Request for Proposals: Outsourced Chief Technology Consultant and IT Systems Support

Deaconess Foundation is currently soliciting proposals from qualified individuals, firms, or teams to serve as an outsourced chief technology consultant and provide comprehensive ongoing IT support services for the Deaconess Foundation and the Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being. It is the Foundation’s desire to optimize these functions so that Deaconess staff can continue to focus on the Foundation’s mission. Prospective …

Request for Proposals: Communications and Public Relations

Deaconess Foundation is seeking a full-service communications and public relations agency/firm to assist the Foundation in the development and implementation of a strategic and sustainable multi-year communications plan aligned with the Foundation’s power-building strategy to advance child well-being through racial equity and public policy. The communications plan will include strategies to announce the hire of a new chief executive leader, …

January Newsletter | In America, Without Sanctuary

Without Sanctuary no one wants to discuss the war the war in america on everyone black or brown or poor there’s no refuge from the war so i live without sanctuary two-stepping back in time with no place to hide from the war the war in america on everyone black or brown or poor so we’re here without sanctuary as …

December Newsletter | In This Season of Advent

First giving honor to God from whom all blessings flow, and then to our ancestors on whose shoulders we stand, for if they had not been, we would not be. These words, shared by Mama Frances Jarnegan on countless occasions, continue to empower me and give me strength and courage to “come in my own way” as was often the …