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Policy and Advocacy

The Tide is Surging: The No King Protests and the Beginning of the End of Fascism in the US

Hi everyone. Thank you for all your support when I announced the publication date of my new book last week. I really appreciate it, especially as I was overwhelmed with a feeling of inadequacy upon submitting the manuscript to my editor. Apparently, self-doubt and even dread are common in the

Policy and Advocacy

Resistance Is Working! A Roundup of Recent Wins!

Hi everyone, happy AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) month. If you’re free this Wednesday May 21st at 9am Pacific Time, here’s a great free virtual panel featuring Asian women entrepreneurs discussing the intersection of business and social justice. *** I hope you are hanging in there

Policy and Advocacy

What the heck is the Overton Window, and how can we use it to advance progressive goals?

Hi everyone, before we get started, our friends at the National Council of Nonprofits are sounding the alarm about the Republicans’ proposed tax bill, which the hope to pass by summer. If it passes, it will be very bad for our sector and the people we serve. It includes allowing

Funder Relations

Funders, here’s the blueprint for saving democracy

Two weeks ago, I met with a colleague who was invited to a convening of funders in Seattle. He reported that the funders present were wringing their hands, unsure of what their foundations should be doing to respond to the rapid dismantling of democracy and the exponential increase in suffering

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National orgs must step up to help nonprofits and our communities as we face this fascist sh!tstorm

About 15 years ago, I was invited to speak on a panel at a conference run by a large, well-funded national organization whose mission was to represent the entire nonprofit sector. The entry fee for this 3-day conference was $2200, which my org with a budget of $500K couldn’t

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It's Time for Left-Leaning Funders to Fully Fund and Engage in Political Warfare

Hi everyone, this week is my birthday, when I'm officially a year older. But joke’s on the universe, since I’ve always looked ten years older than my biological age! If you’d like to help me celebrate, please donate $44 (or whatever you can afford) to

Policy and Advocacy

Nonprofit and philanthropy and our white moderate tendency to obey tyranny in advance

Next week, because the universe has a perverse sense of humor, we have MLK Jr. Day on the same day as the Inauguration. One of the brightest lights for equity and justice sharing the same day with one of the most effective catalysts for hate, racism, misogyny, and injustice that

Policy and Advocacy

Actions you can take to stop "Nonprofit-Killer Bill," (HR 9495), now that it's passed through the House and is on its way to the Senate

Hi everyone, a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned HR 9495, a bill that would allow the Trump administration to declare any nonprofit it doesn’t like a “terrorist-supporting organization” and remove its tax status, without any due process. It gets even scarier with the possibility of the Trump administration

Funder Relations

The WRONG lessons we've been learning from this political nightmare, and the RIGHT ones we should learn instead

Hi everyone, a couple of things before we get started. If you’re free on next Tuesday December 3rd at 1pm Pacific and are interested in learning about shared leadership, check out this free webinar by the National Center to Advance Peace for Children, Youth, and Families. There will be

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How hyper-localism in nonprofit and philanthropy has become a barrier to justice and equity

A few weeks ago, I came back from a trip to Kenya to learn about and discuss global aid, specifically how colonization and imperialism and their legacy have created a system of global aid wrapped in patriarchy and white supremacy. It was my first time on the continent, and it

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Nonprofits and foundations, time to ramp up our voter engagement and election work!

Hi everyone, it’s my birthday this week (March 12). If you’d like to help me celebrate, please donate to organizations such as the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, and continue advocating for a permanent ceasefire, a restoration of UNRWA funding, and a free Palestine. Meanwhile, if you’re

Policy and Advocacy

Join the global strike this week for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Hi everyone. This post will be short. This week, January 21st to 28th, activists, led by Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda, are calling for a global strike to push for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. In Bisan's words: "Strike from the economic movements, work and your normal life