The Opportunity Agenda designed the Vision, Values, and Voice: A Communications Toolkit to help organizations "be effective in moving hearts, minds and policy over the long term...[by] integrated messaging and narrative strategies that both mobilize our base and expand our constituencies by bringing those in the middle toward our cause." The toolkit 
Charting the Journey: "We’re at the crossroads of transformation where momentum for racial equity can yield more just and equitable outcomes. Organizations are taking action and want deeply to be a part of the change but recognize that change begins on the inside first.
Sabrina Slade, Director, Racial Equity and Advocacy, John Rex Endowment
Reprinted with permission as originally published on March 9, 2022 by John Rex Endowment
Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
“You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.” –Winston Churchill
Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
To intentionally build an inclusive organization, there needs to be a culture of belonging, where differences are recognized and celebrated. “Belonging” was the theme of our 2021 Conference, where Jaki Shelton Green, NC Poet Laureate and our opening keynote, spoke about the power of our stories. She referenced the American author, Joan Didion, who once said, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”
Not all forms of diversity are visible identities. In the case of neurodiversity, the differences between people stems from variations in cognitive functions around sociability, learning abilities, and other intellectual processes.
Three transgender inclusion guides developed by The American Alliance of Museums are meant to aid organizations, coworkers, and transgender professionals with the HR processes related to gender transitions in the workplace and better implementation of transgender inclusion policies. (LGBTQ+ Alliance Task Force for Transgender Inclusion, 2019)
Equity Guide for Nonprofit Technology (NTEN, 2025) - The guide is divided into three sections reflecting different nonprofit technology categories. Your organization may participate in one or more of these categories:
Jeanne Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
Patti Gillenwater, CEO, Elinvar