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Changemakers BlogJune 13, 2018

Community Organizations Can Break Your Heart. Here’s How We Can Change This.

Denechia Powell, RVC Fellow, Families of Color Seattle I’ve learned a hard truth while working and volunteering at community-based organizations (CBOs) over the past decade: Community

Changemakers BlogMay 23, 2018

Holistic Operations Support: A Cure for Time Poverty?

By Kristine Maramot, Operations Support Program Manager at Rainier Valley Corps This year, Rainier Valley Corps (RVC) expanded our mission of holistic capacity-building. One way we’re

Changemakers BlogMay 14, 2018

Let’s change how we define perfect

I want you to do me a favor. Take a moment — and imagine what life would look like if you refused society’s nagging practice of forcing definitions onto you. It’s hard to do, right? One of the greatest tricks societal expectations plays on us is that it “rigs” the “game” of life with false and diametrically opposing options …

Changemakers BlogMay 2, 2018

How Can We Create Ideal, Inclusive, and Harmonious Workspaces?

As a Black woman in America who often works under conditions of oppression, I have been thinking a lot about the kinds of work spaces I would feel welcome in and benefit from because I have previously been in work spaces that were not conducive to growth and learning …

Changemakers BlogApril 4, 2018

How to Tell Compelling Stories While Avoiding Savior Complex and Exploitation

Last month, the RVC fellows completed a training on Storytelling and Nonprofit Communication. The training was led by Nikkita Oliver, organizer, educator, lawyer, and poet. I

Changemakers BlogMarch 28, 2018

Three Strategies for Decolonizing Nonprofits from a Black Queer Feminist Organizer

I’m critical of nonprofits, but only because I know we can do better. I began volunteering and working at nonprofits after becoming disenchanted by the Great

Changemakers BlogMarch 21, 2018

Building Mentorship Programs for People of Color

It’s incredibly important to have a mentor at ALL points of your career and life. And, I mean ALL points. Even if you have 30 years

Changemakers BlogMarch 14, 2018

If I’m going to mess up in 2018, I’m going to make it look sexy: Embracing Failure

Ever wanted to try something new, but felt incapable of accomplishing it? Maybe you’ve wanted to master the skill of coding. Perhaps you have been procrastinating

Changemakers BlogMarch 7, 2018

Hiring Fundraisers to Serve Communities of Color – Part 3: Experiences of Fundraisers of Color Podcast

In our final installment of this series, we are bringing you a different style of post. We interviewed over 12 fundraisers, working in the Seattle area.

Changemakers BlogFebruary 28, 2018

Working Twice As Hard to Get Half as Far: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Conducting Evaluation Research for Communities of Color

I still remember one of the first times I realized the political power of being a person of color. I was in college with a diverse

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