1. What drew you to RVC? So I learned about RVC a couple of years ago, and I thought, “Wow, it’s so cool that an organization
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Community Impact Fellows Blog Round-Up!
RVC is invested in developing thought-leaders who offer innovative, informed, and culturally rooted reflections on the biggest challenges our communities face. Too often our communities’ stories
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Taking Another Look at “Work Culture”
To be totally honest, I’m tired, and not just because of daylight savings time. Is it because grassroots, nonprofit work is hard work, even when you
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Breaking Generational Cycles Through Education and Prevention
Every new school semester, I find myself at the front of the class, looking out at the new faces of the 9th graders as we dive
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Community Leadership in Climate Action
The greatest threat to life on our planet right now is climate change, which is already taking place. Fortunately, there are numerous and well-recognized answers to
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Learning My Lessons, One by One
The greatest pride I have in my life is being a mother. Whenever I think about what it is that embodies my forever journey as a
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Hi, my name is Penny, not Natalie
Let me explain. Most everyone who has ever known me calls me Penny. It’s how I introduce myself to the world and I’ve embodied and embraced
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Fellow Highlight: Dayjha McMillan
Dayjha McMillan (they/she) is a fellow in the Community Impact Fellowship ‘22-’24 cohort. She’s also a recently published co-author of the essay, “ACAB Means Abolishing the
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Impact Stories…featuring RVC Staff!
These are the 3 conversations (in comic form!) we shared through our Holiday Year-End campaign. We reflected on our own experiences as staff, on the transformative nature of
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2022 Staff Learning & Celebration!
And, that’s a WRAP! 2022 was a year of big challenges, surprises, learning, and growth at RVC. We moved into a shared executive leadership and deepened
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