Please join the BMP Detroit team for the second Uniting Detroiters Convening on August 10, 2012, at the Solanus Casey Center (1780 Mount Elliot Street) from 10am to 3pm to discuss our right to the city, collective power, and new political geographies emerging in Detroit. Lunch will be provided.

There has been much written recently on the Leadership Deficit that may occur as Baby Boomers retire in the next five years. Nowhere is this concern more justified than in the nonprofit sector in New England, whose leaders were instrumental in the spectacular growth of the sector in the 70’s and 80’s and are now […]

This interactive Workshop, hosted by the Building Movement Project in Detroit and featuring Project Team member and internationally known fundraiser, Kim Klein will highlight the current fundraising climate and focus on strategies for creating a lucrative fundraising year for your nonprofit. The workshop will provide a unique platform for participants to share their biggest obstacles […]

Nonprofits are a huge part of California’s economy in addition to being the main social safety net, the main source of education, art and culture, and environmental protection and preservation. Tax cuts have really affected our ability to do our job and impacting the communities we serve - we need to speak up. To do […]

Join Grassroots Grantmakers for a conversation with special guest, Director Frances Kunreuther, as they explore the complex set of relationships that contribute to movement building for social change, with specific focus on the relationship between people and groups that are the focus of grassroots grantmaking and the movement building work of social-justice oriented non-profit organizations. […]

The budget crisis in California has heightened the need for all communities to build their civic capacity and to stay informed about the policy decisions that affect their lives. Direct service providers have enormous reach into communities that have been marginalized – including low-income and communities of color – but these groups do not always […]

Spark together with Stanford University’s Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS), Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, the Women's Community Center and CDDRL’s Program on Social Entrepreneurship, will co-host an intergenerational conversation to address questions around leadership within the next phase of the women's movement including what is the women's movement, how the […]

Kim Klein is a member of the Building Movement Project and a Fellow with On the Commons. Kim has worked in nonprofit sector her entire career and believes that nonprofits have a critical role to play in the creation and maintenance of a democratic society. Her current work is focused on how nonprofits can protect […]

The Detroit M.L.K. Day 2012 Committee and the Building Movement Project invite Detroit area women activists & advocates across generations to join us as we renew our individual commitment to the fight for peace and justice. In honor of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. we are hosting a special reception honoring the Women of […]

As the Baby Boom generation ages, there is more discussion about the future leadership of nonprofit organizations. At the same time, many leaders have found their next steps limited or unclear, especially in the present economic climate. Many organizations have been looking for alternative ways to share leadership and decision-making in their organizations in order […]