As leaders in the nonprofit space, we have a unique opportunity to break down barriers and help connect communities from all walks of life to engage in a shared purpose. Read the full article on Volunteer Pro.
If there are those who want to remember the legacy of the Confederacy, if they want monuments, well, then, my body is a monument. Read the the full article on the New York Time’s.
Over the past few days, I have been thinking of George Floyd’s brutal murder by the police and of the protests happening in Minneapolis, nationwide, and globally, as I know many of you are. I am at a loss on what to do and how to support our Black friends and colleagues and family members who have constantly suffered under the pervasive violence of white supremacy and racism. Read the full article on NonProfit AF.
Ibram Kendi, one of the Nation’s leading scholars of racism, says education and love are not the answer: Founder of the new anti-racism centre at American University sees impact of policy, culture on black athletes. Read the full article on The Undefeated.
You would have to be living under a rock to have not heard the term systemic racism or institutional racism. It refers to how ideas of white superiority are embedded at a systemic or institutional level all over the USA (and, indeed, all over the world)… read the full article on Jayne Cravens Blog