The State Senate is currently scheduled to finish its work on the State Budget by June 3, which will lead to the State Budget going back to the House for concurrence or non-concurrence. A non-concurrence vote would result in a Committee of Conference comprised of members from the House and the Senate, typically the final step before a single version of the State Budget returns to both chambers for a vote.

This presentation will review the Senate’s proposed State Budget for State Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023, and discuss key changes from the State’s current operating budget and from the budget proposal passed by the House of Representatives in April.

This presentation will also review the recent guidance provided by the federal government with regard to permissible uses of flexible American Rescue Plan Act funds flowing to the State of New Hampshire.

As nonprofit organizations work to incorporate the core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion into their mission and values, cultural humility has become a valuable relationship-building framework on which to build. Cultural humility is “a lifelong process of self-reflection and self-critique whereby the individual not only learns about another’s culture, but begins with an examination of her/his own beliefs and cultural identities.” (National Institutes of Health) Cultural humility is different from other culturally-based training ideals because it focuses on self-reflection, acknowledges intersecting identities, and encourages continuous learning.

In this workshop, participants will learn:

• The difference between cultural competence and cultural humility
• How culture impacts an organization
• Cultural humility skills and how to build them

About the Presenter

Cassandra Clay is an experienced ESC Consultant who brings more than thirty years of experience in social work and education. She provides consultation and coaching on systems improvement in nonprofit organizations. In addition to her consulting and coaching, she has a clinical practice and is Clinical Professor Emerita at Boston University School of Social Work. She has conducted numerous research studies and authored numerous articles in the social work field and many presentations and trainings on cultural responsibility in human service delivery organizations.

Cassandra serves as a board member for the Institute of Health and Recovery, Metro Housing-Boston and the Boston University Board of Advisers. Recent ESC projects include DOVE, Inc., St. Katherine Drexel Parish, Grimes King Foundation for the Elderly, Chica Project and Family Continuity.

Join Tech Impact to learn about Microsoft Teams. Teams brings messages, files, people, and tools into a single app in Office 365. Best of all, perhaps, is the side effect of decluttering your Inbox. In this webinar we’ll cover:

• What is Microsoft Teams?
• Where does Teams fits into the rest of Office 365?
• How to use channels, tabs, and integrations to match your workflow.
• What’s happening to Skype for Business?

Using the iconic Woodstock Music Festival as a visual, we will explore how trust influences each element in creating our sustainable philanthropic community. We will share how these elements evolve a community culture supportive of equity and diversity by focusing on ‘shared purpose,’ nurturing attachments through ‘shared experiences and resources’ and building trust through ‘intentional and consistent communication’. We  explore how this community development framework evokes a philanthropic response and the actions of caring and giving that evolve from it.