Equity

  • Walking The Talk: Are We Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap?

    The North Carolina Center for Nonprofits hosted the third webinar of our "Walking the Talk: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in North Carolina Nonprofits" series. Building Movement Project (BMP) co-director Frances Kunreuther discussed Race to Lead: Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap, the first report in BMP’s Race to Lead series that explores why ther

  • Walking the Talk: Impact > Intention: Implicit Bias

    Are we practicing what we preach? Or is our implicit bias negatively affecting our decisions in spite of our good intentions? Ivan Canada and Michael Robinson of the National Conference for Community and Justice of the Piedmont Triad presented the second webinar in the Center's "Walking the Talk" series, Impact > Intention: Understanding Implicit Bias. The discussion included:

  • Gut Checking: How to Re-wire the Unconscious Mind

    Michael Robinson, NCCJ of the Piedmont Triad

    Imagine for a moment that you are driving in an unfamiliar city and you happen upon a mural that you simply must stop to see more closely. You pull over, park your car on the side of the road, get out of the car, and pull out your phone to snap a picture. In your periphery, you see a group of young men walking towards you. What do you do? Do you wave at the young men because they remind you of your children’s friends or sensing possible danger, do you try to get back in your car unnoticed and drive away?

  • Walking the Talk: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in North Carolina Nonprofits

    One of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits’ core values is to respect and include the wide variety of North Carolina’s people, cultures, regions, religions, and political views.

  • Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out

    Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out

    This report combines perspectives and data from about 6,000 emerging nonprofit leaders from throughout the country on the advantages and drawbacks of leading a nonprofit organization. There are also recommended action plans for nonprofits to engage with immediately in order to bring about real change and develop great leaders for tomorrow. 

  • Will We Get There Hire by Hire?

    Over the course of 15 years, CompassPoint conducted four national studies of nonprofit executive leadership. In a companion essay to this study, ETM thought leader Tom Adams lays out how the field of ETM has evolved over 20 years of practice and where he and other experts see it going next. 

  • Race Matters, User Guide

    Excerpt below. Download the full 56-page PDF at bottom.

    This user guide will assist you in making the argument, shaping the message, and carrying out the activities necessary to achieve racial equality.

    The Toolkit is grounded in the following assumptions:

  • Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Definitions

    DEI has become common parlance in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. That's why it's helpful to begin with some grounding definitions for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Open Source Leadership Strategies, LLC provides definitions that reflect current thinking in the field.

     

     

  • Paying Attention to White Culture and Privilege: A Missing Link to Advancing Racial Equity

    Paying Attention to White Culture and Privilege: A Missing Link to Advancing Racial Equity

  • Sample Policy on Inclusive Events

    Discover how the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) creates inclusive environments for individuals to participate in MCN’s educational events, committee meetings, and public gatherings in this sample policy.

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