Tuesday, May 25, 2021
2:00 PM ET
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$15.00 for Non-Members
How can the entire WOC community stand together in solidarity, and celebrate the AAPI community of women in fundraising and philanthropy? What role can philanthropy play in trying to end the violence and bias against AAPI women that has arisen in the past year over COVID-19 disinformation?
Our Founder Yolanda F. Johnson hosts WOC’s the Word, with AAPI leaders in philanthropy and WOC Advisory Committee members, Mary Luke and Poonam Prasad in a conversation about creating a more holistic approach to philanthropy that moves toward racial and gender equity and emphasizes allyship.
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Episode Guests
Mary M. Luke, Board of Directors, UN Women USA and WOC Advisory Committee Member
Luke is a member of the UN Women USA Board of Directors and President Emeritus, Senior Advisor to UN Women USA NY board. She is Vice President of PowHerNY, a coalition promoting gender and racial justice in New York State; Co-chair of NYC4CEDAW Act; Advisor to Women of Color (WOC) in Fundraising and Philanthropy; member of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), Asian Women Giving Circle. She was a member of the Consultation Day, and Women of Distinction committees for the NGO-CSW64 in 2019.
Poonam Prasad, Founder and President, Prasad Consulting & Research and WOC Advisory Committee Member
Poonam Prasad is Founder and President of Prasad Consulting & Research, a national fundraising consulting and prospect research firm based in New York City. Poonam established the firm in the late 1980s, when nonprofits were facing drastic public funding cuts, to help charities attract private philanthropic dollars. Since then, she has helped raise billions of dollars for nonprofits to advance the education, environment, culture, human rights, social services, medicine and other sectors locally, nationally and internationally.
Our Host
Yolanda F. Johnson, Founder of WOC
With more than two decades of experience in the non-profit sector, Yolanda F. Johnson has successfully led fundraising operations for a wide range of non-profit organizations, launching creative event, sponsorship and marketing initiatives that produced new streams of both contributed and earned income. Her fundraising expertise includes securing foundation, corporate, and government funding and cultivating a diverse major gifts portfolio.
In addition to leading YFJ Consulting, LLC, Yolanda is the Founder of WOC, Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy® and President of Women In Development (WID), NY, the NYC area's premier professional organization for women in fundraising and philanthropy. Yolanda has also had an outstanding career as a performing artist, as a composer, as a producer, as an educator, and she has used her background as a performer to become a sought-after fundraising expert.