The nonprofit sector has a racial leadership gap. Studies have tracked the small percentage of people of color in Executive Director / CEO roles for years. Efforts to support and train and inspire and mold aspiring leaders of color are important…but they’re not enough to move the dial towards more diverse leadership.
across the country responded to the Race to Lead Survey in 2019
work for organizations engaged in DEI activities
feel their race or ethnicity has negatively impacted their career
R2L Revisited
Over the past 18 months, the job of a nonprofit executive director has become much more difficult. In the nonprofit sector, we have added addressing systemic racism and remote management...
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R2L Revisited
Four years ago, I became the first woman of color to lead the Alliance for Youth Organizing. I was a 33-year-old Latina and first-time executive director with limited fundraising experience...
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R2L Revisited
A few years before her death, Ruth Bader Ginsburg reviewed a portfolio of what would become $3.5 million in grants made in her honor by the Genesis Prize, which celebrates...
