Weekly Reads
“The challenges inherent to social impact work are unlikely to disappear. Yet there are specific mental health practices we can cultivate in our workplace to expand our behavioral possibilities, loosen our rigid narratives, and free up energy to seek meaningful systemic and cultural impact.” [more]
Enoch Li, Bearapy, and Daisy Rosales, Brio, for Stanford Social Innovation Review
“Because we value sustainability over symbolic gestures, EBCLC’s racial justice practice has progressed the organization: we infused racial equity within policy advocacy and human resources, we found strength in being accountable to our public commitments, and set up structures to ensure we move forward, not backward, in the necessary effort to dismantle the policing and carceral systems that impose disproportionate harm to communities of color.” [more]
Zoe Polk, East Bay Community Law Center, for the Center for Effective Philanthropy
“The information we gathered underscored the importance of valuing all stakeholders for their contributions to our work. It supported the idea that funders aren’t entitled to a community’s capital based on the grantee/funder relationships. ... When funders make requests of grantees and other partners, we need to fairly compensate them for the value they provide in acknowledgement of their expertise, lived experiences, and time and effort.” [more]
Kenneth Rainin Foundation
“We have made some progress toward leaving behind the charity mindset and exclusively White-held decision-making power, and have begun listening to new sources of wisdom beyond the traditional White male philanthropist. But we are not yet living in a liberated world where capital is distributed evenly and the leaders of our society reflect this country’s full spectrum of humanity.” [more]
Jocelynne Rainey, Brooklyn Community Foundation, and Lisa Pilar Cowan, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, for Nonprofit Quarterly
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