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Federal Headwinds, Frontline Resilience: Understanding the Impacts & Opportunities for Action – Session 2
November 17, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm PST
This funder series is organized by The Funders Network, Health and Environmental Funders Network, Neighborhood Funders Group, Chesapeake Bay Funders Network, Climate and Energy Funders Group and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders in partnership with ClimateMAX, a new national collaborative and intersectional table of NGOs advancing and defending climate and environmental justice policy solutions.
In just a few months, the current administration has dealt a series of significant setbacks to climate and communities: Billions of dollars, including $2.6 billion for climate and environmental justice programs, have been slashed from the federal budget. Agencies meant to protect our water and air have been gutted. And the promise of historic investments in climate-resilient infrastructure has been largely stripped away.
But despite these fierce federal headwinds, there are opportunities for action — and models of collaboration, partnership and frontline resilience.
Join us for a three-part learning series for funders Federal Headwinds, Frontline Resilience: Understanding the Impacts & Opportunities for Action.
These webinars will bring together funders, nonprofit and community leaders to share analysis of recent actions under the current administration, including impacts on frontline communities and leaders. They’ll also create space for funders to look past silos and consider best ways to leverage their resources, networks and expertise to meet this moment with urgency and flexibility.
The series is designed as a three-part learning arc but funders are welcome to attend individual sessions as their schedules allow. Attendees will automatically be confirmed for all three sessions when registering.
Session 2: Communities Leading & Protecting to Overcome Headwinds
This session will provide a deeper understanding of how communities are overcoming these rollbacks, including impacts to programs intended to develop clean energy and economic opportunities for limited wealth and historically underinvested communities.
We’ll look at how communities are currently adapting and adjusting and create space for small-group breakouts, so funders can hear directly from groups on the ground about their ongoing work.
Speakers
- Jessica Boehland, Senior Program Officer, The Kresge Foundation
- Logan Burke, Executive Director, Alliance for Affordable Energy
- Paul Getsos, Special Project Director, United Today, Stronger Tomorrow
- Rahwa Ghirmatzion, Senior Policy Fellow, Just Solutions
- Jennifer Somers, Co-Executive Director, Collectrify: A Frontline-Led Energy Fund
Stay tuned for additional speaker updates!
