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Join philanthropist and former teacher Liz Simons as she leads a conversation about impactful educational philanthropy in the Smithsonian’s 2020 POWER OF GIVING symposium. Panelists include Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute; Bob Hughes, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s director of K-12 Education; and Dr. Na’ilah Suad Nasir, president of the Spencer Foundation.
THE POWER OF GIVING symposium is part of the National Museum of American History’s Philanthropy Initiative. To view other POWER OF GIVING videos, visit the Philanthropy Initiative’s YouTube Playlist at: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZxSSLX6InCQl0mjMfeFNDXHRR150CldH
For more on the Philanthropy Initiative, visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/philanthropy.
Join philanthropist and former teacher Liz Simons as she leads a conversation about impactful educational philanthropy in the Smithsonian’s 2020 POWER OF GIVING symposium. Panelists include Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute; Bob Hughes, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s director of K-12 Education; and Dr. Na’ilah Suad Nasir, president of the Spencer Foundation.
THE POWER OF GIVING symposium is part of the National Museum of American History’s Philanthropy Initiative. To view other POWER OF GIVING videos, visit the Philanthropy Initiative’s YouTube Playlist at: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZxSSLX6InCQl0mjMfeFNDXHRR150CldH
For more on the Philanthropy Initiative, visit: https://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/philanthropy.










