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For upcoming events and opportunities that can educate, inspire and enlighten, visit the Community Calendar.
To post your event or opportunity, email us. If it's appropriate, we'll post it within 7 days. Only Community Partner listings get logos.
The most appropriate topics are: education, environment, housing, technology, philanthropy, grantmaking, leadership, and volunteerism.
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Past Events
Forums
Our annual Forum inspires individuals to become leaders in the Bay Area community by showcasing bold models for creating sustainable social change, increasing awareness of Bay Area issues, and providing opportunities to get involved.
2007 Forum - You've Got the Power!
- Keynote speaker: Vice President Al Gore
- VIP Reception speaker: Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco
 Watch videos of speeches by Richard Goldman, The Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund; Van Jones, President, Ella Baker Center; and Ellen Moir, Executive Director, New Teacher Center
2006 Forum - Philanthropy 007: Agents of Change
- Keynote speaker: Larry Brilliant, Executive Director, Google.org
 Listen to the keynote speech
- Panelists: Dwayne Jones, Director, Communities of Opportunities; Salvador Menjivar, Executive Director, Hamilton Family Center; and Dom Summa, Assistant Executive Director, California Teachers Association
Listen to the panelists talk about being agents of change in the community
All-Member Meetings
- May 20, 2008 - Imagining the Unimaginable with top social entrepreneurs panelists Jim Fruchterman, President, CEO, and Founder of Benetech, Deb Levine, Founder of I.S.I.S.Inc., and Premal Shah, President of Kiva
Watch the video of event by member Matt Heintz
- March 26, 2008 - Infinite Need, Infinite Opportunity with speaker Ron Conway, angel investor and philanthropist
Watch the video of Ron Conway's talk
- August 21, 2007 - The Surprising Eco-Revolution with speaker Paul Hawken, activist, entrepreneur and best-selling author of Blessed Unrest
- May 22, 2007 - Meeting with speaker Jim Wunderman, President and CEO of Bay Area Council
- March 20, 2007 - Can Public Education Be Saved? with speakers David A. Sanchez, President-elect, California Teachers Association; Caprice Young, CEO, California Charter Schools Association; and moderator Ted Lempert, President, Children Now
Listen to the panel
- January 23, 2007 - A Commitment to Leadership with speaker Steve Westly
Listen to the speech
- August 22, 2006 - The Case for Corporate Statesmanship with speaker Lenny Mendonca, Chairman of The McKinsey Global Institute and co-founder of McKinsey & Company's Public Sector Practice
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