Over the past few days, we have been watching the Twitter war play out between Alyssa Milano and those who felt she took liberties as an ally. Amid all that, Elena Perez of United Healthcare Workers West offered this wisdom-gathering guide to receiving redirection. This resource should be widely shared so defensive “noise” does not drown out learning or impede progress.
After a national and an intense local outcry, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute has reversed itself, issuing a statement about lessons learned. What might those lessons be?
A playbook seems to be emerging for managing one’s mega-nonprofit after charges of multiple instances of sexual abuse. BSA’s statement sounds eerily familiar to that of USAG’s when it filed for bankruptcy earlier this month.
Students offered the “golden ticket” of a full-ride scholarship were abruptly informed that a mistake had been made (so sorry) and they were on their own, but where was UT’s real accountability in all of this?
The more the church tries to gracefully find its way out with apologies absent real transparency and responsibility, the more moral and spiritual rot inevitably infects every fiber of the institution.
Emmett Carson, by many accounts, put growth above other considerations, so his assertion upon leaving the Silicon Valley Community Foundation that he remains proud that the foundation reflects the ethos of Silicon Valley holds a particular irony.
Starbucks announced that it will close its stores for an afternoon for racial bias training. But is this enough for a company that claims to be socially responsible?
Borrowing star power may also unfortunately mean borrowing many of the star’s less desirable behaviors, and for a small nonprofit, that can be fatal.
Trauma intervention programs build partnerships that are helping American Indian communities to heal, notes a child psychologist in Scientific American. But true healing requires US acknowledgement of the reality of historical trauma and oppression from colonialism.
GuideStar flagged 46 nonprofits as hate groups on its site by way of a banner advising that they were so designated by Southern Poverty Law Center. Evidently, it was unprepared for the backlash. On Friday, it took the banners down.
