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08 Jun Through the Equity Looking Glass by Julie Alsup, GPC

Posted at 09:14h in Competency Three, Equity, Julie Alsup, GPC

I have started this blog about ten times and never finished. The topic of equity and the concept of applying equitable lenses to the grant process is of great interest to me. Just like Maryam stated in her blog (Maybe We Need Lasik®), I do want to develop a greater ability to sense and evaluate equity within myself and in my work over time and strive to improve upon it.

01 Jun Maybe We Need Equity Lasik®, by Maryam Gilmore, JD

Posted at 13:57h in Competency Nine, Equity, Maryam Gilmore

Unless you’re a one-person show at your agency, you’re likely dependent on someone else within the organization to provide you with whatever information you need to write a grant (e.g. data, service updates, etc.). Getting that information is oftentimes the most challenging part of our jobs as grant professionals. Once we do receive the information, it’s part of our job as grant professionals to use it strategically to build a strong, hopefully award-winning grant proposal.

16 Feb What Can a Grant Writer Do to Advance Equity? by Julie Alsup, GPC

Posted at 21:51h in Community, Equity, Julie Alsup, GPC, Professionalism

The funders forum is always the anxiously awaited portion of any grant professionals conference. The Regional Grant Professional Association’s conference I attended was no different. Wisely slated for the final hour of the Friday conference, the room was packed. Young professionals and advanced practitioners alike...