August eNews | A Conversation With Richard Rothstein, Board Update, Introduce your friends to SV2

SV2 is delighted to host Richard Rothstein, a Distinguished Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, and author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.

Mr. Rothstein will provide unique insight into historic structural conditions leading to racial housing and education segregation in the United States. In addition, he will discuss how the Coronavirus pandemic threatens to further increase the wealth and academic achievement gaps for Black and Hispanic families - and key considerations to support a more equitable and inclusive recovery.

Aman Kumar is a senior product marketing manager for enterprise at Facebook, where he helps define the company's initiatives in enterprise software. In his spare time, he focuses on investing and philanthropy through Mindspan, a family office. A lifelong stutterer, Aman is a proud member of the board of directors of the American Institute for Stuttering and the advisory board of the National Stuttering Association. He is also a senior advisor to the March of Dimes and a visiting scholar at Stanford.

WED. AUG 19 | 5:00PM - 6:00PM

Board-hosted San Francisco Partner Gathering – Virtual Event

In past years we have had a Board-hosted community dinner in San Francisco to offer Partners in that area an extra opportunity to connect with those geographically close to them. Since such a gathering is not possible this year, San Francisco-based Partners are invited instead to join SV2 Board members Jim Basile and Paul Work for an end-of-day cocktail/mocktail hour on Wednesday, August 19 from 5:00pm to 6:00pm.

MON. AUG. 31 | 1:00PM - 2:30PM

Family Philanthropy Interest Circle – Virtual Event

The Family Philanthropy Interest Circle is a Partner-led group which provides a safe space to explore personal experiences, successes, and challenges in an ongoing, intimate setting. If you are a current Partner with a family foundation, a donor advised fund, family office, or some other structured family giving vehicle, please join us. In the meeting, 1-2 Partners will share their giving stories, followed by group discussion of issues you may want to get feedback about. This event is for current Partners only, and led by Lisa Guerra and Anjana Patel. Reach out with questions to Lisa Guerra.

TUE. SEP. 1 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM

A Conversation with Richard Rothstein: Exploring our History of Racial Injustice

SV2 is delighted to host Richard Rothstein, a Distinguished Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, and author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.
Mr. Rothstein will provide unique insight into historic structural conditions leading to racial housing and education segregation in the United States. Following introductions, Mr. Rothstein will share his remarks for 35-40 minutes. SV2 Partners and invited guests are then welcome to ask questions for 20 minutes.

WED. SEP. 9 | 11:30AM - 1:30PM

September Impact Investing Working Group - Virtual Event

The SV2 Impact Investing Working Group discusses prospective impact investment opportunities, hears pitches from social entrepreneurs, and performs due diligence in order to make informed investment recommendations on behalf of SV2. The Working Group is comprised of Partners who are committed to actively participating in all aspects of impact investing, including the due diligence process. All Partners are welcome to begin regularly attending IIWG meetings at any point in the year or are welcome to audit meetings on a drop-in basis.

TUE. SEP. 15 | 6:30PM - 8:00PM

Economic Inclusion Grant Round Kickoff Meeting - Virtual Event

The Economic Inclusion Grant Round -- part of SV2's local Pathways to Opportunity focus -- will look at approaches and organizations that are supporting economic rebuilding in just, equitable, and inclusive ways. At our Kickoff meeting, we’ll learn from our Funder Ally, The San Francisco Foundation what they are learning about this rapidly evolving sector, as well as their insights about the organizations they’ve nominated for SV2 to consider. If you’d like to participate in the Grant Round, please join the Economic Opportunity Group on mysv2 in order to receive future communications and access to files. Please contact Jody Chang if you have questions about the Grant Round or trouble accessing mysv2.