SESSION III

Global Philanthropy
March 14-21, 2009
International Destination to be determined

In Session III, participants will meet with prominent national leaders to discuss a range of perspectives on issues affecting today’s social, economic, and cultural fabric, including education, the environment and civil justice. They will gain first hand exposure to the public policy process and explore the creative intersections between philanthropy and that process. Participants will examine selected current policy issues from a national perspective, and learn how to develop a strategic framework for addressing such problems, using skills developed in Session I. They will explore how local nonprofit initiatives fit into a national response to a problem, how to learn what others are doing regionally to address a problem, and how to inform policy through a variety of mechanisms, including advocacy and the press.