Think about the last time you spoke your mind in a meeting without worrying about tone. Or dressed casually without wondering if you’d be seen as ‘unprofessional.’ Or corrected someone without fear of being labeled ‘aggressive.’ That’s privilege. Now imagine if every one of those moments required you to think before doing. That’s what PoC do on the daily.
Essay Archives
My letter to Edgar (A Mexican man whose first language is English) about the adverse effects of assimilation
But why does it feel like achieving the American dream equates to shedding the best things about our culture, the very culture that makes us innovative thinkers, incredible leaders, and amazing people?
Building workplaces that embody kindness and care
By Mabel Colón, Anjali Mehta, and Valerie Neumark
As the third largest employment sector, the nonprofit sector certainly has come a long way in rethinking and reshaping workplace culture in the United States, but there’s more we can do to reduce the cycles of harm.
A statement regarding the three largest DAF sponors’ halt on grant-making to the Southern Poverty Law Center
We call on these organizations, who altogether hold over $100 billion in donor-advised funds, to stop complying in advance. Compliance in advance helps authoritarianism grow. “On a quiet day”: What cumulative grief is trying to tell our sector
Cumulative grief does not resolve through individual effort. It becomes more bearable in community. When we can name it together, sit with it together, and refuse to let it harden into cynicism together.
It’s time to stop chasing virality on social media
There is no need to meme-ify your mission to chase down a million three-second views. Instead, work on cultivating an internet presence that is credible, and scannable.
“Nothing you’ll miss”: The ethical cost of going rogue to fund the vision
Funding decisions made while we experience urgency and trauma can carry invisible ethical costs. These costs only become clear after they have reshaped our values, our communities, and us. So I ask again: How far will you go to secure the funding to make your vision of the future real?
CCF Content at AFP ICON
Why CCF Family Reunion is different from other conferences: We’re leaning into abundance to create a movement-building moment
No, you can’t decolonize philanthropy, Part 2: But we can fund acts of decolonizing and repair
Decolonization does not have a synonym. It is a very literal refusal and re-creation. It is not a swappable term for improving schools, societies… nor a philanthropic foundation.
No, you can’t decolonize philanthropy, Part 1: A closer look at colonialism and decolonization
…the terms “decolonization” and “decolonizing” continue to rise into the mainstream of the nonprofit sector, yet their meaning is often diluted into a soft synonym for inclusion or diversity. As if we could simply sprinkle a bit of our colour and culture onto the white walls of charities and foundations and call it liberation.