2007 National Convening

On October 18th - 19th of 2007, the Fulfilling the Dream Fund convened at Preservation Park in Oakland, California for "Refining our Frame," the 1st National Convening of the Fulfilling the Dream Fund network. This gathering was successful in bringing together 92 people from 40 community based organizations and 12 private foundations working to expand opportunities for women and people of color in public education, public employment and contracting.

The goals of the gathering were to:
• Learning and collective strategizing: To assess the lessons learned from anti-affirmative action ballot initiatives.
• Networking: To help grantees doing similar or complimentary work to connect with one another.
• Skills building: To provide skills building training in the area of strategic communications, messaging and framing.

Resources shared at the convening:
1. You can access communication tools at the SPIN Project web site - http://www.spinproject.org.
2. African American Policy Forum & the 13 myths of Affirmative Action - www.aapf.org
3. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund - www.civilrights.org
4. You can view the DVD ARISE: The Battle over Affirmative Action at www.affirmativeactionadvocacy.com

The following video highlights a presentation from "The National Context of Affirmative Action" panel:

October 18th, 2007 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB1iNfmkrlk)