Philanthropic, Muslim Leaders Launch ‘Year of Learning’
. Inspired by an initiative led by Illinois’ indigenous community leaders which served as a turning point in philanthropic understanding and investment, this special launch event is hoped to accelerate the evolution and deepening of mainstream philanthropic support for America’s 3.5 million Muslims.
“Long-term success is about building the infrastructure to help community and civic life,” said Daniel Ash of the Chicago Community Trust. “Building collective power means supporting vital civic infrastructure including the organizers, conveners and service providers so they are strong and we’re not moving from project to project to project. Long-term success is about redistributing power from grantmaker to grant recipient so that you balance that out so you can create the