Community-Centric Fundraising in Practice with Nevine Sedki

About the Series

Advancing Justice in the Community Food Sector is a series of four workshops designed for folks — especially BIPOC — working in community-based programs and organizations that revolve around food. Working in these spaces, it's crucial to have the latest tools, knowledge, and skills to build pathways for professional career advancement.

Through this workshop series, participants will learn and engage with subject matter around: BIPOC solidarity across the non-profit sector, storytelling as a tool for impact, and more.

About this Workshop

Community-Centric Fundraising in Practice

This workshop explores how to embed equity and social justice into fundraising. Grounded in CCF principles, it will provide you with tools to critically audit your practices and make meaningful shifts toward a more community-centric model in times of scarcity and uncertainty.

Anticipated Learnings: Understanding Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF); how white supremacy and capitalism manifest in the nonprofit sector; how to audit your fundraising and storytelling practices.

Our Speaker

Nevine Sedki (Further Together) 

Nevine brings over 25 years of experience in community-centric fundraising, organizational development, and engagement across the nonprofit and impact sectors. Her work supports equity-centered organizations through resource mobilization, capacity building, and storytelling that uplifts community values.

She has held leadership roles in arts, youth, and community development organizations: raising millions in revenue, strengthening infrastructure, and building sustainable funding models for the communities who are building the world we all deserve.

Priority Ticketing

As part of our ongoing commitment to equity and justice, we are prioritizing access to these workshops for Black and Indigenous people and people of colour (BIPOC).

Priority tickets for these workshops will be made available for BIPOC individuals and BIPOC-led organizations and grassroots community groups who do not have access to large operating budgets to cover the costs of staff training. A limited number of General Admission tickets will also be available, and we will open up a waitlist as needed.

Logistics

All workshops in the series will take place online via Zoom. After registering for the event, you will have access to the online event page, where you can find the Zoom link once available. We will also email the Zoom details to all registrants closer to the date of the workshop.

Accessibility

FoodShare strives to host inclusive, accessible events that allow everyone to fully engage. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact jade at jade@foodshare.net.

• An option for closed captioning via Zoom will be available during the event
• A phone-in option will also be available

About FoodShare

FoodShare is a Toronto-based food justice organization, advocating for the right to food, and working to challenge the systemic barriers that keep people from accessing the food they need to thrive. Learn more at www.foodshare.net