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***Vu’s new book, Reimagining Nonprofits and Philanthropy: Unlocking the Full Potential of a Vital and Complex Sector, comes out October 14th. Pre-order your copy*** Hi everyone, I am on a plane bound for Vietnam from Tokyo. A couple of announcements before we get started: I’m taking my yearly
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Hi everyone, if you’re free on June 5th at 10am Pacific Time, my friend and colleague, Ananda Valenzuela, will be leading a FREE virtual workshop called “Exploring Power Dyamics and Principled Accountability.” It’ll be bilingual in English and Spanish. Register here. Last week, I attended a production of
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I know everyone has been on edge, anticipating the Executive Orders that are coming this week, possibly even today, that are targeted to devastate the nonprofit sector, including targeting climate-focused organizations, punishing organizations that fund or do work abroad, revoking the tax status of organizations like Harvard that refuse to
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The Trump administration has already started attacking nonprofits, two months before they’re even in office. You may have heard of the bill (H.R. 9495) that would allow the government to terminate the tax-exempt status of nonprofits by giving the Secretary of Treasury the authority to designate any org
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Hi everyone, I've been reeling the past several days after the elections, as I'm sure many of you have been and still are. I found myself unmotivated and uninspired, dealing with waves of dread and anxiety. Luckily, the those waves were often beaten back by even
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Hi everyone, I am sick to my soul. I write to process my feelings, but I am not sure how coherent I will be. Once again, our racist and misogynistic country proves just how racist and misogynistic it is. It revels in cruelty and ignorance, electing a convicted felon, rapist,
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Hi everyone, this week, on October 24th at 12pm Pacific Time, I’ll be in discussion on the topic of imposter syndrome with Esther Saehyun Lee and Aleeka Morgan. It’s FREE; captions enabled. Register here. Read Esther’s essay “You’re not feeling imposter syndrome, you are an imposter:
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Hi everyone, the virtual rally to get nonprofits better representation within the White House, and ideally the Harris administration, has been changed from October 24th to October 17th at 4:30pm Pacific Time, so please note that in your calendar. It’s free; register HERE. Over the past four years,
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Hi everyone, if you're free this week on September 26th at 4:30pm Pacific Time, please join White House Includes Nonprofits (WHIN)'s virtual gathering to rally the sector to support Harris/Walz and to push for nonprofits to have a seat at the table in the
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[Image description: A fluffy puppy being embraced by a kitten. In the background is a white heart-shaped jigsaw puzzle with the word Love written on it in red. Image by adamtepl on Pixabay] Hey everyone. If you are on LinkedIn, you may have seen posts by two of my favorite
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Hi everyone, over the past two months, my blog traffic plummeted. Though I was still writing each week, no one was reading, even when they included the usual picture of cute baby animals. Feeling betrayed, I started plotting a sector-wide scheme of revenge. But it turns out that none of
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Hi everyone, I've been having issues with the email notification system, which is why email subscribers hadn't been getting notices for the past two months! I'm working to resolve it, and I think it's been fixed now, thanks to the tech experts.