August is Make a Will Month, and host Lottie Ferguson, Vice President of Development and Donor Services at the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, sits down with estate planning attorney Heidi McAra, JD, to explain what a real legacy plan looks like — wills, trusts, power of attorney, and more. Heidi breaks down when to review your plan, why you don't need significant wealth to include charitable giving, and the often-overlooked parts of legacy: sentimental heirlooms, digital assets, and personal notes for the next generation. She also shares why she connects clients to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint and what her years as a CFGF trustee have taught her about legacy in Flint and Genesee County.

Learn more about estate planning or connect with the Community Foundation of Greater Flint at cfgf.org. If you're a Trusted Advisor wanted to network with other professionals and CFGF, visit cfgf.org/tag.

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In this episode of Philanthropy Speaks, we revisit a workshop the Community Foundation of Greater Flint co-hosted this summer called A More Perfect Union: From Isolation to Intersectionality, held as the nation approached the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Host Lynn Williams, Director of Equity and Community Engagement at the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, sits down with Delma Jackson III, founder of the Sankofa Project for Social Justice and senior fellow at the Center for Whole Communities.

Jackson, a facilitator, writer, and lecturer on social justice who has brought his work to campuses and conferences across the country, grounds the conversation in Sankofa philosophy, the idea that the past lives with us in the present and guides how we build the future.

Tune in to learn how intersectionality connects histories of indigenous genocide, slavery, and Jim Crow, why Jackson argues a more perfect union cannot be built through denial, and what it really means to move from isolation toward solidarity. From somatic practice to street-level rebellion to the everyday work of checking our own biases, discover why Jackson believes justice work starts wherever you already are.

Learn more about the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation initiative at https://www.cfgf.org/trht and about the Sankofa Project for Social Justice at https://www.delmajackson.com.

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Content note: This episode includes discussion of gun violence, homicide, and the loss of loved ones, including children, which may be distressing for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.

In this episode of Philanthropy Speaks, we mark Gun Violence Awareness Month with a candid conversation about community safety in Flint and Genesee County. Host Moses Bingham, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, sits down with Dr. Kenyetta Dotson and Percy Glover, co-chairs of the Community Safety Collaborative (CSC).

Dotson, founder of WOW Outreach and community engagement lead at Michigan State University's C.S. Mott Department of Public Health, and Glover, a Flint native, national speaker on jail and judicial reform, and founder of Fair Voting Alliance, bring lived experience and real solutions to the table.

Tune in to learn why gun violence is a public health crisis, how community violence intervention (CVI) saves both lives and dollars, and why no act of care is ever too small. From mentoring young people to the CSC's community safety calendar and resource dashboard, discover how Flint residents are working together to prevent gun violence and build a safer community.

Learn more about the Community Foundation of Greater Flint and the Community Safety Collaborative at https://www.cfgf.org/impact/community-safety-collaborative.

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