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Consideration of ESG and DEI factors in our investment portfolio

Posted on Nov 8, 2023, by Community Foundation

Recently, a Fox Valley resident asked me if we considered ESG (environmental, social governance) and DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) factors in our investment strategy. Our primary goal is to generate a sustainable stream of investment return to support the Community Foundation’s programs. Even though we do not have an explicit mandate for most of […]

This is Pride

Posted on Jun 15, 2023, by Kyle Armstrong, Community Engagement Coordinator

On Saturday, June 24, hundreds of people will gather in Jones Park in Appleton to celebrate the beautiful diversity of human gender and love. We will rejoice in the joy and potential of identities discovered and lived both in public and private. We will eat, embrace and laugh together without worrying about what people think […]

Documentary’s roots go back to Kaukauna student exchange program

Posted on Jan 31, 2023, by Community Foundation

This is how it all began… One Sunday in early 2016 I was sorting through boxes in the garage. I found a box marked “high school stuff.” It held things that only I would consider treasures. It also held a copy of my high school newspaper, The King’s Page. It had this headline: “King is […]

Author discussion puts focus on domestic abuse in queer relationships

Posted on Sep 29, 2022, by Community Foundation

“If you need this book, it is for you.” Author Carmen Maria Machado dedicates In the Dream House, her award-winning, innovative memoir of domestic abuse in a queer relationship, to anyone who needs it. At Diverse & Resilient Appleton, we hosted a pair of discussions where LGBTQ+ community members gathered to discuss the book, share education […]

A Community of Belonging for LGBTQIA+

Posted on Jun 17, 2022, by Community Foundation

During pride month last year in The Loop, I discussed my journey and the struggles I faced being gay. I shared that this struggle is the reason I personally have volunteered so much of my time to coordinate N.E.W. Pride Alive for the past eight years. Rainbow Over Wisconsin, a grassroots nonprofit organization for which […]

How the STAR Initiative is changing lives

Posted on Feb 1, 2022, by Community Foundation

The STAR Initiative with the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley was created after a CHAT plunge focusing on the African American/Black experience in the Fox Cities.  Through dedication to community partnership and advocacy, STAR has worked with the Appleton Area School District to provide academic, social, and cultural support for Black middle […]

Reshaping the World By, For and With People with Disabilities

Posted on Dec 2, 2021, by

By Stephenie Mlodzik, Disability Rights Advocate and member of the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD) December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD), a day that promotes awareness of disability issues and the dignity, rights, and well-being of persons with disabilities. This year’s theme is “Fighting for rights in the […]

Grant helps Girl Scouts launch Latinas Making History program

Posted on Oct 5, 2021, by

September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month which celebrates the long history and rich cultures of the nearly 62 million people who make up the Hispanic and Latinx communities in the United States. The impact of the Hispanic and Latinx population on the economy, history, and culture of this country cannot be […]

Hispanic newcomers need all of us working together

Posted on Sep 23, 2021, by

September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month which celebrates the long history and rich cultures of the nearly 62 million people who make up the Hispanic and Latinx communities in the United States. The impact of the Hispanic and Latinx population on the economy, history, and culture of this country cannot be […]

Heckrodt’s Children’s Canopy Walk to celebrate grand opening

Posted on Jul 6, 2021, by

Environmental literacy should be available to everyone! Exactly one year ago, we reported on a very exciting dream just coming to life over at the Heckrodt Wetland Reserve: a sky-high adventure in discovering nature, designed to give those with challenges of any kind, from financial to physical, access to this learning opportunity in the trees! […]