Last winter in our Nonprofit Workplace issue we promised that we would return to the largely overlooked topic of race in nonprofits. Impelled by our board of practitioner-advisors, who said, “we need this approached differently. This issue is about how power is held,” we have placed race in the larger context of democracy. During the
Does Racism in Motion Have to Stay in Motion?
Inertia or movement? Status quo or social change? It’s up to us to recognize how to shift the equation of race, space and power.
Missing Link
Immigration is no more a race-neutral issue than race is a purely domestic issue. Quiroz-Martínez shows where the analysis and movements need to work together.
Building Diversity in Organizations
Seventy organizations later—the Diversity Initiative shares how organizations generally approach this work.
If You Stop Rowing? You’ll Drift Back
This case study of a major television and radio production station, WGBH, points out the importance of keeping the oars in the water. An Interview with Marita Rivero and U.T. Saunders
Leading Change: Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island
What do you get when you add a dynamic woman of color as CEO to an organization conscious of the need to change?
Growing Beyond the “Usual Suspects:” The Colorado Progressive Coalition
Some cases are harder to crack—and some progressives are less open to change than you’d think.
Navigating PILOTs: Increased Pressure for “Voluntary” Nonprofit Tax Payments
Recession and local government budget squeezes have led city after city to turn to a tempting source of revenue: nonprofit property. How should you respond?
Who’s Afraid of a Small Blue Pill?
Certain foundations have been acting strangely calm lately—what are they on? Anthrop reveals the shocking truth.
Who Ya Gonna Call? (When Your Computer is Possessed)
Does your organization have its own ghostbuster? Here are some thoughts on figuring out how to gain more control over technology support.
From Passion to Practice: Providing Professional Development Opportunities for Constituents
The people most likely to care strongly about the success of your organization may be your largest untapped resource. The folks from Head Start share tips on supporting constituents as they become regular staff members of agencies.
Social Welfare After September 11
In 1991 off the New England shore, three systems combined to create the strongest single storm in recorded history. The colossal collision of “three pieces of energy” was a regenerated hurricane. This event, now known as the “Perfect Storm”—the title of a popular book and movie—was not acknowledged as a single phenomenon at the time. According to meteorologist David Epstein, “most meteorologists still refer to it as the no-name storm because it wasn’t given a name and it probably should have been.” Its power was unmistakable. Winds peaked at 100 miles an hour, and ocean waves of up to 100 feet and shore waves 30 to 40 feet high left devastation in their wake. Many of those who died in the course of this combined event were never found.