Webinar Flashback - Open Sourcing Social Change
Webinar – Open-Sourcing Social Change: Engaging networks for social justice and leadership development
August 19, 2013
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We Are Not Alone: Reflections on EPIP's PCN Gathering
This post was authored by Surabhi Pandit, Public Policy Fellow at the Council of Michigan Foundations, who shares with us her experiences at EPIP’s People of Color Network Gathering held in November 2013.
I always thought that the cliché phrase ‘you are not alone’ was often overused and never fully applicable to situations when I heard someone say it. When I participated in the EPIP People of Color Network’s gathering last month, I experienced a hodgepodge of unique and unusual feelings from start to finish—those of complete affirmation, solidarity, and camaraderie among complete strangers…and for the first time in a long time, I didn’t feel alone.
Read moreImplicit Bias Affects All of Us in Philanthropy
This post was authored by Chaletta Huertas, Program Officer at GMA Foundations, and appeared originally in the National Center for Family Philanthropy’s column, Voices from the Field.
Historically, only a small percentage of philanthropic dollars goes to communities of color, goes to organizations led by people of color, or comes from people of color. For many people, the word ‘philanthropist’ itself conjures up images of elderly white gentlemen in business suits. Has this changed much in today’s society which some would call ‘post-racial’?
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Leadership Lessons from Madiba, Newtown & Beyond: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest
Last weekend’s events were significant to many of us, myself included. The anti-apartheid and human rights leader, Nelson Mandela – known affectionately as Madiba – was laid to rest by the nation of South Africa. Closer to home, the small Connecticut town of Newtown grieved quietly and privately as our nation recognized the first anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.Globally, we’ve made progress toward improving the lives of the oppressed. I was fortunate to witness some of these gains firsthand during my travels to South Africa on the 10th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s election victory in 2004 and at soccer’s World Cup in 2010. The sense of accomplishment and unity across races was undeniable at both events.
Read moreReflections on EPIP's People of Color Network Gathering
This post was authored by Lydia Nylander, of the U.S. Department of Justice, who attended EPIP’s People of Color Network Gathering last month.
For me, November in Boston usually generates thoughts of unconscionable temperatures and an abrupt introduction to hypothermia. However, I can only feel that the unseasonable warm weather that greeted me at the EPIP People of Color Network (PCN) Gathering was a sign of how unorthodox my time at this session would turn out to be.
Read moreGiving and Receiving
This post was authored by Alison Hastings. Alison is an urban planner, a food system thinker and a people person. She's also an EPIP member in Philadelphia.
There’s no denying that we’re in the midst of the holiday season and earnest end-of-year donor appeals from many nonprofit organizations. Of all of the holidays, Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday.
Read moreBeans & Cornbread: YNPN and EPIP are still talkin’ ’bout power
This post was authored by Trish Tchume, Director of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN), and originally appeared on the YNPN Blog.
So it’s been about 9 months since you looked in your inbox and checked your Twitter feed, saw the words “Beans and Cornbread” for the first time, and thought:
“What the…?”
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