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We need to stop joking about the sad state of retirement security in nonprofit. It's no longer funny.

A couple of weeks ago, I asked the NAF Facebook community, “What are creative ways you are thinking of in terms of retirement? Me, collecting kitchen gadgets in hope that these cherry pitter and pickle grabber etc., will appreciate in value!” The comments that came back were hilarious, because this

Donor Relations

Gatekeeper Fragility, aka Meta-Fragility, the Fragility Around Others Being Too Fragile

Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that I’m having a Facebook Live update/AMA at 12:30pm PST on 10/22, so join if you’re free. Also, October 22nd is World Wombat Day, which I am proposing we turn into World Wombat and Flu Shot Day, a magical

ED Life

Toxic Self-Marginalization: How our unconscious addiction to being underdogs harms our work

Hi everyone. This post is long and will deal with a serious topic that may rile you up. Lately, I’ve been seeing more and more of us who are supposed to be on the same “side” attack one another. “We progressives are eating our own” is a refrain I

Race, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion

Content creators, here’s an Equity Screen to use as you work on your next blog post, book, podcast, or video

A while ago, someone emailed me to ask for help getting word out on a blog post they wrote on a report about workplace satisfaction or something. I asked, “Did your report disaggregate data on employees of color?” They said no, sounding apologetic. This happens all the time, where diversity

Cultural Competency

We need to talk about the handwritten thank-you note

Hi everyone. Before we delve into today’s super exciting topic, in the spirit of ending the Nonprofit Hunger Games I am declaring this week to be Wear Another Nonprofit’s T-shirt Week. Let’s help promote one another’s organizations like the awesome unicorns of Equity that we are.

Grantwriting

The subtle racism of expecting people and communities of color to always get along

Hi everyone, before we get into this week’s topic, a quick shout out to colleagues at Momentum Nonprofit Partners in Memphis for taking a stand for equity on their job board by no longer accepting job postings for positions that pay less than $15, and also requiring all postings

Board Relations

Why more and more executive directors of color are leaving their positions, and what we need to do about it

Hi everyone. This post will be longer than normal, so to keep your attention, I've added pictures of pandas. The pandas have nothing to do with the content of this post. They are just pandas. Some of you may know, if you are on our mailing list, that

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If progressives want change, we must play the game differently. Here are five things we must do.

Hi everyone, apologies in advance, this post will be more serious and political than usual and I am sure will be polarizing. The Virginia Beach mass shooting has been on my mind. I am thinking of how New Zealand was able to pass gun-control bills within a matter of days

nonprofit field

The privilege to fail: How the benefits of trust and failure are not equitably distributed

Hi everyone, as usual, Game of Thrones is back on, with the Battle at Winterfell coming tonight, so the quality of this post may likely decrease. Don’t @ me, bro. Or whatever. See, I warned you. A while ago, I wrote “Is Equity the new coconut water?” which likened the

nonprofit field

Solutions Privilege: How privilege shapes the expectations of solutions, and why it’s bad for our work addressing systemic injustice

Hi everyone, quick disclaimers. Game of Thrones is back, and it runs on Sunday nights, when I’m usually doing my writing, so the next several blog posts will likely decrease in quality and coherence. The last few days also found my kids with food poisoning. I will spare you

nonprofit field

So you don’t think race, equity, diversity, and inclusion are relevant to your mission

Hi everyone, this post may be a little shorter than usual, due to a few few full-blown tantrums from my little ones over the course of the day. One involved a potty training accident that required a thorough hose-down in the bathtub. I am slightly frazzled and not very lucid.

We need to stop joking about the sad state of retirement security in nonprofit. It's no longer funny.

More Nonprofit Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Gatekeeper Fragility, aka Meta-Fragility, the Fragility Around Others Being Too Fragile

Toxic Self-Marginalization: How our unconscious addiction to being underdogs harms our work

Content creators, here’s an Equity Screen to use as you work on your next blog post, book, podcast, or video

We need to talk about the handwritten thank-you note

The subtle racism of expecting people and communities of color to always get along

Why more and more executive directors of color are leaving their positions, and what we need to do about it

If progressives want change, we must play the game differently. Here are five things we must do.

The privilege to fail: How the benefits of trust and failure are not equitably distributed

Solutions Privilege: How privilege shapes the expectations of solutions, and why it’s bad for our work addressing systemic injustice

So you don’t think race, equity, diversity, and inclusion are relevant to your mission