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01 25 12"To Kill a Mockingbird" Panel Discussion
"To Kill a Mockingbird" Panel Discussion
Arkansas Repertory Theatre producing artistic dire...
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01 23 12The Ultimate Weapon of Mass Construction
Louie Psihoyos
Filmmaker Louie Psihoyos is director of the 2009 O...
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01 11 12How to Become a Nonprofit Rockstar
Trista Harris
Trista Harris discusses her book, "How to Become a...
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12 06 11Fighting Poverty with Empowerment
Patrick Woodyard
Woodyard discusses how businesses, NGOs and non-pr...
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12 05 11Death to the BCS
Jeff Passan
Yahoo! Sports columnist Jeff Passan discusses his ...
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12 02 11The Philanthropy in All of Us
Clare Mungai
A native of Nairobi, Kenya, Clare Mungai gives a C...
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11 30 11The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak
Randy Fertel
Author Randy Fertel discusses his book, "The Goril...
show bio Suzanne Siskel
Suzanne Siskel, the Director of Social Justice Philanthropy at the Ford Foundation, has been with the foundation since 1990. A former Fulbright and Luce scholar, Ms. Siskel worked on rural poverty and development in both Indonesia and the Philippines before her work at the Ford Foundation. Trained as a social anthropologist, Ms. Siskel has taught at Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University in the United States and Brawijaya University and Airlangga University in East Java, Indonesia.
Philanthropy's Transformational Potential
Date: 9/3/2009
A visiting scholar at the Clinton School’s Center on Community Philanthropy, Suzanne Siskel discusses the transformational power of philanthropy. Using modern day examples, such as the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Ms. Siskel emphasizes the importance of collaboration to any meaningful social change.
