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After the election, programs under mayor to support Black residents will seek new home
“I’d like to see a service driven leadership style grounded in moral courage, and committed to bringing forward the wisdom of all the voices in the community to actualize the potential of the community,” Wilson said.
Rachael Meyers on Changemaking Through Environmental Justice
“In college, I was very engaged in anti-police brutality and fighting against mass incarceration. I had environmentalists saying what we were fighting for was a distraction from the cause because if we didn’t have a planet, it didn’t matter,” Meyers said.
For Támal-ko daughter, memory is medicine
Beneath a sky heavy with the promise of rain, supporters of the Alliance for Felix Cove—a group dedicated to rematriating the only Coast Miwok-built home that still stands within the Point Reyes National Seashore—assembled on Sunday morning to build and launch a traditional tule-reed canoe.
By supporting BIPOC fundraisers’ growth and amplifying our voices, we usher in a new way of funding movements
"But before pushing for diversity and inclusion, we must really ask ourselves, inclusion of what? Are we aiming to uphold the current status quo in nonprofit fundraising, or are we striving for something that truly transforms our field?"
Congratulations, Lori!
The CAMMY Award celebrates exceptional contributions to California museums by outstanding supporters, professionals, and institutions each year. OMCA is thrilled to announce that this year, their very own Executive Director and CEO, Lori Fogarty, has been honored by CAM!
An Ocean, Cheering
“My Community Mental Health experience was really a big part of why I'm a clinician now,” Dr. Tito said, smiling. “[It] helped me think bigger, think outside of the box as far as how I wanted to bring back the education that I learned from them and integrate it into the community.”
Illuminating an Indigenous future through Mayan cosmology and ancestral weaving
With 'The Ritual of Myth Making: Reclaim' at Root Division, curators Katherin Canton and Mariana Moscoso follow the Saq’be’.
Women Of Color Cohort Will Address Social Justice, Racial Equity
In this SFGate article, Bay City News Service interviews LeaderSpring staff Sonia Mañjon, Safi Jiroh, and Molly Linares and Women of Color LeadStrong Fellow Adria Moss about the importance of empowering female leaders of color in the social sector.
Case Studies in Distributed Leadership
What is distributed leadership? Find out in a new series of thematic case studies looking at how forward-thinking nonprofit organizations—including LeaderSpring Center—are vesting real decision-making authority among more of their staff members. Click here to view the five-part series.
Can A For-Profit Business Be Socially Responsible?
In this insightful article, former LeaderSpring Advisory Council Chair and Class 5 Alumna Holly Gold explores the relationship between social responsibility and entrepreneurship, and discusses LeaderSpring's role in helping her achieve her vision of starting a social enterprise.
Case Study: A Bolder Form of Leadership
LeaderSpring is proud to share A Bolder Form of Leadership, a case study of how Jennifer Lyle of Building Blocks for Kids accelerated change in Richmond's Iron Triangle community with the help of her LeaderSpring Fellowship.
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) Report:
NCRP released a report titled "Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership: A (Missed?) Philanthropic Opportunity," featuring LeaderSpring and three other leadership development programs across the country.