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Michelle Baldwin @mlbaldwin.bsky.social · 16d

Imagination Circle: Rewiring Tech & Philanthropy for Community-Led Futures
Hosts: Alexandra Stef, Sonja Miokovic, Michelle Baldwin
Nov 7-9, 2025 @mozilla.org Festival in Barcelona
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See you soon!

Imagination Circle: Rewiring Tech & Philanthropy for Community-Led Futures

Overview: What if AI, Web3, and blockchain weren’t tools of disruption—but of coordination, care, and community control? In this Imagination Circle, we reframe emerging technologies not as ends in …

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Michelle Baldwin @mlbaldwin.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thrilled to co-host with Arti Freeman
@victoriaforum.bsky.social
Aug 26 for Philanthropy as Architecture: De-Risking for Innovation and Capital Flow session.

Join in-person or online www.VictoriaForum.ca

#VictoriaForum2025 #VictoriaForum #VictoriaBC #Futures #Philanthropy #Systems #Transformation

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timdraimin.bsky.social @timdraimin.bsky.social · Jun 29

Important new review of EU Social Fund and Social Innovation bit.ly/4nr1vpO Thx @samrye.bsky.social @mlbaldwin.bsky.social

Starting, Scaling and Sustaining Social Innovation

Social innovation is increasingly recognised as a tool which helps to address social challenges while generating economic benefits. Social innovation involves the creation and implementation of novel ...

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Michelle Baldwin @mlbaldwin.bsky.social · Jun 11

New report from @aspenpsi.bsky.social ky.com/@AspenPSI !
How can we transform the #communityfoundation from a transactional "community bank" to a transformational "community asset."
www.aspeninstitute.org/publications...

Evolving the Community Foundation Business Model of the Future: A Path Towards Sustainability and Impact

In recent years, some community foundations have invested in local journalism, built new spaces in marginalized neighborhoods, and devoted resources to responding to crises like COVID-19, hurricanes, ...

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Michelle Baldwin @mlbaldwin.bsky.social · Mar 11

Check out these AI Literacy & Advocacy Resources with free courses including AI for Good and AI for Everyone from Kate Arthur, adviser to @mtlaiethics.bsky.social

karthurmedia.com/resources/

AI literacy & Advocacy resources

Immediate Action Sign the Declaration for Responsible AI. Developed by Université de Montréal, the Declaration provides an ethical framework for the development and deployment of AI. Self-pace…

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Michelle Baldwin @mlbaldwin.bsky.social · Mar 11

The AI Ethics Brief is a go to newsletter from Montreal AI Ethics Institute @mtlaiethics.bsky.social

Democratizing AI Ethics Literacy

Subscribe here brief.montrealethics.ai

The AI Ethics Brief | Renjie Butalid | Substack

Democratizing AI Ethics Literacy. Click to read The AI Ethics Brief, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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Michelle Baldwin @mlbaldwin.bsky.social · Mar 6

Funding the Future
Grantmaker Strategies in AI Investment

@projectevident.bsky.social
From Sarah Di Troia
via Beth Kanter

projectevident.org/wp-content/u...

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Michelle Baldwin @mlbaldwin.bsky.social · Jan 24

Outstanding New Resource
From Collective Change Lab & Vanguard Charitable

Philanthropic Toolkit for Transformational Systems Change

#futures #transformation

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Michelle Baldwin @mlbaldwin.bsky.social · Jan 21

AI and the Planet: Balancing Innovation with Environmental Responsibility communityfoundations.ca/ai-and-the-p... @cfc-fcc.bsky.social

AI and the Planet: Balancing Innovation with Environmental Responsibility — Community Foundations of Canada

Relentlessly pursuing a future where everyone belongs

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Public Policy Forum @ppforumca.bsky.social · Jan 16

🚀 Calling all emerging leaders from across Canada: Applications for the 2025 Action Canada Fellowship (@actioncanada.bsky.social) are now open!

Apply and learn more: actioncanada.ca/apply/
Deadline for applications: March 11, 2025

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Michelle Baldwin @mlbaldwin.bsky.social · Jan 16

NEW WINGS Philanthropy Transformation Initiative case study.
The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust unites Indigenous communities, youth & organisations to tackle socio-environmental challenges & build resilient futures
transformphilanthropy.wingsweb.org/case-studies... @cfc-fcc.bsky.social

The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust (CBT) – Philanthropy Transformation Initiative

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Michelle Baldwin @mlbaldwin.bsky.social · Dec 4

AI & the Planet: Balancing Innovation with Environmental Responsibility

@cfc-fcc.bsky.social

Norman Valdez Alex Tveit & Manuela Garzón

How do we harness AI's potential to solve environmental problems while not making those very problems worse

communityfoundations.ca/ai-and-the-p...

AI and the Planet: Balancing Innovation with Environmental Responsibility — Community Foundations of Canada

Relentlessly pursuing a future where everyone belongs

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Future of Good @futureofgood.bsky.social · Nov 26

We searched for a Canadian-focused non-profit Starter Pack but couldn't find one, so we've started one ourselves!

Respond here if you're a non-profit, charity or funder based in Canada (or have Canadian chapters) so we can add you!

go.bsky.app/UPrYE9H

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