Today at the UN General Assembly, McKnight joined with 14 other grantmakers to endorse a USAID Donor Statement on Supporting Locally Led Development. McKnight is enthusiastic about the groundswell of donors coming together around locally-led approaches, which have been core to our farmer-centered sustainable agriculture work for the last 30 years. “In our decades of …
Category:Perspective8 min read Celebrating Our Renamed Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowships. An Invitation to Shift Culture. By Bao Phi We are made from words, stories, infinite chances through which we imagine ourselves. -excerpted from "The Naming" by Karenne Wood Along with many immigrants and refugees coming from a country where a non-English, non-Romance language is …
Clean Jobs Midwest is an annual report based on survey data on clean energy employment in 12 Midwestern states. The Midwest’s clean energy industry employed 734,753 people in sectors including renewable energy generation, energy efficiency, advanced transportation, grid and storage, and clean fuels at the end of 2022. 2023 Clean Jobs Midwest Report Website 2023 …
Grace Gbolo joined McKnight in September 2023 as a program and grants associate for Grants & Program Operations, the team that provides the grantmaking and program operations structure, resources, and expertise needed to advance overall program results. In this role, Grace supports all aspects of the grantmaking process for Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems …
Iweda Riddley joined McKnight in September 2023 as a program team administrator for grants and program operations, the team that provides the grantmaking and program operations structure, resources, and expertise needed to advance overall program results. Iweda provides administrative and operations support to the Vibrant & Equitable Communities program team, including scheduling, meeting logistics, and …
