The Path to Becoming an Antiracist Organization: "Antiracism work is multifaceted and holistic and involves all departments, processes, and systems, expanding as the work gets deeper. To help break down the journey into individual and achievable components, we have provided a basic journey map and assessment quiz to help determine where your organization is and what its path forward looks like." (Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly
Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.” –Booker T. Washington
Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
Staff and volunteers' good state of mental health and emotional wellbeing is highly necessary for carrying out your nonprofit's mission, yet workplace stress can easily lead to mental health challenges. A workplace wellbeing program can aid individuals working on behalf of your nonprofit with issues ranging from the normal need to find an appropriate work-life balance to preventing the extremes of developing unhealthy coping mechanisms like substance use. Below are tools to implement changes at your own organization.
Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
When you know better, you do better. –Maya Angelou
The renewed vision statement of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits adopted by our board of directors in June 2022 is: We envision a North Carolina where nonprofits are intentional in their commitment to build holistic, healthy, and equitable organizations while centering racial equity to strengthen communities.
Children, and therefore their caregivers, have been overwhelmed by stress and anxiety driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact since the pandemic, emergency department visits for attempted suicide have risen 51% among adolescent girls, and studies show that students are 5 months behind in math and 4 months behind in reading when compared to students prior to the pandemic.
Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
If your vision is for a year plant wheat, if your vision is for a decade plant trees, if your vision is for a lifetime plant people. –African Proverb
Creating a vision statement guides us into the future. It helps us reflect on where we have been as we consider the path forward. The Center has been on a multi-year journey to strengthen our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and we’re sharing our journey as we travel this road.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion: Action Toolkit for Organizations: "This toolkit includes five assessments that focus on governance, mission-driven programs, partnerships, communication, and advocacy. Each assessment allows you to reflect on your organizational practices and identify areas for improvement.
Discussions of racial and gender-based quotas in the workplace or higher education have been going on since at least the 1970s, and likely earlier. Quota systems may be based on race, gender, people with disabilities, military/veteran status, and other identity categories. Diversity quota systems are strategies where under-represented groups (typically those who have been historically excluded, marginalized, or discriminated against) are sought to fill positions at an organization as part of a numerical view of diversity in the workforce.
Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits