Thursday, May 17, 2012
On March 26, SDG and six other nonprofit support organizations hosted a forum with the four leading candidates in the City of San Diego mayoral election that focused on the issues facing the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors.
More than 500 individuals attended, demonstrating the significance of this constituency. Moderators Scott Lewis of VoiceofSanDiego.org and Gloria Penner of KPBS asked questions about local arts and culture, the environment, and philanthropy's role in providing services, among other issues. We've got some pictures up (professional ones forthcoming), and here's what the media had to say about the event.
SDG Executive Director Nancy Jamison was part of "one of the best panels at the Council on Foundations annual conference," according to a May 2 article in the Nonprofit Quarterly -- one that focused on foundation support of military families. The article goes on to state that SDG's own Military Families Support Working Group is "a logical step in an area where perhaps eight percent of the population has a connection to the military."