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We Support Survivors! But are we ready to be accountable?

By Uma Rao, RVC’s Former Capacity Building Coach Readers, I offer this to you right away: This post might raise more questions than offer solutions. Hang in there, and stay […]

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So You’re Asked to Represent Your Community

3 Ways to Answer the Question, “Do I have capacity for that?” By Uma Rao, Rainier Valley Corps Capacity Building Coach In my work as a Capacity Building Coach, I […]

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Hey Nonprofit Sector, are you too thinking about #MeToo?

By Uma Rao, Rainier Valley Corps Capacity Building Coach Watching Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to our Supreme Court sent me spiraling to very angry places. Did this happen to you, too? […]

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Learning and Un-learning: How Does My Anger Serve Me?

I am a woman of color, who has been learning (and un-learning) to be unapologetically brown. Growing up in Virginia as a daughter of immigrants there were so many times […]

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Hiring Fundraisers to Serve Communities of Color–Part 2: How do I support my development director?

It’s time to hire a new Development Director! But didn’t we *just* do this? Our organizations see a lot of turnover in general, but development positions particularly see a high […]

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Hiring fundraisers to serve communities of color – Part 1: Where are all the fundraisers of color?

Last month, we released a blog post about hiring white folks to serve communities of color, which resulted in lots and lots of comments from many of you–thank you for […]

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When we hire white folks to work in communities of color, it can get confusing.

I moved to Seattle in 2004 to work for an organization serving South Asian women and families. Being a South Asian woman myself, I was thrilled at the thought of […]

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