How I worked to combat Power Hoarding by sharing my non-profit’s charity status and institutional power to support smaller grassroots groups and collectives.
The Hub
Ways whiteness shows up in CCF to the detriment of everyone (including white folks), part 1: “Do something about her.”
Who wants to stick around long-term when your transformative energies are being used to quell white nonsense? I don’t have endless energy for that.
The Absurd Hierarchy of Culture
The Absurd Hierarchy of Culture is meant to consider ideas of value within the context of the human experience and the profound contradictions and arbitrary value systems embedded in the arts.
It’s time to throw away the spoons. Employers don’t get it.
As a person with multiple invisible disabilities, I’m sick of explaining the spoon theory. When you have service for 200 in your pocket, you’re probably not going to understand those who have to wait for their three spoons that are stuck in a rinse cycle.
If I could put sexworker on my resume…
Requiring a college degree narrows a hiring pool to those who have access to a college education and can lend to a homogenous candidate pool, which will be reflected in the staff makeup. An organization pursuing equity can look beyond bureaucratic requirements and checkboxes to value a wide array of lived experiences.
The myth of inherent good: Why the non-profit sector operates in an illusion of its own making
The basis of our work, our motivations, is rooted in a desire for change. We seek to create a world that is more equitable and just, but more often than not, we miss the mark. The truth is that the non-profit sector has as long of a history of harm as it does of good.
Your 9-step guide to ditching donor-centricity to actually effect systemic change
In a world where “doing good” has become a marketable commodity, an ESG metric, or an acceptable defense against valid criticism, nonprofit leaders must take time to reflect on the role we play in the Nonprofit Industrial Complex (NPIC).
Navigating complex partnerships: Or why I talk to prison staff the same way I talk to corporate donors
What do you do if it seems like your funder or prospective partner is inherently opposed to your approach to meeting your mission?
The ultimate equity test: Reliance on unpaid labor
Among the most egregious practices that cause nonprofit organizations to fail the equity test is a reliance on unpaid labor. What’s even more concerning is that this is most common among professional development organizations.
Four insights and five key steps for more equitable nonprofit governance
Those of us who work closely with nonprofit boards or serve on boards know that a high percentage of boards are not working. And the challenges in terms of the stresses that boards are experiencing (racial injustice, inequities, workplace burnout, uncertainty in the larger economic environment) have increased over the past few years.
What the mini-series Secret Invasion can teach us about allyship and restoration when we’ve caused harm
Let’s dig into what Secret Invasion has to teach us about allyship journeys, building bridges and navigating internal community dynamics, and potential paths to restoration when you’ve done harm as an ally.
Harnessing the Law of Oneness for Community-Centric Fundraising
The Law of Oneness can be applied to all the principles of CCF. I welcome you to journal, sing, draw, meditate, or otherwise reflect on your own about each of the principles and how you are one with them (as well as everyone else who is applying them or not to this collective work).