This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As nonprofit consultants, we’ve found the need for board guidance and support with regards to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) has been steadily growing over the years. When it…
Located in eastern Brooklyn, a culturally diverse and underserved community, East New York Farms! (ENYF!) operates two farms and two community gardens that work to provide solutions to pressing food-justice…
Despite decades of reform efforts, Black students’ educational experiences continue to be shaped by anti-blackness, the general or specific contempt for blackness, resulting in Black people not being seen as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recently, I had the incredible pleasure of attending the HBCU Climate Change Conference in New Orleans, LA, hosted by the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. I was humbled by the…
Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill last week that restricts how current events and America’s history of racism can be taught in Texas schools. It’s been commonly referred to as the…
Occupational segregation is defined as a group’s overrepresentation or underrepresentation in certain jobs or fields of work. This factsheet elaborates on how occupational segregation in the United States has contributed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The latest issue of brand new far-right magazine Compact repeats Candid racial equity numbers that include pledges, double counting, and in-kind giving to decry the “dizzying array” of foundations willing to throw “no-strings-attached money” at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When my career propelled me to leap from the world of dance to The Public Theater, the powerful impact and influence of reviews by critics became even more clear to me. Not only…
While Brittani Williams was busy working toward her bachelor’s degree, the student loan debt she was quickly accruing rarely crossed her mind. Her focus was on her coursework. A first-generation…
When Dr. Amy Barnhorst treats patients for mental illness in county jails, emergency rooms, and psychiatric hospitals, she sees more than the person standing before her. She takes in their life…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year marks the 5th anniversary of Black Maternal Health Week. This week brings light to the disheartening disparities of Black birthing families that are most impacted by the US…
“Traditionally, advocacy has been a few people speaking on behalf of others. But…it is also about movement building and power building, grassroots engagement, and community organizing. It is about people…