Race to Lead: Women of Color in the Nonprofit Sector This report reveals that women of color encounter systemic obstacles to their advancement over and above the barriers faced by white women and men of color. Education and training are not the solution—women of color with high levels of education are more likely to be in administrative […]
Last week, the Building Movement Project (BMP) hosted a 60-minute webinar featuring a presentation of our latest report– Race to Lead: Women of Color in the Nonprofit Sector.
The Building Movement Project (BMP) is a national research, resource, and training organization that pushes and challenges nonprofit organizations to integrate social justice principles into their work.
To address the racial leadership gap in the nonprofit sector, organizations and their boards must go beyond recruitment, training, and retention and work to dismantle systemic bias, a report from the Building Movement Project and the Annie E. Casey Foundation argues.
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 from white predecessors, and the steps that foundations and organizations can take to support them.
Almost three years ago, we started discussing how Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW), a Washtenaw County-based nonprofit support organization that strives to improve the impact and performance of fellow nonprofits by empowering leaders and co-creating solutions, could address the racial leadership gap in Washtenaw County.
Nonprofits must address cultural barriers for people of color around a race driven view of what leaders look like. People of color need professional connections and access to sources of funding.
More than 20% of nonprofit employees identify as LGBTQ. Perhaps that’s not surprising: Those who have traditionally been discriminated against or oppressed may have a strong impulse to ensure fair treatment and opportunities for others.
Leaders of color who succeed white founders face a unique set of challenges and bring new benefits, particularly in a time of widespread cultural and social crises.
Boston – A new examination of leadership opportunities and experiences for people of color in the Massachusetts nonprofit sector finds that, despite the desire to create a more diverse sector, nonprofits are falling short in providing opportunities to qualified leaders of color.