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2008 DMF Funding Update:

 

We received over 60 letters of inquiry for some truly innovative projects. 47 were from orginizations and folks in California while 15 were from other states.

Our Board met on September 20, 2008 and briefly reviewed every letter for a threshold determination as to whether or not the project met our basic requirements.

Some projects were eliminated at that time. The balance will be considered at our Board Retreat the weekend of October 10.

Each letter of inquiry has been assigned to one of our board members (including our new observers). This talented group of folks will spend hours going over your letters of inquiry and making recommendations to our full board.

Thanks to everyone who has expressed interest in our work. We will announce our 2008 grantees by the end of October.

Keep up the terrific work you are all doing !!

 

Board Updates:

There have been some changes to our board and we want to share these with you so that you know who will be making funding decisions.

 

Our veteran board members Davin Corona, Goetz Wolff, Lewis Wright, Tim Sandoval, Dave Arian and Diane Middleton will continue to serve. You can read their bios by clicking on
About DMF / Our Board.

 

We are happy to announce three great women have agreed to join us for this funding cycle as observers.

 

Patricia Castellanos is currently Project Director with the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) and has played a key role in building the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports. Paty has also been the Harbor Area Director for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and worked on policy and education issues with SCOPE.

 

 

Rachel Bruhnke is a founder of CUSSP (Cuba-US Sustainability Project) and a former Cuba organizer with Global Exchange. Rachel is an anti-war activist, holds an MS in Environmental Engineering and specializes in global free trade and sustainable resource use questions.

 

 

Socorro Orozco is active in the Trinational Coalition to Defend Public Education. This important new coalition brings together teachers and teacher unions from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. to raise awareness about issues of privatization of public education. Socorro is a pre school teacher in Santa Monica.

 

 

Congratulations to Pete White who has been awarded a Durfee Foundation Sabbatical grant. He will be away from his regular duties with the Los Angeles Community Action Network for a few months and will thus be unable to participate in this funding cycle. His insight and political acumen will be missed !! We look forward to his return in late winter 2009.

Max Mariscal is busy as can be with a new baby, new job and new school schedule. All of this has meant that he cannot continue to participate with our board at this time. Thanks to Max for his past contributions and much luck in the future.

 

 

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