By Vu Le, Executive Director, Rainier Valley Corps With everything that has been going on in our country lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be […]
A few months ago, RVC had a karaoke throwdown with Social Justice Fund Northwest, initiated by our Capacity Building Coach Uma Rao. About 20 of us—staff and board members from […]
Does Starfleet provide a model the nonprofit sector should Boldly Go toward? Vu Le is a believer in strategic federated support of our individual starships.
After every training, we ask the fellows—all people of color—in our leadership program for feedback. Halfway through the program, a criticism that rose to the surface was that the […]
A few years ago I visited a Vietnamese community leader to get a letter of support for a grant proposal I was writing. It was for a project designed to […]
Hi everyone. Best and cutest news ever! Our Development and Communication Manager Jaleh gave birth to baby Zamara, aka “Billy,” last week! Congrats to Jaleh and Scott. Jaleh will take […]
One of the common complaints lobbed against the nonprofit sector is that we have too many nonprofits competing for resources. So when someone suggests that they might possibly be thinking […]
Hi everyone, this is Vu, RVC’s Executive Director. You may also know me as the guy who writes the blog nonprofitaf.com. The staff and I have talked and realized that […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR! A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE UNICORNS WHO MADE AN INVESTMENT TO RVC DURING OUR YEAR-END CAMPAIGN IN DECEMBER 2014! About RVC Rainier Valley Corps (RVC) […]
Background: Communities of color, especially immigrant and refugee communities, struggle to be heard on almost every important community issue. Nonprofit staff from these communities, especially those who are focused on […]
