Join Our Community Action Team to Support our Justice Grantmaking Programs
Your voice matters.
We’re building the next phase of our Community Action Team to help guide our justice grantmaking work - and we want community members to be a part of it.
As we take a fresh new perspective to this work, we’re centering lived experience, shared power, and community wisdom as we make funding decisions across our Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund and Justice Fund grant programs.
Together, we’ll strengthen and support programs that advance equity, dignity, and opportunity that respond to the challenges communities across Montgomery County face today.
What the Community Action Team Does
The Community Action Team partners with our staff to help:
- Guide funding decisions that support power-building, leadership development, and storytelling.
- Amplify community voices in shaping our priorities and understanding impact.
- Identify local opportunities and organizations driving meaningful change.
- Advise on and conduct outreach to ensure our work stays grounded in addressing real-time community challenges.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re seeking individuals who bring:
- A passion for justice, equity, and community well-being.
- Lived experience or a deep commitment to communities affected by real-time community challenges.
- An open, collaborative mindset and willingness to learn and listen together.
- Experience in community leadership, advocacy, organizing, storytelling, and more.
- We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, ages, and life experiences.
Our Goals for this Next Phase
With this new cycle of the Community Action Team, we aim to:
- Deepen our focus on the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund and Justice Fund, uplifting work that promotes racial and social justice.
- Strengthen partnerships that address the urgent challenges of our time, from non-inclusive media to health disparities to system inequities.
- Build a model that allows for grantees to collaborate and learn from one another.
Other Details
- Community Action Team members will meet for three two-hour meetings between January and April of next year. Those dates include:
- Community Action Team members will also be required to attend our in person engagement event to promote both grant programs on the evening of Thursday, February 5, tentatively from 5 – 7 pm.
- Wednesday, January 7 from 9:30 – 11:30 am
- Wednesday, March 4 from 9:30 – 11:30 am
- Monday, April 6 from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
- In addition to the above commitments, Community Action Team members will refine requests for proposals, lead outreach to prospective grantees, review grant applications, and make funding recommendations. The estimated time commitment for these activities is approximately 8 hours.
- A $400 stipend will be provided to each member in recognition of their time and contributions. The first half of the stipend will be issued after the initial meeting, and the remaining half will be provided upon completion of our grant decisions.
Deadline is Friday, November 21.
Together, we can shape what justice looks like - and ensure our communities have what they need to build community power.