
In 2017, AZ Central selected Teniqua as the Who’s Next award, for emerging leaders making a difference in the arts. By her peers, she was selected as the Arizona Champion Award for the Central Arizona region from the Flinn Foundation’s Arizona Center for Civic Leadership, for significant contributions to the civic leadership. She was individual nominee for 2020 Governor’s Arts Award. Early this year, ASU awarded her the MLK Servant Leader- Leadership award and Phoenix Business Journal’s 2021 Most Admired Leader recipient.
Teniqua has her master’s degree in education with a focus on Educational Administration and Supervision, and her bachelor’s degree in educational psychology, with an emphasis on theater for youth from Arizona State University. With certifications as a Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional (CNAP), Nonprofit Management and Leadership from University of Arizona and in Equity and Inclusion from Nonprofit Leadership Alliance.

AFP January 2022 Meeting
2022-01-14 11:30 - 13:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
January Meeting – Giving Circles for a Common Cause
Friday, January 14th 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
*Please note: Meeting will begin promptly at 11:30 with networking time after the presentation.
When individuals pool their charitable dollars and focus on key issues, their impact can be far greater than individual gifts. A giving circle’s relationships with specific charities creates a deeper level of involvement for donors and the nonprofits they support. Giving circles allow anyone to contribute to a common cause, either as a supporting donor or as an active committee member. Members and supporters help to increase the giving circle’s assets over time, helping to make a significant impact in the communities they serve. Join AFP Southern Arizona and special guest, Kim Covington, Vice President of Community Initiatives with the Arizona Community Foundation, for a special discussion about establishing and sustaining successful giving circles where you’ll learn how giving circles can benefit your organization and its mission.
Kim Covington is the Vice President of Community Initiatives at the Arizona Community Foundation. Covington works to amplify ACF’s presence in diverse communities across the state by creating innovative and community collaborations with existing and new partners. From leading the Philanthropy for All Initiative, or convening the community to have conversations about social justice issues in the Courage to Listen, Learn and Act, Covington and ACF believe there is power in partnerships, shared passion and pooled resources.
Covington left the formal newsroom after 30 years in the television news industry. Along with her time at KPNX 12 News as a News Anchor and School Solutions Reporter, her career spans from Springfield, Missouri and Grand Rapids, Michigan to her hometown St. Louis, Missouri, ensuring diverse voices were present in her stories and news coverage. She is the recipient of several awards including four Emmy Awards for excellence in reporting, several Associated Press awards, the 2022 Martin Luther King Living the Dream Award, 2020 Town of Paradise Valley Martin Luther King Diversity Award, the 2019 Valle del Sol Mom of the Year Award, 2017 In-Business Women of Achievement Award, the Black Educators Ragsdale Beacon of Hope Award, Judge Jean Williams Service Award, and the Arizona School Public Relations Association Award of Excellence to name a few.
She currently serves on several boards including the Cronkite Endowment Board of Trustees, ASU Lodestar Leadership Council, City of Phoenix Fast Track Initiatives Ad Hoc Committee to end HIV by 2030, and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office African American Advisory Council and is a member of the prestigious International Women’s Forum. She is also Co-Chair of the Justice Race Equity Diversity and Inclusion Affinity Group of the Arizona Grantmakers Forum. The wife and mother of two is a graduate of University of Missouri – Columbia Journalism School.
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Advocacy Fundamentals for Fundraising Professionals
2021-10-08 11:30 - 13:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
As more and more organizations realize the importance and necessity of engaging in important issues in our communities, it is critically important to understand the role of advocacy in our work. Stepping into the role of advocate, especially as a nonprofit professional, can often bring questions, uncertainties and sometimes even fear. It doesn’t have to, though!

Join Kristen Merrifield, CEO of the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits to gain a better understanding of the ins and outs of nonprofit advocacy and the knowledge you need to do this work effectively. Kristen will also facilitate an engaging roundtable discussion tailored to the needs and questions around your role in advocacy as a fundraising professional.
Kristen Merrifield, CAE, CNAP, Chief Executive Officer
Kristen is a proven leader across multiple sectors invested in the development and success of others. She has more than 18 years’ experience leading efforts to support community stakeholders, including extensive involvement working with professional associations, Chambers of Commerce and various community and business organizations, both public and private. Kristen is a fierce competitor, never satisfied with resting on her laurels and is always looking for the next big challenge to conquer. She is driven to be the best while remaining authentic and invested in the success of others. Experienced, calm under pressure, a seasoned leader and skilled communicator, she knows how to solve the big problems and create consensus around complex issues. Her WHY is to be the best version of herself so that she can share her knowledge and experience with others to help them reach their full potential.
Kristen is an active volunteer serving on various business and nonprofit community committees and boards. She holds a BS in Business Management and an MS in Leadership from Grand Canyon University; a Certificate in Association Management from ASAE and the prestigious designations of Certified Association Executive (CAE) and Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional (CNAP). She is also a graduate of the ASU Lodestar Center’s Generation Next Nonprofit Leadership Academy and the ASBA Executive Business Mentoring Program.

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Trust Based Philanthropy
2021-09-10 11:30 - 13:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
How do we help our donors and colleagues truly connect with our organization’s purpose and the community it serves? Community only exists because of the individuals within it, and trust is only possible when relationships between donors, staff, and constituents are deepened. It is important to get to know the people that work together to both achieve our mission but also benefit from the work we do. We are all one in achieving our mission.

Join Dr. Amalia Luxardo, and Kerri Lopez-Howell to learn how two local foundations are serving their communities by breaking down the traditional barriers that exist between donors, staff, and constituents. Learn how they are building sustainable organizations that can thrive now and in the future.

Dr. Amalia Luxardo, CEO – Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona (WFSA)
Dr. Amalia Luxardo is a visionary and relentless leader in the fight for gender and racial equity.
Under her leadership, WFSA has quadrupled their budget, re-distributed $7M in COVID relief, launched a Women & Girls of Color Fund, and passed legislation to help single moms across Arizona. Amalia is a sought-after DEIA expert, immigrant rights advocate, and engaged community member serving on various boards.

Kerri Lopez-Howell, Executive Director – Sunnyside Foundation
Kerri Lopez-Howell is the Executive Director of Sunnyside Foundation a grantmaking foundation being built by the people they serve.
In 2 years, Kerri has led Sunnyside Foundation, to a 700% increase in revenue, grew her staff and board by 100%. Over 85% of SF leadership and board are BIPOC and live/work in SF’s geographic focus. Sunnyside Foundation will have distributed $3.8MM in COVID relief and Education Grants by December 2021. Sunnyside Foundation raises dollars, builds grants, and hosts events with the people they serve at the center and their successful model has been recognized on a local and national level.
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Generosity of Spirit: The History, Legacy, and Future of Giving
2021-08-13 07:30 - 09:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
For decades, social action and justice work have existed within Black communities which have historically been stewards to all. This session will share history about Black philanthropy, our current landscape, and what we believe is needed to move forward. We will explore strategies on how to invest back into the community and what philanthropy can look like beyond monetary donations to help sustain the important work we all do. Join us, as our panel discusses these trends, issues and opportunities as a way to learn from our community leaders and individuals who have, and continue to, work towards change for good.
Moderator:
Ashley La Russa, Founder/EventPreneur – Roux Events
Ashley La Russa founded Roux Events in 2019, an event management company with a primary focus on supporting the growth of organizations and community leaders that foster equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives.
Ashley La Russa is the Project Lead at the largest accessible directory of Black Businesses in Arizona. BlaxFriday.com She serves on the Local First Arizona Steering Committee, BIPOC Community Managed Loan Committee and the African American Legacy Fund Board. Ashley partners with hotels, co-working spaces, and event venues to strategically plan how to serve the community as a whole.
Panelists:
Teniqua Broughton, Executive Director – State of Black Arizona
As Executive Director of the State of Black Arizona, Teniqua Broughton has proven efficacy in enhancing systems, educating communities, and equipping citizens of Arizona. She is passionate about using data to advance the organization’s mission by compelling both leadership and the grassroot community to create solutions that benefit the lives of others. Teniqua received countless recognition and awards for her contributions. In January, she received the ASU 2021 MLK Community Servant-Leader Award. 2017, she received the Arizona Champion Award for the Central Arizona region from her Flinn Brown fellows for significant contributions to the civic leadership. She is class of 2013.
Teniqua has her master’s in educational administration and supervision, bachelor interdisciplinary studies in educational psychology, with an emphasis on theater for youth and certificates as certified nonprofit accounting professional (CNAP) and in equity & inclusion.
Fiona Fenix, Owner – Dusty Moon Studio
Fiona Fenix is a mother, a REALTOR®, an artist, an activist, a movement facilitator and Community Curator for Tucson’s BLACK RENAISSANCE. When she’s not wrangling her three kids or working on one of her many passion projects, you’ll likely find her on the trail, or dancing her heart out somewhere on historic 4the avenue.

Dr. Shannon Roberts, Ph.D., CEO – Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona
Dr. Shannon Roberts is deeply committed to championing the cause of meeting the community’s diaper and incontinence needs. In addition to serving as the Diaper Bank CEO, he is also a board member of the Educational Enrichment Foundation, The African American Legacy Fund, and the Vice President of The Dunbar Pavilion. Being a part of the community resource network of Southern Arizona is one of his driving passions.
A native Tucsonan and a local business owner, he is familiar with the unique challenges that the community faces, and is committed to providing high-quality services that the Southern Arizona community expects. As a US Army Veteran, he know how to lead a team to achieve an objective. As the CEO of the Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona, he ensures that their services are inclusive and that their resources are available to the community’s most vulnerable children, seniors, and low-income families.
Dr. Matthew Whitaker, Ph.D., Founder and CEO – Diamond Strategies, LLC.
Matthew C. Whitaker, Ph.D. is the founder and CEO of Diamond Strategies, LLC., a full service justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion firm. He is also an award-winning educator, author, DEI and community engagement specialist, motivational speaker, and founder of the Arizona State University Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, winner of the 2014 Arizona Diversity Leadership Alliance (DLA) Inclusive Workplace Award, where he was a professor of history for 15 years. He co-founded the Healing Racism Dialogue Series, winner of the 2008 National League of Cities Inclusive Award, and was given DLA’s 2016 Diversity and Inclusion Leader Award. His books include Hurricane Katrina: America’s Unnatural Disaster, and Race Work: The Rise of Civil Rights in the Urban West. His forthcoming memoir is The Undisputed Truth: A Revolutionary Journey to Black Manhood.
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A Facilitated Community Conversation on Community Centric Fundraising
2021-07-09 11:30 - 13:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Join us to talk about CCF and explore more fully what it means for Tucson’s non-profit community.
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Queer for GOOD: Advancing LGBTQ+ Equity in Arizona Through Philanthropy
2021-06-11 07:30 - 09:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
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Recent proposed legislation from Arizona’s State Capitol demonstrates that our state’s LGBTQ+ communities are still under attack. Learn more about the role of philanthropy in advocating for queer equity and inclusion from a local, state, and national perspective.
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Thank you to those of you who joined our May meeting. Our own members, Edna Meza Aguirre, JD, CFRE, Travis Craddock, CFRE and Alba Rojas-Sukkar, CFRE presented on the CFRE-Certified Fundraising Executive Certification. If you missed it, you can find the recording on our YouTube channel.
Here are several links shared during the presentation:
https://www.cfre.org/certification/initial/find-a-test-center/cfre-testing-guide/
https://www.cfre.org/certification/initial/requirements/cfre-application-step-by-step/
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A Primer on the CFRE- Certified Fund Raising Executive Certification
2021-05-14 07:30 - 09:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
A panel discussion with three Tucson fundraisers who have obtained their CFRE. Please join us to learn about the certification process and exam.
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Edna Meza Aguirre JD, CFRE (she/her/ella) has been working in development for 18 years. She is a political consultant and fundraiser with the Arizona Center for Women’s Advancement. She has also fundraised for The University of Arizona Health Sciences & Planned Parenthood Arizona. She serves on the board of directors of Southern Arizona AFP, Planned Giving Roundtable of Southern Arizona and the University of Arizona Consortium on Gender Based Violence.
A Tucson native, she is bilingual/bicultural and received her law degree from the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law.
Travis Craddock (he, she, or they) is an accomplished fundraising and nonprofit professional, receiving the prestigious Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) designation in 2020. A graduate of Arizona State University, Travis has spent the last four years as the Director of Development at the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation and the previous three years as the Associate Director of Advancement at San Miguel High School. When they are not building relationships both inside and outside of work, you can often find Travis volunteering for various causes around town, including sitting on the boards for both the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Children’s Museum Tucson │ Oro Valley.
Alba Rojas-Sukkar, CFRE is the Chief Development Officer at the Arizona Oncology Foundation and has been in the fundraising business for over 27 years. Alba has worked for and raised much-needed funds for organizations such as the Boys and Girls Clubs, American Cancer Society, Tucson Museum of Art, and had her own consulting company for eight years.
She currently runs the Arizona Oncology Foundation, and fundraises to provide programs and services to help those going through cancer. When she is not fundraising, Alba spends her time helping other organizations. She is an Ambassador Council Member of the Arizona Sand’s Club at the University of Arizona, and a member of Angel Charity for Children, and The Association of Fundraising Professionals. She currently sits on the local board of directors of AFPSOAZ.
Thank you to those of us who joined our April meeting! Gugulethu Moyo, Director of the Jewish History Museum & Holocaust History Center presented on interpretive storytelling for nonprofits.
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AFP April Member Meeting Gugulethu Moyo – YouTube

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Interpretive Storytelling for Nonprofits
2021-04-09 07:30 - 09:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
In order to teach empathy, museums like the Jewish History Museum and the Holocaust History Museum commonly adopt storytelling in their interpretive framework by use of audio/visual techniques to convey the meanings contained within the spoken, written, physical and space, and even, increasingly, the virtual world.
Gugulethu Moyo will speak about how those same storytelling and empathy building techniques have become increasingly important to fundraising for the Jewish History Museum in an environment where museums and other cultural institutions are fighting to survive.
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Gugulethu Moyo is the Director of the Jewish History Museum & Holocaust History Center in Tucson. A former attorney, Gugulethu is a human rights advocate with expertise in press freedom. She was the founding Executive Director of Media Defence, a London-based legal aid organization dedicated to defending media freedom worldwide.
Gugulethu grew up in Zimbabwe, from which she emigrated to the United Kingdom in 2004 after serving as In-House Counsel to Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe, then publisher of Zimbabwe’s sole independent daily newspaper.
Gugulethu has served on multiple boards of directors; she currently serves on the board of the Council of American Jewish Museums and Child & Family Resources.
Her writing has been published in The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman magazine and other publications. Gugulethu’s January 2021 appointment to the Jewish History Museum is featured as the cover story of the current (March-April) issue of Arizona Jewish Life magazine.
Gugulethu earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Zimbabwe and a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. She spent a year studying design at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design in 2017. English is the third of multiple languages that Gugulethu speaks. She also performs at Tucson community fundraisers as the Afrobeats DJ Lady Gugu
April’s Breakfast is generously sponsored by Raise the Bar Consulting.

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The Impact of Implicit Bias
2021-03-12 07:30 - 09:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Friday, March 12, 7:30-9:00 A.M.
Please join us for a presentation from Dr. Cheree Meeks, Assistant Dean-Programs, Diversity & Inclusion, Arizona Honors College.
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This session is designed for participants to engage in reflection, activities, and discussion to increase knowledge and understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Primary focus will be on awareness of biases and how these biases impact everyday interactions people have with one another.
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define terms that are often mis-used when communicating about racial injustice
engage in discussion and activities on how implicit bias impacts us as individuals
understand that intent and impact are not the same and may have different results

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Dr. Cheree Meeks is the Assistant Dean for Programs, Diversity & Inclusion in the Honors College at the University of Arizona. She leads the Honors College efforts and initiatives to create and foster a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment in the college. This includes assessment to guide intentional development of programs and experiences to address recruitment, access, support, and retention of underrepresented students, faculty, and staff. Dr. Meeks incorporates equity and inclusion-based student affairs practice to review policies, procedures, and practices that contribute to a culture of inclusion.
Originally from Waterloo, Iowa, Dr. Meeks earned a BA in Political Science and MA in Student Development and Postsecondary Education from The University of Iowa. She completed a doctorate in Higher Education and Organizational Change in 2016 from Benedictine University. Dr. Meeks’ research explores the experiences of African American mothers working in student affairs, with a special focus on race and gender as intersecting identities. Dr. Meeks enjoys music, reading, writing, and spending time with her family.
Our March program was generously sponsored by:
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Discover Your Core Values
2021-02-12 07:30 - 09:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Thank you to those who joined our January, meeting, “Like it or Hate it, Zoom is Here to Stay” with Jennifer Phelps, CEO of Jennifer Phelps: Organize. Design. Reinvent!
February Breakfast Meeting: Discover Your Core Values
Friday, February 12th, 7:30-9:00 A.M.
Please join us for a presentation from Catherine Alonzo, CEO and Founding Partner of Javelina Consulting, LLC.
There will be no charge to participate in the program, but to help offset the chapter’s loss of canceling our in-person programming, we’ll be accepting donations of any size to our Locally Grown Campaign, which directly supports our scholarship program. Donations can be made on the SoAZ AFP website here.
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Discover Your Core Values
Knowing your core values and using them in your leadership and social change work is a core skill that impactful leaders harness and develop, and yet as leaders we rarely have the opportunity to truly laser in on what our core values are and the behaviors that extend from them in everyday life. In this interactive session, we will go through a series of activities designed to help you to explore the core values that guide your life and decisions. The secret is that you have them already but identifying and articulating them will take your leadership to a whole new level.
Please consider the following questions before the presentation:

Think of a pivotal moment in your life that for whatever reason changed everything, whether it was your life’s trajectory or how you see the world.
Think of a personal decision or choice you made for yourself in the past 18 months.
Think of a movie, book or TV show you watched or read in the past that you had a very strong emotional reaction to, from being in floods of tears to hysterical laughter

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Catherine Alonzo
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Javelina Consulting, LLC
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Catherine Alonzo helps organizations and individuals create change in their communities. She is CEO and founding partner of Javelina, a company that is advancing equality and human dignity through social, political and economic change. Javelina helps their clients realize their vision of change in the world by marrying together cutting-edge strategies from the worlds of marketing and political campaigns.
Catherine has been integral in growing Javelina to be one the Phoenix Valley’s pre-eminent marketing and campaign agencies. She combines her political background (having served on the teams that raised the Arizona minimum wage in 2016, and elected Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell) with her passion for storytelling in the digital age.
Catherine was named the Athena Young Professional Recipient by the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce in 2016, and has been recognized for her business leadership by Arizona Business Magazine, Arizona Big Media, and the Phoenix Business Journal.
She is originally from the UK and lives happily in Phoenix with her husband Ruben and their bunnies.
Our February program was generously sponsored by Javelina Consulting, LLC

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January Breakfast Meeting: Love it or Hate it, Zoom is Here to Stay!
2021-01-08 07:30 - 09:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, 5049 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Friday, January 8th, 7:30-9:00 A.M.
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Please join us for a presentation from Jennifer Phelps of Organize. Design. Reinvent!
Love it or Hate it, Zoom is Here to Stay!
Tips to help you and your organization show up authentically and professionally in the virtual space
While we all are anxious for the return of the in-person life, Zoom and its video conferencing cousins have opened up a whole world of opportunity for nonprofits, community organizations and you, the fundraisers who work hard on their behalf. Video conferencing is a face-to-face impression maker and relationship builder with donors and colleagues alike. This presentation will help you put your best face (and space) forward. We’ll cover how to create your real-life background, pros and cons of virtual backgrounds, lighting, camera, positioning, as well as how to look your personal best on camera. And yes, it can be done simply and often at no expense. Up level your organization’s online image and your personal confidence now with Love It or Hate It, Zoom Is Here to Stay!
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Jennifer Phelps
Coach/Consultant. Professional Organizer. Public Speaker
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As Your Spacial Story Specialist, in person or online, Jennifer Phelps of Jennifer Phelps: Organize. Design. Reinvent! guides professional women to overcome the overwhelm of stressful clutter, chaos and soul-sucking “blech.” She can transform a dysfunctional environment that’s draining their time, money, efficiency and confidence into one that empowers them and powers up their business. Her clients hire her to help them see what’s holding them back and then move forward to clear and reenergize home and home office spaces, especially important today for those struggling with a makeshift home office and embarrassing Zoom backgrounds. A Coach, Consultant, Organizer and Speaker for groups, television, radio and podcast, Jennifer is the perfect balance of heart and practicality. She embraces the fact that Life Is Messy and helps her clients rewrite their “spacial story” with humor, persistence and a super dose of non-judginess.

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IDEA Committee's Arizona Boards and Commissions Meeting
2020-12-01 12:30 - 13:30 | Tucson, AZ, United States
The IDEA Committee as part of the AFP Southern Arizona chapter has taken on a new initiative to make Arizona Boards and Commissions much more accessible to people of color. There are currently 220 active boards and commissions and each of them allow for “public members” who can be anyone from the community. By making these seats more accessible to people of color, we are diversifying the voices in the room where decisions are being made about our communities and issues that we care about. Barry Wong, the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Equal Opportunity will be attending the December 1st IDEA Committee meeting to explain this application process and answer any questions. This meeting is open to the public, you do not need to be an AFP member or fundraiser to attend. We encourage not just people of color to attend, but allies who want to better understand this process so they can share with people of color who might be interested in these opportunities. You can learn more about Arizona Boards and Commissions on their website.

To learn more about the IDEA Committee you can check out the AFP Southern Arizona website or email Valerie Sipp at valerie.sipp@gmail.com.
Date/Time: Tuesday, December 1st, 12:30 – 1:30 PM
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National Philanthropy Day Luncheon
2020-11-13 15:00 - 16:30 | Tucson, AZ, United States

AFPSOAZ BIPOC Support Group
2020-10-30 16:00 - 17:00 | Tucson, AZ, United States
This group is meant exclusively for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) identifying people throughout Arizona who work(ed) in the fundraising/nonprofit world or are interested in pursuing a career in fundraising/nonprofits. Monthly meetings will offer a safe forum for sharing experiences, community building, mutual support, and providing resources for professional development.
This event is open to members and non-members; however, members who attend will be entered into Local Surprise Box raffles! For our October meeting, IDEA scholarship applicants will be entered into our raffle too. Apply for your scholarship today!
Date/Time: Friday, October 30th, 4pm – 5pm
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Soliciting Major Gifts with Excellence
2020-10-09 07:30 - 09:00 | Tucson, AZ, United States
Please join us on October 9th for a presentation from Graham Hoffman, President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona and the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona.
Soliciting Major Gifts with Excellence
Major gift solicitation can be one of the most effective ways for a nonprofit to achieve their annual fund goals. If your fundraising efforts do not include a major gift piece, you are ignoring a critical area. This presentation is designed to enhance your skills and success with major gift solicitations. The workshop will be interactive, providing hands-on exercises to practice what you learn. We hope it will result in a stronger major gift fundraising campaign, allowing your agency to spend more time focusing on the important work you do to serve our community.

Graham Hoffman is President and CEO of the Jewish Federation and Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona. He has worked in the philanthropic sector for over seventeen years and has demonstrated experience in strategic planning, major gifts fundraising, endowments, and planned giving. The Jewish Community Foundation aids the Tucson community in securing legacy commitments, managing endowments on behalf of local agencies, stewarding donor advised funds on behalf of local philanthropists, and offering grants to local organizations looking to advance offerings to the Tucson community.
Prior to his transition to Tucson in 2018, Graham was Deputy Director of Development at AIPAC and Deputy Director of AIEF, where he oversaw major gifts, endowment, and grants processes; developed activist engagement and stewardship strategies; and empowered regional development staff to secure new and increased commitments to advance the organization’s strategic growth plan.
A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin Business School, he began a successful career in consulting at Accenture, specializing in organizational change management, operations improvement, and strategy. Prior to AIPAC, Graham spent a decade at Hillel International in senior strategy roles, ultimately as Associate Vice President for Strategy. Graham was responsible for pioneering and advancing Hillel’s engagement & education strategies.
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Working in a post COVID world
2020-09-11 07:30 - 09:00 | Tucson, AZ, United States
Please join us for a presentation from E. Liane Hernandez of the YWCA of Southern Arizona and Anna Harper-Guerrero from Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse.
2020 has shown us the myriad ways that communities and our nation have not prepared to meet significant social challenges around health disparities, economic inequities, systemic violence perpetrated against specific populations, and the systems undergirding these inequities. These times have also shown our sector how nimble we can be together. Amid a global pandemic and political unrest and profound social reckoning, organizations have had to pivot programming, fundraising, planning, and operations to meet our staff and communities’ needs in many ways, including collective action.
We will offer some notes from the field from two local organizations on priorities and ways of working in a post COVID world. This session will be a time for reflection and sharing about our roles as nonprofit professionals and community members, focusing on the importance of leveraging our influence to center equity and systems change in our collective work.

E. Liane Hernandez is the Director of the Women’s Leadership and Wellness Center (WLWC) of the YWCA Southern Arizona in Tucson, AZ. In her capacity at the YWCA, she and her team provide workforce development and empowerment workshops, events around justice, sustainability, feminism and advocacy, as well co-producing inclusion trainings.
She is a convener and works to create space for individuals and organizations to do the work of inclusive community building. Trained as an art historian, chef and cultural anthropologist she is a student of the questions of what community is, who gets to participate, and how.
A member of the Tucson nonprofit arts community for many years, she has served as staff as well as on boards, committees, grant review panels and was a founder of Raices Taller 222. She currently sits on the Bond Oversight Commission and is a member of the Tucson Meet Yourself Festival as the City of Gastronomy Culture Kitchen Coordinator. Formerly, Liane was a member of the Tucson Voices Op Ed Project 2016, and the Latino Graduate Training Seminar on Qualitative Methodology at the Smithsonian Institute. She was recognized as the Adelita Del Año by Las Adelitas PAC in 2015.
A native of Arizona, she lives in her beloved city of Tucson, Arizona with her partner, Peter, and their two dogs.

Anna Harper-Guerrero, LMSW, is Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer at Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse in Tucson and is a Faculty Associate at the Arizona State University School of Social Work in Tucson. Prior to joining the Emerge! team, Anna was a Special Staff Assistant to Pima County Board of Supervisors Chairman Richard Elías. Prior to her work with Chairman Elías, Anna served as Volunteer Coordinator and then Crisis Services Director at the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault. Anna has also worked as a staff member or intern for several other entities, including with the Pima County Community Services Department, the Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Empact Suicide Prevention Services, Cholla Magnet High School, and Aviva Children’s Services. Her past volunteer work includes co-chairing the Pima County Crime Victim Compensation Board, serving as a Commissioner with the Pima County/Tucson Women’s Commission, and she is a past board member of Skrappy’s Youth Program.She has been in the field of social work for 18 years and has extensive clinical and program development experience in domestic abuse and sexual assault services. Anna is a graduate of the University of Arizona and Arizona State University and received her licensure from the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners in 2004 and was named Tucson’s 40 Under 40 Woman of the Year in 2009.

Friday, September 11th, 7:30-9:00 A.M.
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Excel as a Board Member!
2020-08-14 07:30 - 09:00 | Tucson, AZ, United States
Gather up your board members and join us August 14th to deepen your understanding of how healthy boards help build nonprofit success. Deb Dale, Chief Development Officer at Arizona Public Media, will suggest what you should ask before you join a board and how a ‘Culture of Philanthropy’ impacts the success of your organization. We will discuss fundraising and governance best practices and even how to read financials and an IRS 990 form!
Deb Dale is a Certified Fundraising Executive who, over the course of her 20+ year career, has helped raise over $50 million and assisted organizations in distributing millions more. Prior to joining Arizona Public Media as Chief Development Officer, she was principal of Deb Dale & Associates, and a founding partner of Smith & Dale LLC, both Tucson-based fundraising and nonprofit management consulting firms. She has served as Chief Development Officer for The Primavera Foundation, Corporate and Major Gifts Officer for the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault, and Chief Executive Officer of Arizona List.
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Managing Your Reputation During A Crisis
2020-07-10 07:30 - 09:00 | Tucson, AZ, United States
“Managing Your Reputation During a Crisis,” will cover the stages of a crisis (or major issue)—Before, During and After—including what organizations should do in each stage to protect their reputation. Additionally, Linda will provide examples of how to communicate with the media and stakeholders important to your organization’s success. By the end of this session, attendees will know how to:

Develop and implement a crisis communications plan that protects your organization’s reputation
Communicate with the media and other stakeholders during a crisisLinda Welter is a veteran crisis, issues and reputation management expert with more than 25 years of experience helping organizations build, reposition and protect company brands and reputations during challenging times.

As Principal & CEO of the Caliber Group, she has helped numerous organizations successfully navigate reputation-defining crises, including business closures, bankruptcies, and layoffs; foodborne illnesses; accusations of corporate wrong-doing; hostile mergers and acquisitions; and our current pandemic.
There will be no charge to participate in the program, but to help offset the chapter’s loss of canceling our in-person programming, we’ll be accepting donations of any size to our Locally Grown Campaign, which directly supports our scholarship program. Donations can be made on the SoAZ AFP website here
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Digital Marketing for Donor Engagement
2020-06-12 07:30 - 09:00 | Tucson, AZ, United States
Thanks so much to those of you who joined us for the virtual May meeting. It was comforting, inspiring, and heartening to check in with each other and hear about how we are creatively finding solutions to new challenges and changes in fundraising. Our June 12th meeting will also be held virtually.
Friday, June 12th 7:30-9:00 A.M.
Mark your calendars, and we’ll follow up with a Zoom link in the days before the meeting.
Join us to learn practical ways to increase your online presence and implement effective donor engagement and stewardship through social media, email marketing, and website optimization. CFSA’s marketing team, Tamara McKinney and Arielle Sullivan, will share their process for developing, implementing, and evaluating a donor-focused digital marketing strategy.
Please take a couple of minutes to fill out this survey to help Tamara and Arielle personalize the presentation for our group.
A Tucson native, Tamara has more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit communications, fund development, operations, and evaluation. Prior to joining CFSA as Director of Marketing + Communications, she was the executive director of a local nonprofit focused on health and food insecurity. Tamara received her undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and her MBA from the University of Illinois. She is the proud mom of two amazing young women and enjoys reading mystery novels, playing pinball with her husband, and gardening with native plants to keep her bees and hummingbirds happy.
Arielle Sullivan joined the CFSA team in March 2019 after finding herself uninspired in the travel industry and looking for work that more closely aligned with her personal values. She knew from studying business at Western Carolina University there was a way to do well by doing good. She is inspired daily by the Southern Arizona nonprofit community and finds it deeply rewarding to share the stories that make our nonprofit partners and the donors that support them so special. When she isn’t on Campus, Arielle and her husband find themselves attempting to keep their daughter from eating the dog’s food and their dogs from eating human food while planning their next outdoor adventure.
There will be no charge to participate in the program, but to help offset the chapter’s loss of canceling our in-person programming, we’ll be accepting donations of any size to our Locally Grown Campaign, which directly supports our scholarship program. Donations can be made on the SoAZ AFP website here
We hope to see you (via Zoom) on June 12th!

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Creative Solutions to Current Challenges
2020-05-08 07:30 - 09:00 | Tucson, AZ, United States
Thanks so much to those of you who joined us for the virtual meeting on April 10th. It was comforting, inspiring, and heartening to check in with each other and hear about what’s going on in our personal and professional lives. Our May 8th meeting will also be held virtually.
Creative Solutions to Current Challenges
Join us for a group discussion on what our peer development professionals and our organizations are doing to address the new challenges we’re all facing, and share any creative solutions that you or your organization have implemented.
Mark your calendars, and we’ll follow up with a Zoom link in the days before the meeting.
There will be no charge to participate in the program, but to help offset the chapter’s loss of canceling our in-person programming, we’ll be accepting donations of any size to our Locally Grown Campaign, which directly supports our scholarship program. Donations can be made on the SoAZ AFP website here
We hope to see you on May 8th!

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How to Help Donors Maximize Their AZ State Tax Credit
2020-03-13 07:30 - 09:00 | Community Foundation for Southern Arizona Campus, 5049 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ, 85711, United States
Learn more about the Arizona State Tax Credit and its potential for maximizing charitable giving – just in time for Tax Day!
Our panel will feature a diverse group of representatives including:

Steve Wagner, CPA, a certified tax professional and board member of the Rialto Theater
Renee Weatherless, Executive Director of Financial Services for Tucson Unified School District
Christine Hill, MA Director of Development of JobPath
BJ Cordova of AXA Equitable Advisors representing the perspective of a financially-savvy donor who uses tax credits as part of his personal financial strategy

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