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Trusting Youth to Lead

NonProfit Quarterly

There was no succession plan to fill the leadership gap, jeopardizing the organization’s mission to develop young leaders who can transform California’s foster care system. Youth wanted direct access to the organization’s management and the ability to hold those in leadership accountable.

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Worn paths and nonprofit organizational structure

Fundraising Coach

Not surprisingly, our by-laws need updating. Leadership succession needs to be clarified. We’ve come through much of the organizational development dance of the first 4 years. Share and Enjoy: Other Possibly Related posts: The Folk Dance of Nonprofit Organizational Development.

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Building the Solidarity Economy by Boosting Black-Owned Co-ops

NonProfit Quarterly

Interning at the Sustainable Economies Law Center in Oakland, I got a bird’s-eye view of the cooperative ecosystem and what cooperatives could do. I was inspired by the large-scale cooperative development that happened in Italy and Spain. This is how the Kikosi Collective developed. Photo courtesy of Repaired Nations.

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