Building relationships is hard. Working with and through institutions is even harder. Collaborative and collective partnerships, where resources and ideas move freely between partners, is essential for sustaining and expanding community-based work. This workshop explores ways for cultivating strong relationships with funders and community and institutional partners. Participants will leave with a concrete set of approaches for building relationships and collaborative projects that leverage collective strengths to make the most of limited resources. 

m (they/them/she/he) has served in leadership roles at Incite since its inception in 2012. m has managed more than three dozen grant-funded projects and annual budgets in excess of $5 million. They play a leadership and project design role on several projects, including as Publisher for Logic(s) Magazine, the Human Rights Campaign Oral History project, the Obama Presidency Oral History project, and Assembling Voices. They have also played a critical role in building relationships with community partners and cultural arts organizations. They are director of an emerging initiative called Queerly, where they work with dozens of queer artists to produce shows and works as m-f².