PACE News
PACE Team Expands
We are happy to report that Mimi Clarke Corcoran, Director of the Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation at Open Society Foundations in New York has joined the PACE Board of Directors. We are also happy to report that the Omidyar Network has become a member of PACE. Our main contact at Omidyar will be Joe Goldman who works out of their new Washington, DC office.
Marks Retires From PACE Board
Jim Marks of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation has retired at the end of 2011 and has thus left the PACE Board. We thank Jim for his many years of board service, and in particular for his service as the Treasurer of our board and a member of our Executive Committee. We'll all miss Jim's wisdom and perspective in our board deliberations. We are also happy to report that John Dedrick of the Kettering Foundation has agreed to step into Jim's role and is the new Treasurer of the PACE Board.
PACE Moves to Washington, DC
The board of PACE recently made the decision to relocate it's office from Denver, Colorado to Washington, DC in the first quarter of 2012. Washington is a place where many of our partner organizations are headquartered and many of our friends and colleagues do their work, and 2011 required significant and regular travel to both Washington and New York as we have expanded our portfolio of collaborations and partnerships. We are excited to make this move and look forward to the new opportunities it will present our organization.
Gates Joins Mobilize.org Board of Directors
Chris Gates, the Executive Director of PACE, has joined the board of Mobilize.org. Mobilize empowers and invests in Millennials to create soltions to social problems, and in doing so, strengthen America's democracy. For more information about Mobilize and this appointment, click the link below.
http://mobilize.org/2011/12/7444/
PACE - Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement is a learning community of grantmakers and donors committed to strengthening democracy by using the power, influence and resources of philanthropy to open pathways to civic and community participation.
Civic Engagement: There are many ways in which people participate in civic, community and political life and, by doing so, express their engaged citizenship. From volunteering to voting, from community organizing to political advocacy, the defining characteristic of active civic engagement is the commitment to participate and contribute to the improvement of one’s community, neighborhood and nation.
PACE is a national learning community of grantmakers and donors committed to strengthening democracy by using the power and resources of philanthropy to open pathways to civic participation. Formerly known as the Grantmakers Forum on Community and National Service, PACE recently renamed itself to signal a broader approach to educating grantmakers about effective civic engagement strategies that strengthen our communities. These strategies include community problem solving, civic education, leadership training, and political reform.
Chris Gates is the first Executive Director of PACE, named to that posititon in 2006. Gates is the former President of the National Civic League, and an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Leadership of PACE offers Chris the opportunity to sustain his career-long commitment to promoting democratic renewal, citizen activism and meaningful participation in community affairs. Gates is a national leader and frequent speaker on topics relating to the state of our democracy, the interaction between citizens and government, and innovative community problem solving.
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