In this episode, Alejandra Ruiz of the Youth Engagement Fund (YEF) joins us to discuss the voting power of people of color. She reflects on the organizing wins of the 2020 election and how YEF is building on that momentum to fight back against new voter suppression laws that have recently been enacted  in battleground states.  Learn more about YEF&apos;s 2021 Summer Docket, which lays out its grantmaking strategy that includes multi-year funding  to a cohort of regional, youth of color-led organizations. This episode was recorded in early 2021.

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Manifest with Youth Engagement Fund

In this very special episode of Out Of The Margins, we discuss the Visionary Freedom Fund (VFF), an initiative launched by the Andrus Family Fund. We speak with members of VFF&apos;s Power Table, including one of its youth leaders, to learn about the importance of funding youth-led organizing, the grantmaking process and lessons learned along the way in advance of its inaugural cohort of grant  recipients. Learn more about VFF: affund.org/VisionaryFreedomFundGuests:Jemima Abalogu, VFF Youth LeaderJessica Pierce and Bryan Perlmutter, VFF Project CoordinatorsHosted by Manuela Arciniegas, AFF Director and VFF Philanthropic Partner

A Vision for the Future: Visionary Freedom Fund

In this episode, Juniperangelica (Gia) Cordova of the Transgender Law Center explains how the organization manifests change through its organizing and advocacy work. She discusses the unique challenges trans youth face, how the trans rights movement intersects with other social justice movements, the importance of building intergenerational power and why the movement should follow the lead of Black trans women and femmes. Read TLC’s community-led demands in the Trans Agenda for Liberation, which lifts up the following pillars:Black Trans Women and Black Trans Femmes Leading and Living FiercelyBeloved HomeIntergenerational Connection and Lifelong CareDefining OurselvesFreedom to ThriveFollow TLC on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Manifest with Transgender Law Center

We continue our series that unpacks what it takes to manifest change. In this episode, we hear from Monica Cordova, Co-Executive Director of Funders&apos; Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO). She discusses the power of youth organizing and why it&apos;s critical for philanthropy to support it "in big ways." Plus, we take a look at the field of youth organizing and how it&apos;s evolved over the last two decades. Find FCYO&apos;s 20th Anniversary resources here. Attend FCYO&apos;s upcoming webinar here.

Manifest with Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing

We kick off a new series that unpacks what it takes to manifest change. Our first episode of the series features Anna Gennari, Deputy Director of Foster Youth in Action. She connects the dots between various disruptive systems, and how they intersect with the child welfare system. Additionally, we discuss how youth organizing is the key driver in lifting up the demands of foster youth in order to implement real policy changes across the country.

Manifest with Foster Youth in Action

To close our Dream series, we speak with Jessica Nowlan, Executive Director of the Young Women’s Freedom Center. In this episode, she reflects on her lived experience — from being on the streets and incarcerated to finding sisterhood and stepping into a leadership position at the Young Women’s Freedom Center. Jessica also lifts up the fact that youth have already articulated their vision for transformation, and our work is to support their brilliance and follow their lead as they build power and advance alternatives to incarceration and punishment, and instead, promote investment, healing, economic and political power.Download YWFC’s latest report, Through Their Eyes: Stories of Reflection, Resistance, and Resilience on Juvenile Incarceration from San Francisco Cis and Trans Young Women, Trans Young Men and Gender-Expansive Youth.*This episode was recorded in 2020. 

Dream with Young Women's Freedom Center

Our Dream series continues with Danielle Sered, Executive Director of Common Justice. In this episode, she unpacks the drivers of violence and how divesting from law enforcement and incarceration has actually made communities safer. By investing in restorative healing, alternatives to incarceration and transformative justice, Common Justice’s radical approach to advance healing and accountability without incarceration centers survivors of crime and builds an entirely new way of addressing and preventing future harm in the community. 

Dream with Common Justice

Our Dream series continues with Wakumi Douglas, the co-founder and former executive director of S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership Collective. In this episode, she reflects on the arduous demands movement work has on directly impacted Black women, girls and gender nonconforming youth; how dismantling the toxic culture of the nonprofit industrial complex is key to advancing healing justice and liberatory practices; and why we must have faith and unconditional love for Black people in order to radically transform our communities.

Dream with S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership Collective

We continue our series on the importance of making space to dream in the youth justice movement with Francisca Porchas Coronado of Resilient Strategies. In this episode, we&apos;ll dig into the subject of healing justice through the lens of indigenous culture, wellbeing and building power. Francisca shares her organizing journey, the importance of addressing trauma and looking for wisdom in our ancestors as well as finding joy in the work as a means to liberation. Out Of The Margins is a podcast of the Andrus Family Fund. Hosted by Manuela Arciniegas, Director of Andrus Family Fund.Produced by Sol Design Co. Theme music by Peace Poets.

Dream with Resilient Strategies

In this episode, we asked our grantee partners from Youth First Initiative about their dreams for youth justice, reinvesting in communities of color and reimagining a world without youth prisons. 

Dream with Youth First Initiative

We conclude our conversation about investing in communities by exploring what equitable outcomes look like and how philanthropy can better invest in community safety.  If you missed the first part of the discussion, go back and listen to part 1 now.Host:Manuela Arciniegas, Andrus Family FundGuests:Jenny Arwade, Communities UnitedDeVone Boggan, Advance PeacePastor Mike McBride, LIVE FREE CampaignZach Norris, Ella Baker CenterThis episode was recorded in September 2020.

Invest in Communities (Part 2)

What happens when we divest from harmful systems? In our new podcast series, our guests passionately discuss how public and private dollars can be equitably invested in communities. Tune in to hear the first episode of this two-part conversation. Host:Manuela Arciniegas, Andrus Family FundGuests:Jenny Arwade, Communities UnitedDeVone Boggan, Advance PeacePastor Mike McBride, LIVE FREE CampaignZach Norris, Ella Baker CenterThis episode was recorded in September 2020.

Invest in Communities

To conclude our first series of 2021, our guests break down how divesting from police could enhance safety for communities of color and why philanthropy should shift their funding from reform to abolition. Listen now. Host:Manuela Arciniegas, Andrus Family FundGuests:Anand Subramanian, Policy LinkJoo-Hyun Kang, Communities United for Police ReformLorraine Ramirez, Funders for JusticeThis episode was recorded in 2020.

Divest for Abolition (Part 2)

We kick off our first episode of the year with a series on what it really means when organizers say "defund the police." We&apos;re joined by leaders in the movement who dig into topics such as redefining public safety, police accountability, why reform isn&apos;t the answer and how divesting funds from law enforcement could impact communities of color.Host:Manuela Arciniegas, Andrus Family FundGuests: Anand Subramanian, Policy LinkJoo-Hyun Kang, Communities United for Police Reform Lorraine Ramirez, Funders for JusticeThis episode was recorded in 2020.

Divest for Abolition (Part 1)

We conclude our conversation with current and former board members about trust-based philanthropy. Tune in to hear them dispel myths that are common in philanthropy and why they urge trustees to let go of control and shift power to grantee partners.   Read the AFF board's recommendations to fellow trustees about how they can show up for racial justice here: affund.org/MeetTheMomentHosted by Manuela Arciniegas, Director of AFFGuests: Lindsey Griffith, Member of AFF Board (Former Chair)Molly Thorpe, Member of AFF Board (Former Chair)Stephanie Cardon, Former Member of AFF Board (Former Vice Chair)Kelly Nowlin, Former Member of AFF Board (Founding Member; Currently serves on Surdna Board)

How the AFF Board is Meeting the Moment (Part 2)

Hosted by Andrus Family Fund Executive Director Leticia Peguero, Out Of The Margins explores social justice philanthropy issues with candid conversation through a racial lens.Produced by: Sol Design Co. Music by: Legacy Women

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