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Equity in The Balance: Catalyst Winners On DEI Tools To Change Work Culture

Fundraising Leadership

Culture eats strategy for lunch.” The recruitment strategy, Holder says, includes “internal intentionality and, increased accountability” to reflect the mission, vision and value. Culture needs to be tailor made in every company with institutional memories, talents and environment, you design the mindset.” asks Bible. “We

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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Amir Geshani on unsplash.com As nonprofit organizations become more racially, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse, are nonprofit boards lagging behind? Elisa Juárez, the director of culture and DEI for a national healthcare company, was a recipient of the 2001 Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Youth Award.

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Board Diversity: Recruit Talent, Not Tokens

NonProfit Hub

In fact, recruiting staff and board members solely to meet diversity quotas should never be a viable option. Recruit talent, not tokens, and you’ll create a strong board that will strengthen your organization for your community. I understand that recruitment is a year-long, ongoing process.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

Before you run off and start recruiting, here are 5 key principles to take into consideration prior to establishing these committees. These questions should help you make sure you are recruiting people with the right skill sets who can represent experiences and voices that you may not have on your staff.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

Historical and cultural barriers Historical and cultural barriers can also hinder social mobility for individuals from underserved communities as they may face prejudice and discrimination based on their cultural background. They all present experiences which we — by no fault of our own — may find hard to comprehend.

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Recentering Philanthropy toward Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

The one that really stood out to me was that almost every high-net-worth individual or donor of color you spoke with experienced racial and ethnic bias, and it influenced them to want to fund systemic change but they did not know how to effect the changes they wanted to see. And so, there’s a whole world of people to recruit.

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President & Chief Executive Officer

NC Nonprofit

The organizational culture is healthy, collaborative, results-oriented, and thrives on flexibility and trust. The Center is committed to recruiting a diverse pool of qualified candidates for the position and welcomes submissions from historically underrecognized candidates.