September 13, 2012, Los Angeles

After a four-year hiatus, the California Association of Nonprofits conference is back! This year's California Nonprofit Policy Convention is an assembly of nonprofit leaders with thought-provoking views and insights on the crucial policy issues facing nonprofit organizations. You will play a key role as we discuss the current wave of issues impacting our state’s nonprofits.

• Join us in hearing keynote speaker Holly J. Mitchell, Assembly member of our state’s 47th congressional district, on how nonprofits and government need to work together
• Meet our new CEO - Jan Masaoka

Just a sample of other sessions:

• What does health care reform mean for nonprofits as employers?
• How will Propositions 30 and 38 affect nonprofits if they are passed? (Debate)
• Looking at the foundation-nonprofit relationship
• Ask a Nonprofit Lawyer
• Foundation CEO panel

Speakers confirmed include:

• Jim Canales, President, James Irvine Foundation
• Kim Klein, Nonprofits Talking Taxes
• Jeanne Bell, CEO, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
• Cara Underwood, Southern California Grantmakers
• Stewart Kwoh, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
• Bill Somerville, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
• R. Todd Johnson, Jones Day
• Ashley McCumber, Meals on Wheels of San Francisco
• Jan Masaoka, California Association of Nonprofits

A key feature of the convention is discussion about what the California Association of Nonprofits should be doing to support nonprofits. Help us design our future together. Registration is open now and space is limited. Fees are affordable: $50 for members and $100 for non-members. As a nonprofit leader, you play a key role in shaping our sector – let’s come together and discuss how a united sector can ignite change, strengthen communities and create a better California. More registration information can be found here or further below. We’ll see you at the convention!