“I do believe that we come from a rich history that says we might have little but when we pull it together, it’s a powerful force.”
—Kiahna Davis, founding member of African American Legacy Fund of Indianapolis

In this month’s episode of For Good, we learn from IUPUI’s Mays Institute for Diverse Philanthropy about the history of black philanthropy and members of the African American Legacy Fund of Indianapolis on the efforts underway to leave a legacy of giving in our community.
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Transcript of episode available below.

WHO YOU’RE LISTENING TO

* Tamara Winfrey-Harris – vice-president of community leadership & effective philanthropy at CICF
* Dr. Una Osili – advisory council member Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy at IUPUI’s Lilly School of Philanthropy
* Dr. Tyronne Freeman – advisory council member Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy at IUPUI’s Lilly School of Philanthropy
* Kiahna Davis  – steering committee and founding members of the African American Legacy Fund of Indianapolis
* Roderick Wheeler  – steering committee and founding members of the African American Legacy Fund of Indianapolis
* Nichelle Hayes – program specialist for the Center for Black Literature and Culture at the Indianapolis Public Library

DISCOVER MORE

* African American Legacy Fund of Indianapolis, a fund of CICF
* Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy at IUPUI’s Lilly School of Philanthropy
* Center for Black Literature and Culture at the Indianapolis Public Library

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TAMARA: Hello and welcome to For Good. I’m Tamara Winfrey-Harris, the vice president for community leadership and effective philanthropy at Central Indiana Community Foundation. I am excited to announce that we are recording today from the Center for Black Literature and Culture at the Central Library in Downtown Indianapolis. It’s an inspiring setting to discuss the impact of black philanthropy and what it has done to affect our community over generations.
I’m here first with Dr. Una Osili and Dr. Tyronne Freeman from the Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy at IUPUI’s Lilly School of Philanthropy. I’m very honored to sit on the board of advisors for the Mays Institute. Thank you both for joining me today. You both have very illustrious paths, and no one can probably talk about it better than you can. Can you introduce yourselves? We’ll start with you, Tyronne.
TYRONNE: Well I am a professor at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and I hail from New Jersey but I’ve been in Indianapolis since the mid 1990s. This is home now. I’ve raised my family here and this is where I’ve had my full engagement with the non-profit sector and with the study of philanthropy.
TAMARA:  And an author?
TYRONNE: And an author, yes, a forthcoming book under contract with the University of Illinois Press on Madam CJ Walker and black women’s philanthropy at the turn of the 20th century.