The Well Schedule

The New Profit Portfolio team welcomes social entrepreneurs to come together in person to meet, break bread, and build relationships. This will be a space for social entrepreneurs and members of the New Profit team to build relationships and get to know other members of the current portfolio as well as alumni.

Invitees will receive a specific calendar invitation for this session and are kindly asked to accept or decline.

Tulaine Montgomery and Shawn Dove, Co-Curators of The Well, along with The Well Co-Designers, welcome us into the community and set the stage for The Well.

Use this time to schedule one-on-one meetups or participate in restoration programming (e.g.,yoga, massage therapy).

Connect with cross-sector leaders including philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, ecosystem actors. Special guests will offer opening remarks, followed by an exclusive presentation from New Profit alum organization Big Picture Learning.

Dinner and refreshments will be provided.

Co-Curators Tulaine Montgomery and Shawn Dove will welcome us and set the stage for day two of The Well. We'll also hear from Desmond Meade of Florida Rights Restoration Coalition and participate in a meditative moment.

Join Heather McGhee (author, educator, and activist), Jim Shelton (Chief Investment and Impact Officer at Blue Meridian Partners), and Bibb Hubbard (Founder and President, Learning Heroes) for a conversation on how we mend and move forward as a country, including discussion on our interdependence, the paradox of the American Dream, and tactics for fighting fragmentation across identity and ideology.

Use this time to schedule one-on-one meetups or participate in restoration programming (e.g., yoga, massage therapy).

Grab lunch and select a breakout session from the list below.

Accelerating Trust - [Congressional Room]

Speakers:  Nancy Van Milligen, Alex Dixon, Eshauna Smith 

One of the greatest barriers to equitable grantmaking is limited trust across identity and lived experience. In this session, we will hear how local and national leaders are building trust across identities and sectors in order to drive more equitable funding processes, requirements, and outcomes.

Co-Designed with Anderson Sainci (City of Dubuque, Iowa; Millennial Impact Fellow ‘17)

Bending the Arc Within: The Messy Work of Transforming Historically White Philanthropies and Organizations - [Senate Room]

Speakers:  Eliza Greenberg, Dr. Robert S. Harvey, Nita Baum

In this time of expanded racial consciousness, white social entrepreneurs, white funders, and white staff across the social sector have been grappling––unsuccessfully, haltingly, and at times effectively––with a fundamental question: what is the work of white folx in advancing justice right now? In this session we will hear from a historically white foundation that has become a leader in racial equity work, a nonprofit that is midway through its transition to shared leadership, and a consultant who has been marking patterns across the sector. If we are successful, white participants will leave the room with greater accountability to our BIPOC grantees and colleagues and deeper clarity on how each of us might respond to that critical question.

Co-Designed with Sixto Cancel (Think of Us), Curt Ellis (FoodCorps), and Gerry Roll (Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky)

Building Democracy: Centering Race While Bridging Place and Class - [Cannon Room]

Speakers: Gerry Roll, Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, Demetric Dukett, Ryan Eller, Stacie Fugate

Inequity between philanthropic investments made to urban centers and coastal states compared to those made in Black communities, rural places, and Native lands is growing. In this session we will discuss the critical need to promote solidarity among the disenfranchised without losing focus on the overarching issue of racial inequities that continue to plague our nation.

Co-Designed with Gerry Roll (Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky) and Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson (Children’s Defense Fund)

Building Your Own (Intergenerational) Table - [Russell/Hart Room]

Speakers:  Dr. Isaac Cudjoe, Morgan Dixon, Nelson Johnson, Dillon Bernard

Even when we recognize why building bridges across generations is vital, how we do it can be challenging, especially if there are differences in vision or values across generations. Join us for a solutions-oriented, multigenerational conversation featuring leaders who are pushing forward transformative change through community organizing, coalition-building, media, and beyond.

Co-Designed with Dillon Bernard (Amplify Pledge, Dillon Bernard Media) and Rafiq Kalam Id-Din (Ember Charter School)

From Youth Voice to Youth Power - [Dirksen Room]

Speakers:  Romero Wesson, Chris Chatmon

Join multigenerational facilitators to identify how to more authentically engage young people in building the present as well as the future. In this session, we will explore strategies through case studies and discussion, as well as make space to reflect on and make commitments for our own work.

Co-Designed with Dillon Bernard (Amplify Pledge, Dillon Bernard Media), Chris Chatmon (Kingmakers of Oakland), and Romero Wesson (WESSON + Partners)

Giving Workers Access to Capital: Just Do It Already! - [Longworth Room]

Speakers:  Jeshua John, Melissa Hoover, Ian Fuller

Because of the way our country and economy were built on racist practices, workers and their ideas about how to transform this country for the better have largely been excluded by people with money and power in the U.S. Those same people now have an opportunity to make a different choice to reverse this trend. Join us for an interactive panel that will embark on a three-part journey of listening, learning, and visioning about how and why.

Co-Designed with Adrian Haro (The Workers Lab) and Ellen Horing (Highgate Partners)

A New Paradigm for the Private Sector - [Rayburn Room]

Speakers:  Teresa Hodge, Jamie Sears, Jasmine Thomas, Felix Ruano

This session aims to explore and illuminate how the private sector can serve as a driving force for advancing more equitable opportunity in America. Using timely examples as a tool for appreciative inquiry, we’ll consider how each of us can enlist actors across sectors to forge partnerships and the ways that leadership, social capital, timing, and mental models enable greater progress in private sector efforts to affect change at scale.

Co-Designed with Teresa Hodge (Mission: Launch, Inc.) and Jamie Sears (UBS)

Teach With the Babies: Intersectionality in Praxis, A Working Session - [Commerce Room]

Speakers:  Monet Umana, Sage Dolan-Sandrino, David Johns, Brittany Packnett Cunningham

Often, we discuss the importance of centering those with lived experience and the benefits of intersectionality for achieving equity. Join this workshop to be taught by student leaders and to gain a deeper appreciation for applying intersectionality to your practice.

Co-Designed with David Johns (National Black Justice Coalition) and Brittany Packnett Cunningham (Love & Power Works)

For more than 200 years, the structure of American democracy has been constant through dramatic changes to our society. Here we'll explore how America might evolve in two parts: 

Part 1: Interactive panel discussion on American democracy with Héctor Sánchez-Flores (National Compadres Network), Nick Tilsen (NDN Collective), Morgan Dixon (GirlTrek), and Jerry Colonna (Reboot); moderated by Tulaine Montgomery

Part 2: Fireside chat on truth, justice, and reconciliation with Joyce Hobson Johnson (Beloved Community Center of Greensboro), Peter Storey (Duke University Divinity School), and Vanessa Kirsch (New Profit); moderated by Shawn Dove

Co-designed with Morgan Dixon (GirlTrek), Ken Himmelman (Harvard Kennedy School), and Rafiq Kalam Id-Din (Embed Charter School)

Come back together with the full Well community in this plenary session to discuss how we move forward with a bias for action, and make commitments for the future.

Use this time to schedule one-on-one meetups or participate in restoration programming (e.g., yoga, massage therapy)

As we move forward into action, we’ll come together to celebrate victorious collaborations fostered at The Well, hear from a few special guests including MESHELLE, "The Indie-Mom of Comedy", and enjoy entertainment from DC-based artists.

The Emerging Leaders cohort will gather to reflect on The Well experience and synthesize key takeaways for their work as social impact leaders going forward.

Breakfast will be served.

Hosted by America Forward

Looking to make sense of the midterm election results? Curious how to advance key policy priorities in the 118th Congress? Join America Forward, New Profit's nonpartisan policy initiative, and hear senior DC policy analysts' post-election insights and discuss how to engage in effective collective advocacy and make sure your voice is heard in Washington

Open to all

Faith-based social entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem builders will come together to build community and discuss specific implications of The Well experience for their work.

Cohorts from the New Profit Catalyze portfolio will meet and participate in programming specific to each cohort.