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10 Steps Towards a Thriving Organizational Culture

Ananda Valenzuela

Now that RVC has a formal Co-Executive Director structure, that tends to be what people focus on. While our Co-EDs are an important part of the picture, the truth of […]

Impact Stories…featuring RVC Staff!

RVC

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 our work that shows […]

Annual Report 2021-2022

Rae

Read our 2021-2022 Annual Report to learn about RVC’s year of intentionality. RVC has been able to make possible with your support: ✨ 4th Cohort of Community Impact Fellows! ✨ […]

2022 Staff Learning & Celebration!

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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 our distributed leadership structure […]

Fund Our Futures 2022

Rae

✨Our annual year-end fundraising campaign is here!✨ This year, we put a little extra oomph into our campaign launch and got over our shyness to share a short video as […]

Decisions, Decisions: Choosing the Right Decision-Making Approach for Your Organizational Culture

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“I’m almost scared to say this, but… sometimes it feels like in the social justice world it’s been decided that the most equitable way to make decisions is by consensus. […]

Ese Espacio Entre Medio: Navegando la Transición entre las Organizaciones Dirigidas por Voluntaries y las Organizaciones Dirigidas por Personal Remunerado

Ananda Valenzuela

Recently, RVC was working with a partner organization that was in the midst of moving from a volunteer-led to a staff-led structure. So we revisited an older yet still very […]

Partner Highlight: Collective Justice NW

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Is there something new that your team has been working on that you’d like folks in the community to know about? Last month, Collective Justice completed five Community HEAL Circles […]

🥾The Fellowship Journey Continues⛰️ 🎊 BIG CONGRATS 🎊 to the 2022-2024 Community Impact Fellows for successfully finishing out the 5-week intensive Leadership Institute as they continue on their journey to […]

Liberatory Decision-Making: How to Engage in a Healthy Process

Ananda Valenzuela

Have you ever been in a group that’s trying to make a decision, and struggling? Something as simple as choosing a restaurant for dinner can become incredibly frustrating. The same […]

Partner Highlight: One Vibe Africa

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This month, you may have jammed out with our Partner Organization, One Vibe Africa, at Madaraka Festival 2022 at Pier 62! In addition to hosting amazing live music performances that […]

Ask Me Anything: Shalom Cook (she/her), Capacity Building Lead

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We are excited to welcome Shalom Cook (she/her) to our team! Shalom has joined RVC as a Capacity Building Lead. Read her full interview below to learn more about the power […]