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Philanthropy must prioritize elevating and including Black voices

Candid

These donors had various motives for supporting abolition, however it rarely involved creating an equitable society that included Black people nor supported continual policy and societal change. Philanthropic efforts for the Black community haven’t changed much since the abolitionist movement.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. What voices are not well represented at the table that we want to ensure have a presence in our work? Create structure. However, structure does not have to mean rigidity.

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Amplifying Female Voices: Strategies for Equitable and Inclusive Grantmaking

sgEngage

Like many diversity efforts, including women’s voices in grantmaking decisions—particularly women from historically marginalized groups—doesn’t often happen organically. Typically, it takes someone seeing a situation that needs to change and doing the work to change it. Artwork by Toya Beacham See Women and Girls. Intentionally.

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Are Marketing and Membership at Opposite Poles? Take the Journey to Collaboration

.orgSource

To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator. What has changed over time? What has changed over time? What is changing in our industry? Adjust to changing circumstances. What is the future that we want?

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Build a Board for the Digital Future

.orgSource

The faces change, but the concepts are entrenched. We’ve incorporated the structure that many groups say they want. Leaders and decision-makers should reflect those changes. Although diversity, equity, and inclusion have been on SAA’s agenda for a long time, it is a huge change that many groups need to address.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

sgEngage

Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Learning, we do naturally.

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. Overnight Reflection.