VIRTUAL EVENT: DER Development Salon: Fundraisers of Color - Conversations about Shared Experiences

Update: Please forgive us as we work on our registration system.  This is a free event!  Please email administrator@dersf.org and we will register you right away!  Thank you.

Join DER members and friends on Thursday, March 25th for a lunchtime conversation for and by Fundraisers of Color. Please join our hosts, DER Board Members, Kaylé Barnes and Melissa Perez for this opportunity to connect with your peers from across the sector to laugh, vent, and hopefully leave feeling heard and seen.

This is a closed salon — invitations are intended for fundraisers who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color).

Throughout history ‘Salons’ have played a vital role in the exchange of ideas by bringing people together for intellectual discourse. These hosted gatherings featured explorative conversations of cultural significance contributing to culture, art, literature and politics. DER invites you to join other fundraising professionals in a modern day version of the Salon, designed to celebrate important fundraising accomplishments and discuss emerging development challenges and opportunities. Every other month a DER board member will partner with a DER member to bring a Salon to life featuring a specific topic during a brown bag lunch. Participants will gather via Zoom and will be encouraged to contribute to the conversation by highlighting achievements, seeking advice, sharing solutions and debating current issues.

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Kaylé Barnes, Development Director, SF Housing Action Coalition and DER Board Member, Marketing Committee

Kaylé joined the SF Housing Action Coalition as their first Development Director in March 2020 after spending three years at the YMCA of San Francisco in their Development department. Prior to that she worked at Reading Partners and an education reform advocacy nonprofit in Washington, D.C. Kaylé holds a BA in Journalism and Mass Communications and Minors in French and International and Area Studies from the University of Oklahoma.

Melissa Perez, Senior Consultant, Glavin Jacobson, Inc. and DER Board Member, Governance Committee Chair

Melissa is a Senior Consultant with Glavin Jacobson. She has worked with small local nonprofits and large institutions such as United Way and San Francisco Opera. Throughout her career she has woven together volunteerism and philanthropy to create meaningful experiences for fellow employees, board members and donors.

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Registration for this event is required. However, this event is FREE to DER Members and non-Members alike! Registration deadline is March 24th at 5 PM!

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Cancellation Policy: We ask you to please contact us to cancel your registration before the deadline (03/24 at 5pm), so that we have accurate attendance records. Thank you for your support!

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Venue: This social event will be held on a virtual Zoom. Final details will be sent to all registrants the evening before the event, 03/24 by 8 PM from DER's Administrative Director. Please be sure to check your SPAM or Junk folder for the Zoom information or contact administrator@dersf.org if you have NOT received an email with your event details and information the morning of our social event.