From: Chuck Bean & Eduardo Romero, The Nonprofit Roundtable
Date: December 6, 2005
Re: Disaster Recovery Workshop; Members-In-The-News; Welcome Martina Gillis of the Fair Budget Coalition, and Kathy Cox of Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena.

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Disaster Recovery Workshop

On January 24, the Roundtable and NPower Greater DC Region will hold a “Disaster Recovery Workshop” from 9:00-10:30am at Bank of America. This event will review how nonprofits can be organizationally prepared when a disaster occurs. It will feature Linda Mathes (American Red Cross of the National Capital Region), Ben Hendricks (Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital), and Mark Bolgiano (Council on Foundations). To RSVP, contact Mary at mknighton@nonprofitroundtable.org or (202) 263-4771. (Any staff from Roundtable member organizations invited.)

Member Transitions
Sandra Gregg is the new Vice President, Communications and External Relations at Kaiser Permanente.

Members in the News
Occassionally, in deference to our end-of-alphabet Members, news items are listed in reverse alphabetical order.

Whitman-Walker Clinic was included in a feature story related to World AIDS Day on PBS’ NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

Washington Scholarship Fund’s Sally Sachar said “the families are the true heroes of the school choice movement” at the 2nd year celebration of the voucher program, according to the Heartland Institute.

Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities’ next public forum is on Dec 7 at 6pm (401 9th Street, NW, #400) on ‘A Housing Strategy for D.C.'s Future,’ to review results from their Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force. More information is found online.

United For DC launched their holiday online silent auction, according to a press release. The auction “includes autographed jerseys and balls from DC United, Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings and Orlando Magic.”

Tenants and Workers Support Committee’s John Liss was cited in an article on the living wage issue in the Free-Lance Star. "There is just a huge segment of our society that is working full time and not earning enough to pay the bills."

Piedmont Environment Council was awarded $200,000 to preserve the only major battlefield in Fauquier County as part of a new 26-acre riverfront park that will provide public access to the Rappahannock River, according to the Star Exponent.

Northern Virginia Community College’s Bob Templin, as Chair of the NoVaHealthFORCE, convened colleges and universities presidents and health care institutions serving Northern Virginia for a special summit to commit to establishing a long-term strategy to address the critical shortage of health care professionals in Northern Virginia, according to a press release.

Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry partnered with Alexandria Health Department to direct education programs for 250 eighth graders, according to the Washington Times.

Metro TeenAIDS’s Adam Tenner was profiled on youth HIV issues in DC in the Metro Weekly. “We take our young people down to the City Council and they testify, and it means something. Last week, I met with the Health Department and the schools and talked to City Council members, and I could feel like the possibility for change really exists.”

MedStar Health’s participation in the MD/DC Collaborative for Health Care Information Technology was cited in The Capital. The Collaborative is a coalition of public and private sector groups addressing the disconnect between the health care industry's delivery system and its ability to effectively use the latest information technology.

Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations was cited in an article about the estimated 65% turnover in nonprofit leadership expected by 2009, according to the Baltimore Sun. Separately, Peter Berns was cited in an article on the Annual Community Symposium and Ethics Dialogue Series in San Diego in a Knight Ridder article. National nonprofit executives and board members came together to discuss accountability in the philanthropy world but were split on what the next steps should be.

Latin American Youth Center was recognized for offering The Bard College Clemente Course to give low-income students the chance to earn up to six college credits while attending classes for 28 weeks free of charge, according to the New York Times (not online).

Kaiser Permanente’s regional president, Marilyn Kawamura, was profiled in The Washington Business Journal. “At the heart and soul of Kaiser Permanente is the connection to our mission. There's no silver bullet. It's a lot of hard work and honest conversation.”

IMPACT Silver Spring recognized “several local community members…who have completed the organization’s training for Community Empowerment 2005,” according to the Business Gazette.

Higher Achievement Program’s Maureen Holla’s leadership was lauded in an article subtitled, “Director's Zeal Is Cited In Program's Ascent” in The Washington Post. Her Board Chair, Carlos Garcia, said “She was visionary, passionate about education. She had seen into its soul, and she wanted it to survive and thrive." (Carlos is participating in our Table for Ten for Board Chairs.) The Freddie Mac Foundation and Jack Kent Cooke Foundation were cited as the large private donors that help fund the programs.

Greater DC Cares was recognized for their efforts to coordinate volunteers for faith-based and secular nonprofits in the Capital Region in an article in The Examiner.

Georgetown University’s Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership application deadline is January 31 for their next Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program (that runs March 2-May 6, 2006). Application and more information is available online.

For Love of Children recognized The Meltzer Group’s financial support and “hands-on” involvement with the program’s children, according to the Washington Business Journal.

The Fannie Mae Foundation released their annual Housing in the Nation's Capital which included changes in real estate market and how it is making it harder for low- and middle-income people to live in DC, according to the Washington Post.

Family and Child Services’ Charlotte McConnell has been elected as a director of the national Association of Social Work Boards. And, F&CS was recognized as one of DC’s oldest social service organizations in an article about a self neglect law being considered in the District, according to the Associated Press.

The Fair Budget Coalition will be presenting their new report Sharing the Prosperity: A Budget for all DC Taxpayers on Wednesday, December 7 at 10am at the Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room 123). Community members will discuss highlights of the report, including clients from Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, DC Hunger Solutions, Capital Area Food Bank, and DC Fiscal Policy Institute. FBC recently released their 2006 Budget Recommendation Report.

Deloitte & Touche, a Roundtable Affiliate Member, participated in VolunteerFest painting classrooms at Thomas Edison High School in Alexandria, according to the Washington Business Journal.

DC Vote celebrated the Dalai Lama’s message about DC’s Congressional voting rights during his recent DC visit, according to Agence France Press. The Dalai Lama said he wondered why a "small pocket" of people living in the world's "champion of democracy, liberty and freedom" lacked full voting rights and representation in Congress. "Quite strange, quite strange," he remarked.

DC Fiscal Policy Institute’s Ed Lazere co-wrote A New Federal Contribution To The District of Columbia? with David Garrison (Brookings Institution) about DC’s structural budget imbalance and a bill introduced by DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and endorsed by the entire Congressional delegation from the Washington region that would provide the District with $800 million annually. Separately, Ed was also cited in an article about the financing of the DC baseball stadium in the Common Denominator.

DC Employment Justice Center and DC Fiscal Policy Institute were among the groups campaigning for a living wage that was approved by D.C. Council's Committee on Government Operations according to The Washington Jewish Week.

DC Action for Children released a new report ‘Maintaining Momentum Toward Quality – FY 2006 and Beyond’ which advocates for investing in quality early education. Contact Susie at (202 234-9404 or scambria@dckids.org for more information. Also, DC Action for Children‘s Angela Jones Hackley (congratulations, Angela!) will be one of the main speakers at The National Neighborhood Coalition’s Annual Meeting (Nov 15, 2pm, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace). The meeting will address the impact of the region’s prosperity on the city’s housing and economic revitalization. For more information contact Leah Kalinosky.

CentroNia’s new playground continues getting good press, including in the Washington Post. This new article is an example of how a corporate sponsor can get good media coverage.

Catholic Community Services was included in a story relating to the challenging impacts of the House bill that includes major restructuring of the welfare system, according to the Washington Post. The bill would substantially increase the hours of work, training and community service the poor would have to perform to qualify for assistance.

Capital Area Food Bank is seeing a decrease in holiday donations, according to the Associated Press. “A big part of the problem is Hurricane Katrina. Many people opened their wallets wide to help those victims. Now, they have less to donate locally.” CAFB was also included in Marc Fisher’s Washington Post column.

The Campagna Center was one of the sponsors of the Alexandria annual Scottish Christmas Walk according to the Washington Post.

The Cafritz Foundation honored five 2005 recipients of their Awards for Distinguished D.C. Government Employees, according to the Washington Times. Bread For The City every month coordinates “five hundred volunteers in D.C. to help over ten thousand homeless and poor citizens”, according to Silver Chips Online.

Audubon Naturalist Society’s work and several staff contributed to an article about the livelihood of streams and drinking water in the Washington Post Magazine.

The Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center’s Jayne Park was profiled in the Business Gazette. “As the leader of a small nonprofit, Park often takes on many jobs. But her main focus, she said, is on collaboration. Park helped IMPACT Silver Spring create a support group for leaders that helps them learn to talk to elected officials and representatives, as well as share ideas with each other.”

America Online had a successful Volunteer Day generating 5,000 hours of community services supporting 17 local nonprofits, according to the Washington Business Journal (not online).

The American Red Cross of the National Capital Area was selected by the Board of Trade as the organizational winner of this year’s Golden Links Awards. (Barbara Harrison, a strong advocate of Freddie Mac Foundation’s Wednesday’s Child program won the individual award.) Separately, the Red Cross’ Linda Mathes had a letter to the editor published in The Connection which thanked “hundreds of members of our community [who] have given their energy, talent and generosity over the past year to help those in need.”

Welcome
We warmly welcome:
· Martina Gillis, Executive Director of the Fair Budget Coalition. This coalition brings together human service and legal services providers, consumers, advocates, faith organizations, and concerned individuals to advocate for a comprehensive, integrated, and adequately funded approach to meeting the human needs of residents of the District of Columbia, particularly those who are poor and vulnerable.
· Kathy Cox, Executive Director of Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena. Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena, Inc. manages and revitalizes the Fort Dupont Ice Arena in southeast Washington, DC. In addition to providing public skating and serving as a practice rink for school hockey teams, Fort Dupont provides a special athletic program, Kids On Ice, to children within the community.