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It’s time allies step up by stepping back

Jul 14, 2025 | Essays, The Hub

By Frank Velásquez Jr.

…in this moment, the student suddenly felt, with no reservation, empowered to teach on a subject – a subject he himself has said that he is still learning. This is white privilege in its truest form.

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Where do we go from here? Introducing the Social Change Ecosystem as a framework for Community-Centric Fundraising

Jul 7, 2025 | Essays, The Hub

By Rachel D’Souza

If we know that we cannot — and should not — be everything to everyone, how will we get our communities what they need while preserving our energy for the long fight ahead? Now is the time to radically reimagine what could be when we embrace our role in the Social Change Ecosystem.

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Once upon a whisper in the wind: A CCF origin story

Jul 2, 2025 | Multimedia, The Hub, Videos

By Dāna James and Naseem Kapdi

Once upon a time—not in a castle, but in a fogged-up café tucked away in Seattle—nine fundraisers gathered around a wobbly table, laughter too loud for the space, mugs clinking instead of glasses.

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The catalyzing synergy of anger and hope

Jun 30, 2025 | Essays, The Hub

By Kelly Phipps

…what’s gotten me out of bed and into a posture of action is when I can both acknowledge and grieve for what’s at stake, and hold tight to what’s possible. In these types of conditions, to hope is to resist.

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If we have to work to support our families, work should support our families: a call for Paid Family Leave across the sector

Jun 23, 2025 | Essays, The Hub

By Kate Greenhouse

…as of March 2023, only 27% of civilian workers had access to paid family leave through their employer. Among the lowest-paid people, that number shrinks to just 6%. Cue the mom rage.

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How are we living our CCF value of courage in this moment?

Jun 16, 2025 | Essays, The Hub

By Abigail Oduol

I ask all of us to reflect on that value of courage and consider: How are we living up to our value of courage in this space, context, and moment? And how are we falling short of living up to our value of courage in this space, context, and moment?

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A love letter to the changemakers

Jun 11, 2025 | Multimedia, Poetry, The Hub, Videos

By Marisa DeSalles

I am the living, breathing embodiment of the highest dreams of all my ancestors and you are too, because I am a changemaker. And so are you. 

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Keep your “love is love” and other platitudes: 5 things individuals, organizations, and foundations can do this Pride month

Jun 9, 2025 | Essays, The Hub

By Chris Talbot

This year, I don’t want to see a single “ally” say “love is love,” or “love wins,” or “all you need is love,” or any other trite, pointless, platitude. (I never want to see these, but especially not this year.)

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Beyond Philanthropy: Community-driven solutions

Jun 4, 2025 | Multimedia, Podcasts, The Hub

By Monique Curry-Mims and Valerie Johnson

In this episode, Valerie sits down with Andrea Arenas and Michelle Shireen Muri, current consults and members of the Founding Council of Community-Centric Fundraising, to talk about reimagining philanthropy through community-driven solutions.

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The exhausting art of making others comfortable

Jun 2, 2025 | Essays, The Hub

By Shama Shams

When we lean into discomfort with open hearts and curious minds, we become more capable of seeing the full humanity in others—and in doing so, we become better advocates, better allies, and better people.

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The purge and the purpose: Saying goodbye to those abandoning justice in nonprofit work

May 26, 2025 | Essays, The Hub

By Esther Saehyun Lee

Regarding the folks softening their language, prioritizing their comfort, and claiming a sudden reduction in risk capacity—let them go. One of the more nefarious dangers to justice movements is precisely the white moderate. And this sector has a tendency to reward and celebrate them.

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World-building at world’s end: Our responsibility at the precipice of catastrophe

May 19, 2025 | Essays, The Hub

By Alli Rolle

Here we are fragile, but not yet broken. Here we are rallying in defiance. Here we are with our ancestor’s breath fresh in our lungs. We are at this moment together. We are facing this moment with eyes wide open. It is now that we summon the screams in our chest. It is now that those sounds must create anew.

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