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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

Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, explains the new roles like this, “An integrated strategic plan gives everyone in the organization a voice, especially the professionals from marketing and membership. What has changed over time? What has changed over time? What is changing in our industry?

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New Technology Developed to Amplify Community Voices for the Media

Non Profit Quarterly

The Local Voices Network (LVN), developed by the nonprofit Cortico in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab , is bringing people together to share their perspectives with each other and with a small electronic “digital hearth” that records their every word. Cortico’s “digital hearth”. July 8, 2019; Nieman Lab. Julie Euber.

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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. Fast forward to today….

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Change Management: 3 Steps to Make Change a Reality at Your Nonprofit

Saleforce Nonprofit

As a nonprofit leader guiding your staff through changes over the last two years, you might have investigated change management. Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change.