The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Collecting Courage Part 2

In Part 2 of Collecting Courage, we invited several white leaders in the sector to talk about how to be real and active allies for anti-racism work. On the podcast today are Mazarine Treyz, Fundraising Author and Coach, Chris Conroy,...

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Collecting Courage Part 1

On today’s podcast, editors of the book Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love -  Nneka Allen, Camila Vital Nunes Pereira, and Nicole Salmon - share with us their insight and wisdom on how to confront systemic racism in our sector,...

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Dismantling tokenism with Trish Mandewo

More and more organizations are prioritizing diversity and inclusion as their strategic priorities. But how are organizations actually doing this work? On today’s episode, Trish Mandewo, Founder & CEO at Synergy on Boards Consulting Group and Coquitlam City Councillor, shares...

Performance excellence through cognitive diversity in the boardroom

Cognitive diversity can simply be defined as inclusion of people who have different information processing styles or problem-solving skills and who can offer unique perspectives because they think differently.   It refers to educational, functional, and mental diversity. Some refer to it...

Girls on Boards: An initiative to give young women a voice

CALL TO ACTION: Girls on Boards is recruiting professional women with governance and/or mentorship experience to be Coaches for the 2021-2022 cohort. For more information on the Coaching Program, please check out G(irls)20’s website at https://girls20.org/programs/girls-on-boards. As a University of...

Collecting Courage: ‘Reads like an exposé’ of Canada’s nonprofit sector

Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love, edited by Nneka Allen, Camila Vital Nunes Pereira and Nicole Salmon, Gail K. Picco Books, Civil Sector Press, November 24, 2020, 227 pp., $39.99 CAD/$29.99 USD Canada’s charitable sector consists of over 170,000 charities...

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI): Why this matters in volunteer management leadership

The majority of nonprofit organizations serve clients from vulnerable, marginalized communities. These people are more likely to be racialized clients who experience complex challenges and issues related to racism, poverty, mental health, the criminal justice system, and domestic violence.  ...

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Dismantling white supremacy in the nonprofit sector with Hawa Mire

How can we have a real conversation about systemic racism and white supremacy, especially at our workplace with power dynamics involved? On today’s podcast, Hawa Mire, strategy and equity consultant and community organizer, walks us through how we might build...

A valiant vocation: Why young professionals are drawn to the nonprofit sector

“What do you want to do after you graduate?” Like many other young millennials, I often hear this question from relatives, colleagues, and even strangers, especially given that I am a 2020 graduate. In contrast to aiming for a more...

COVID-19, social justice and its impact on women

This article originally appeared in the October 2020 issue of Advancing Philanthropy magazine, the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ flagship magazine. The Great Equalizer. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called the coronavirus the “great...