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.
Multimedia Archive
A love letter to the changemakers
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.
Beyond Philanthropy: Community-driven solutions
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.
Chrissplains Nonbinary Advocacy to Cisgender People, Topic: We’re here. We’re natural. We’re nonbinary. And we’re not going anywhere.
Trying to remove us from the public eye isn’t going to change the fact that we exist. And it’ll be nearly impossible to scrub us from history this time around… But it will make it so that not all of us survive until this onslaught of attacks end.
Why must the white cis nonprofit workers angry react to all my posts? Ep: Decipher between acting, allying, and accomplicing
White women, we need to talk. Specifically about Chappell Roan. Before y’all get big mad, I have to say that I am a fan. (I have to be. I’m a queer. It’s required.) I’m also a fan of how outspoken she’s been for Palestinian liberation.
Navigating Policy and Advocacy: Essential Skills for CCF Practitioners
Philanthropy is the love of humankind, the love of people. And we made it about money. We made it about power. But before the colonization, before the capitalism, before the patriarchy, we lived in community. We shared resources. We took care of the people.
Community Centric Fundraising (CCF) and Nonprofit Leadership
With Global Council members: Sommer Dawson and Rickesh Lakhani
“I took on a role as executive director… came on board and realized that there’s no way that I can kind of shift from being a community-centric fundraiser to not being a community-centric leader, as an executive director. And I just have kind of embraced the role by sort of filtering all my decision making through the lens of community-centric fundraising.”
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.
Beyond Philanthropy: Disrupting Through Organizing #BringAFoldingChair
By Monique Curry-Mims and Valerie Johnson
In this episode, Monique and Valerie sit down with Vu Le, Creator of NonprofitAF and one of the Founders of Community Centric Fundraising, to discuss how nonprofits leaders need to grab a folding chair and organize to save our communities and how funders need to shift practices to do the same.
Beyond Philanthropy: Disrupting Fundraising
By Monique Curry-Mims and Valerie Johnson
In this episode, Monique and Valerie discuss the various aspects of Fundraising, how to move the practice forward, how to be more community-centric in your efforts, and how to educate donors throughout the process.
Why must the white cis nonprofit workers angry react to all my posts? Ep: Do your own internal labor and healing
White and cisgender folks in white- and cis-led organizations: your marginalized colleagues are already navigating an organization that was not made with them in mind. They don’t need to be navigating your hurt feelings or anxieties as well. Do your own internal work.
The Ethical Rainmaker: The Hidden Danger of Purity Culture, ft. Lorraine Nibut
Purity culture is a form of supremacy and oppression — controlling and dictating how people express themselves, causing anguish and keeping us from our best work. Michelle and Lorraine Nibut talk about the many ways purity culture holds us down — and what we can do to fight back against it!