All For NC Newsletter
Insights and Updates from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
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A Note from Joy
Greetings,
September and October are some of the most rewarding months of the year at ZSR. We’ve been on the road, meeting with hundreds of grant applicants who are working tirelessly to address the enormous challenges we’re facing in the state.
As you and I both know, nonprofit work isn’t for the faint of heart. Nonprofit leaders often enter the work because of their relentless passion, and they work non-stop.
A huge challenge for the field is that the need our communities face will almost always outpace our ability to meet it. In other words, there is always more work to do. But always working can make us exhausted, resentful and ineffective.
To be effective change agents, we must make space for rest.
At ZSR, we encourage experienced nonprofit leaders to take that rest through our sabbatical program. Every other year, ZSR offers paid sabbaticals to up to five nonprofit leaders.
We are currently accepting applications until Friday, November 3, 2023, from applicants who wish to take sabbaticals next year.
If you’re an experienced nonprofit leader in NC who could use a break, I hope you’ll check out the program and apply. We consider rest and rejuvenation critical to our shared mission to build a better NC.
All For NC,
Joy Vermillion Heinsohn
Executive Director
Get Inspired
Stories of hope and action from ZSR grantees and partners
- The Museum of the Cherokee Indian is now the Museum of the Cherokee People. Announced on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the new name is more inclusive and honors all three federally recognized Cherokee tribes. The museum’s designer also wrote a beautiful reflection on the inspiration behind the new branding.
- Some encouraging news in the new state budget: NC will now cover school meals for all kids who are eligible for reduced-price lunches. The School Meals for All NC Coalition calls this an “important incremental step” toward providing school meals for all kids at no charge, which helps prevent child hunger, boost academic success and keep kids out of meal debt.
- The state budget included provisions that will allow more people who are incarcerated and seriously ill to spend their last days with their loved ones at home. While the criminal legal system needs significant reform, Disability Rights NC, Conservatives for Criminal Justice Reform and other advocacy groups agree that this is a positive step.
- This month NC Child released new data on child well-being for each county in NC. Statewide, there were improvements in prenatal and perinatal outcomes, improvements in the percentage of children without health coverage and a slight decrease in childhood poverty, largely because of COVID-era policies that helped families and kids.
- If you're interested in having a member of the NC Child team present the data for your county or region at your next meeting, please contact [email protected].
- Emancipate NC is bringing public attention to the plight of two kids who were facing felony charges in adult court after a run-in with a police officer. Emancipate NC works tirelessly to call out the injustice inherent in mass incarceration and gives voice to the urgent need for reform in the legal system.
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