Closing, dissolving, or sunsetting. Whatever you call it, it’s one of the hardest choices a nonprofit can make. One of our partner organizations, Renton Innovation Zone Partnership (RIZP) sat down with their RVC program manager Miko Pugal to talk about their decision to close, reflect on their wins, and share about some big takeaways from their leadership structure.
What drew you to RVC? I was looking for a place that resonated with who I am and where I was in life – a space that already existed in […]
The question of equity and justice in Palestine and Israel Beloved community, We cry and grieve with our communities who are impacted by the ongoing violence in Gaza. We send […]
Welcome to our first Community Solutions blog, a place where we will periodically explore the important work RVC partners are doing to transform communities! Today’s conversation centers around Restorative Justice […]
In a culture, and a sector, where urgency can be the name of the game, taking an intentional pause can be as rewarding as it is rare. Explore the impact […]
Last year, RVC made a big shift as an organization and moved into a shared leadership structure with four co-Executive Directors taking on hybrid roles (both in programs and as […]
RVC is not a perfect organization. We’ve struggled our way through so many weird and unexpected challenges. Building something so different from the mainstream nonprofit has resulted in both wild […]
1. What drew you to RVC? So I learned about RVC a couple of years ago, and I thought, “Wow, it’s so cool that an organization does this,” because I’ve […]
Dayjha McMillan (they/she) is a fellow in the Community Impact Fellowship ‘22-’24 cohort. She’s also a recently published co-author of the essay, “ACAB Means Abolishing the Cop in Our Heads, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
