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Federal Headwinds, Frontline Resilience: Understanding the Impacts & Opportunities for Action – Session 3
December 1, 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 3: Rising from the Ashes: Collaboration & Innovation Advance Strategies that Work
We will end the series with a discussion of the work and key strategies moving forward to build collaborative efforts that will drive solutions that advance energy affordability, resilience in the face of growing climate disasters, and health and safety. We will acknowledge the issues at stake in the context of mid-term elections and upcoming state legislative sessions. The final session also will spotlight ways that philanthropy is mobilizing to support work in communities. And it will highlight funder initiatives that model collaboration and partnership, urging funders to lean in and get involved.
Speakers
- Maria Doerr, Program Officer, Rural Climate Partnership
- Byron Gudiel, Executive Director, Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy
- Jacqueline Patterson, Founder and Executive Director, Chisholm Legacy Project
- Aiko Schaefer, Executive Director, Just Solutions
- Jennifer Somers, Co-Executive Director, Collectrify: A Frontline-Led Energy Fund
Stay tuned for additional speaker updates!
