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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 Recession; politicized by gender […]

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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. We asked them to […]

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Nonprofits, you need to pay your creatives!

Creatives, including visual artists, musicians, graphic designers, dancers, and more, young and old, spend years, decades, and/or lifetimes perfecting their craft. Their work is beautiful, entertaining, inspiring, and most of […]

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Yellow Peril, Where You At?

This isn’t new (or maybe it is for some of y’all) but I’ve been cycling between being surprised, frustrated, tired, contemplative, and frustrated of East Asians reiterating white narratives. “I’m […]

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Equity Fatigue and How It Affects Leaders of Color

  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 […]

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Talking About Race, Social Justice, and Equity as a Person of Color During a Job Interview

Over two years ago, during my interview at RVC, I was asked “RVC’s work centers on communities of color. How would you ensure your capacity-building approach is equitable?” This question […]

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5 Ways to Use Social Media in an Equitable Way

            Social media is a powerful tool nonprofit organizations use to communicate with the public. It is important that we, as social media managers, think […]

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