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
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Women of Color
Amilcar Cabral, Pan African leader of the Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde national independence struggle, wrote and spoke extensively about the need to fight for tangible, material changes for our...
CEO
R2L Revisited
As the nation grapples with “the great resignation” across a range of job industries since the start of the pandemic, employment challenges extend to the nonprofit sector as...
CEO
R2L Revisited
The Building Movement Project, where I am co-executive director, has released two reports on the experiences of nonprofit executives of color, the unique burdens they face when taking over leadership...