The United States is being challenged right now in unprecedented ways — in ways we haven’t faced since the civil war.
First, with Coronavirus. Next, with economic turmoil. Finally, with protests and riots stemming from deep inequities in our criminal justice system.
I’ve written and spoken about the first two. But this third issue might be the greatest challenge we face.
Sadly, the issue of race has this country deeply divided. This post is for people who would like to take action, but are not sure what to do.
Why I’m Writing About “Black Lives Matter”
First, if you’re wondering why I’m blogging about race relations instead of fundraising, I’ll tell you.
One of the reasons I got into the nonprofit sector was so that I could help create a more just and equal world. Looking around today, we still have a very long way to go. One of the ways I can help is through teaching fundraising to people who are working to address societal problems. Another way I can help is by using my voice and my platform to make a difference when and where I can.
If you think the protests aren’t about you or aren’t your concern — guess what? They are.
Because you are a human being. And every one of us should treat each other as we wish to be treated.
It’s that simple.
It makes no sense to me that some people are destined to be poor, or uneducated, or sick. We all deserve life, liberty, and justice. That’s what we claim to believe in the United States.
But we don’t practice what we preach. And the continuing murder of black people at the hands of white people proves we’re a long way from life, liberty, and justice for all.
A simple exercise that had a lasting impact
Years ago, I participated in a leadership training. In one of the exercises, we were asked to create laws for an imaginary country. However, when we were creating laws, we didn’t know if we were rich or poor, black or white, educated or illiterate. So the laws of the land were fair and just. Equality for all.
It was a powerful exercise which really made me and my colleagues think about equity and fairness in a new way. How would we design laws if we had no idea how we would personally be affected?
This moment is about all of us…
You may have heard this famous poem by Martin Niemoller:
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out —
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out —
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out —
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.
I’m taking a big risk by writing this post. I know that I may say something stupid, or insensitive, or blinded by my white privilege. I know I may offend others who disagree with me and feel I shouldn’t use my platform in this way.
But I’m willing to take those risks and start a conversation among nonprofit leaders and staffers. Why? because I DO have a platform. And because if I don’t speak out, I’m contributing to the problem by not doing something I know I can do.
I’m not willing to be a bystander on this. Instead, I’m going to be an upstander. And I hope you’ll join me in whatever way(s) you can.
It’s Time to Take Action — Do Something
In order for George Floyd’s death not to be in vain, and all of the black men and women who came before him, we all must do something. Not just black Americans, but all Americans.
So what can you do?
I was sent this amazing quote from a friend of a friend:
So, you ask, “What can I do?”
My answer is to do something! Plan, plot, organize, challenge the status quo, vote, fill out your census report, leverage political relationships for reform, educate yourself / children / family / friends / neighbors about the issues, acknowledge your privilege, support organizations and individuals doing this work daily, have courage, stand against racists / racist policies / racism, support Black-owned businesses, volunteer your time, join a neighborhood council, demand the prosecution of civil rights violators, fundraise bail for protestors, etc.
Simply wake up and speak out loud!
— Derric J. Johnson, Founding Director, The Crossroads School Equity & Justice Institute
I Care, and I’m Not Alone
Perhaps Dr. Seuss’ famous story of The Lorax said it best:
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.
I care a whole awful lot.
I know many of you reading this care a whole awful lot.
Together, we can make things better. But it’s going to take action — a lot of action — to make a real difference. And it’s high time we stand together to make a real difference on this pivotal issue.
So what will you do? Share your “action” in the comments below. Go down on record and inspire others to take action, too.
Furthermore, if your nonprofit addresses these important issues, please tell us in the comments. Leave a sentence or two about how your nonprofit is working to make a difference. And feel free to include a link of where to donate.
Let’s face this moment… together.
A huge tell-all sign of continued racism and elitism (veiled as it may be) is nonprofit boards. Let’s look around! The internet and nonprofit website make it easy. So, so many boards of all missions and sizes display those “lily white boards.” I’ve seen nonprofits that serve diverse groups and yes . . . they have white boards. And so often when you do see a board member of color, it’s tokenism. And . . . I guess that even a start.
Agreed. Statements are not enough. Examining leadership, identifying the barriers to black leadership at y(our) org(s) and dismantling those barriers has to accompany the statement along with other support actions.
Some people have to start somewhere, but it’ll be great to give that tokenism one or two other people that look like her or him!
Great job, Amy! Anyone who is offended by your post today should examine their own role in perpetuating inequality and injustice. It’s painful and hard, but must be felt so we can change for the better. This is our role in the non-profit world…having the difficult conversations so we can make the world better. If not us, then who? Keep it up!
Well said, Thank You!
I really appreciate that you are willing to use your public platform to take a stand!
Amy — very well said!!!
I serve on the Board of the New Orleans Women & Children’s Shelter, which provides shelter and, more importantly, programming to help women break the cycle of homelessness created by economic inequalities. The current environment has hit us hard (Covid-19 plus job losses) on top of the usual problems. Folks can donate at http://www.NOWCS.org.
Thanks for articulating why we all do what we do
Great blog post, Amy. Thanks for taking the risk and sharing it. My husband and I participated in a peaceful protest at the MN State Capitol this past weekend. Today, I will post the Martin Niemoller poem on my Facebook page – what a powerful reminder of why it’s important that everybody address this issue. Thanks again, Amy.
I’m sitting at my desk, struggling to find the words for our weekly e-newsletter, knowing I need to say something…anything…to address the issue and yet facing fear of doing so. Thank you for taking action.
Amy,
Thank you for using your platform to speak on this issue. As we don’t always agree on every issue this is an issue that affects everyone and we do need to speak up for the vulnerable and right now that is the African American Community. Thank you for these ideas. You and several others have shared some great creative ideas to defend the weak and support the African American community. I commit to be a voice for all with others and speak out against racism with family, friends, colleagues and others. I commit to research organizations that are supporting the African American community and contribute to causes that support them. I commit to keep my eyes open to this problem in our communities and nation even after all this news dies down. I commit to find ways to support the African American community with the talents God has given me to help them be successful and bring awareness to the problem of racism in our community.
Jim, thank you for your message of support and commitment to speak out for racial justice!
Just a note around language, I think using the words weak and vulnerable are disempowering to oppressed communities. If there is one thing the Black community in the U.S. is not, is weak. What other group could endure 400 years of slavery, oppression and terrorism, and have the same resiliency to survive and thrive in so many ways. The Black community is amazing, powerful, and brilliant – and also under attack.
I know you meant well, and please don’t take this as harsh criticism. We are all growing, learning, and as Amy said, we might misspeak or be clumsy with our words. The important part is we keep trying and fighting for justice. Thank you for letting me share this feedback with you!
Jim, You are not alone as you try your best to state how you feel without knowing as some people may interprete some intentional struggling steps as intentionally demeaning. Oftentimes, when people know a person better, they look over some words that no one had any intention of knowingly hurt others. We have to give ourselves and others some room for making mistakes when we know they’re trying to do their best to understand and show they want to help.
This is America, so we don’t have to agree on everything, but we should agree about things that need to be addressed.
Thank you for writing this post. Discomfort is the hallmark of growth. We must live in our discomfort for the moment to change the world in the long term. I don’t yet know what I can do to help, but using my voice and my vote are a start.
Thank you, Amy. I deeply appreciate your courage and your voice.
I missed a chance to speak up a couple of years ago, when I saw a black woman turned away from returning at item because she had bought it at a different WalMart. Next in line, I proceeded to get my return refunded–no questions asked–even though I had bought it from a different store. My relief at being able to return it overshadowed my anger at the treatment of the woman in front of me. NEVER AGAIN. I’ve been mad at myself ever since that happened, We see things every day. Never again will I remain silent in my white privilege.
Dear Amy, Thank you for speaking up. At WarmHeartWorldwide.org we think everyone should have equal access to educations, jobs, healthcare. We work in rural Northern Thailand with the ethnic minority hill tribes who live in remote mountain villages and absorb refugees from surrounding countries. We work there because we hit so many hurdles when we tried to do similar programs in the US. We provide the hill tribe children with access to Thai schools and tutors so they can catch up and learn middle-class Thai and find their way in Thai society. We develop jobs and provide a safety net for the elderly and disabled in our community. Volunteers from all over the world come to work with us and go home to work in NGOs and other public sector jobs. In the US, the 20+ foster children we cared for during our careers in business and academia are out in the community and global organizations, doers and voices of our values. In today’s world, it never seems enough, but if we each do our part, we will see the progress.
Great article, Amy! It’s important to speak out and do something!
Amy, thank you for this post. I posted the Derric Johnson quote and Dr. Seuss quote on my Facebook page. I will definitely have been and will be doing many of the things Derric recommends. It’s time for change! Thank you for all that you do.
I love you Amy. Thank you for speaking out, and speaking up . As a black man in America who has had police called because I was sitting in a car in the wrong neighborhood waiting on a friend , having been met with guns drawn outside of the radio station where I worked , it’s refreshing to hear many like you put on the breaks and realize that in the middle of this medical pandemic, we have a pandemic of the heart and soul. This is not the first time in this nation’s history that we’ve had an opportunity for healing the the scars of centuries old hatred and mistrust. It’s just gone viral now (see what I did there?) This time we have to make up our minds to go beyond rhetoric and slogans. Real and lasting change, as I was reminded by the Rev. Tony Evans this week doesn’t come from a sermon or a seminar but through SERVICE. The question we must ask on a daily basis ..that we must pray for on a daily basis is “How can I serve today?” One thing we could do today instead of telling someone how upset that you are about what’s going on, simply say : “Tell me what you’re feeling today” and listen…just listen. That’s a beginning.
Thank you Amy and Chris for moving the conversation forward with real ideas. Listening and doing something are both great places to start. We all need to be braver.
What a great suggestion, Chris. Just to listen.
When I read comments like yours, I’m angered and saddened at the same time. It reminds me (as a white man) that I will never truly understand what it’s like to be discriminated against based on the color of my skin. I can only imagine how much harder it makes life. I hope we can all come together and heal — but even more importantly, I hope we can work together to make strides to end this systemic inequality.
Thank you!
I am encouraged by you, a leader in fundraising, voicing the importance of speaking up and standing up with black lives in the moment. Thank you, Amy.
We began our spring appeal in March knowing that this year it had to be different because of the pandemic and economic crisis. We wanted to spread calm and compassion and to help address people’s feelings of helplessness. Instead of a letter, we opted for a beautiful, postcard with these words from a prayer by Shantideva, an 8th century Buddhist monk:
May all who are sick and ill
Quickly be freed from their ailments.
May whatever diseases there are in the world
Never occur again.
May the frightened cease to be afraid
And those bound be freed.
May the powerless find power
And may people think to benefit each other.
Part of the message on the back is a quote from His Holiness the Dalai Lama: “If one individual becomes more compassionate it will influence others and so we will change the world.”
The card was designed and printed before the events of the last week.
The charity is the Tibetan Nuns Project. http://www.tnp.org
May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering.
You are amazing for speaking out in this way. I could tell several stories, but I’ll tell these two. I live in Indiana, where carrying a gun is legal. You don’t even need a permit to carry a rifle or shotgun. My home in Hammond is very close to exits/entrances to I80/I94, and we are close to the illinois border – part of Hammond shares a border with the Southeast portion of Chicago. Our police believed they had intercepted a plan for protesters to walk onto the highway, block traffic and walk into Indiana yesterday. They called in police from many local forces, as well as State troopers and built an effective roadblock. No one attempted to protest on the highway. On a street corner very close to the entrance that had been blocked, there were a handful of protesters. It was a very hot and humid evening, and someone dropped off a pack of cold water for them. One of the protesters took a bottle across the street to offer to a young man, a private citizen, who had been sitting on that corner, watching them WHILE HOLDING HIS RIFLE. He declined the water. You see, you can walk around with a weapon in Indiana. This is what scares me more than anything. Over the weekend there was a peaceful protest in Crown Point, and police led the protesters to a bike trail as the fastest way to get back to their cards. Against the fence, there were 20 or more White people lined up – about half had a rifle or a shotgun. The protesters had to walk past them, on a bike trail with a fence on one side and woods (I think) on the other to leave. When questioned for a news article, the police and the mayor defended the rights of the gun-toters to be there. What purpose could this possibly serve except to intimidate the protesters? Thank you again for what you are doing, keep up the good work.
Amy,
Thank you for taking a stand against racism. I need to do better. You have given us some practical ideas to start conversations, support others, and work together.
Thank you Amy for using your voice to speak about injustice,. It will take all of our voices and votes to make a difference.
Ann
Thank you, Amy. Justice is the core of our mission at the Innocence Project of Minnesota. You can read more at https://mailchi.mp/ipmn/ipmn-george-floyd
WOW! I am so blessed to read that. My satisfaction and great hope is to see it’s no longer a Black-against-White issue or vise-versa, It’s rather a battle of JUSTICE VS INJUSTICE, Black Lives matter – White Lives Matter = ALL LIVES MATTER! ONE RACE = HUMAN RACE!
You are in the right direction.
Thank you for showing that to be leaders, we don’t have to have all the answers. We just need to be willing to take the first step. Thank you for being vulnerable and exposing yourself to possible criticism. My heart yearns to participate in the peaceful protests but I am afraid of catching COVID. I do resonate with the comment made by Nancy Brown in that I have seen injustice done to Blacks right in front of me (I am White) and not spoken out. I, too, pledge to never let that happen again.
Thank you Amy, many of us have the same frustrations and concerns. For me in this moment, I am still processing, still listening, still praying. I know that I need to do more than vote, post/engage on social media, etc. Trying to find clarity and courage.
I watched Just Mercy last night, the story of Bryan Stevenson and his fight for justice. And I just read a post that one of my daughter’s friends posted about his high school experience as a black student in a prestigious private school that is predominately white. His description of his experience is heart wrenching. He’s a junior in college now, but you can sense through his words how painful and real and raw his feelings are, even today.
I read somewhere over the last few days (can’t remember where -perhaps The Washington Post) that many of us as parents have perhaps done a disservice by trying to teach our children not to see color in others as part of our quest to teach that all people are created equal. That sentiment ignores the fact that, while all are created equal in God’s image, people of color do not have the privilege of living that truth in a society that denies them of it. The road to how we got here is long, and the road to get out, I’m afraid, will be longer. It should not, however, be impossible.
Thank you for your leadership. As a person of color and a fundraiser, your statement breathes hope into the vast space of silence in the nonprofit sector.
I wanted to share the following article. Perhaps you’ve read it. This article makes poingnant arguments about what is missing and failing in nonprofit/foundations. We can’t be neutral at a time like this, and my hope is we can foster conversations on how fundraisers can be champions for the community they serve.
https://nonprofitaf.com/2020/06/have-nonprofit-and-philanthropy-become-the-white-moderate-that-dr-king-warned-us-about/
With gratitude and in solidarity,
Ana Aguayo
Thank you for using your voice to speak for justice.
Thanks Amy. As Malcolm X said “You are either part of the SOLUTION, or you are part of the PROBLEM!”
Amy, thank you for your post. This is your house, so you can write about anything you want. You chose well today.
As someone who has personally endured a violent anti-Jewish attack, I have great empathy for others who suffer from bigotry.
I try to constructively confront racism and bigotry when I encounter it. Over the years, I’ve lost a few clients and risked losing others because I’ve been vocal. That’s been okay with me.
I also worked with clients to help them successfully deal with the racism their donors exhibited. Change is possible.
Our country has come a long way, but we have much further to go.
We all need to do a better job trying to understand others. And we need to move forward with love, even for those with whom we disagree.
If you want to see how love, rather than angry confrontation, can conquer bigotry, I encourage you to watch the documentary: “Out in the Silence.” While the film deals with bigotry targeting gay people, it is nevertheless instructive for when we must deal with any form of hatred. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/aZUePjC5uis
Namaste
Well said, Amy!
Thank you very much for your post. You’re right, you took a risk, and that speaks volume about your character and what you’re willing to do through your platform to make a poignant statement and call for action, especially during these unbelievable times.
I appreciate your candor and respect you for taking this stand rather than speaking about fundraising when the world is imploding around us, as you so eloquently put it. I totally agree with you. It is time to do something, it has been way overdue as we continue to regress as a nation. Your passion for this matter has come through your writing and has definitely touched me to my core. We will do something together, because together we are stronger when we are united!!
I appreciate that you are willing to open a dialogue when so many people are hurting. The world is in turmoil and those of us at nonprofits definitely need to be leaders in so many ways during all of it. Let your humanity show in all you do.
Thank you so much for this post, Amy. I work at a small middle school for boys from low income backgrounds in Providence. As someone else said, we, too, have a predominantly white board and faculty. One thing we are thinking about is doing a community read- Pick a book White Fragility, Waking up White (so many good ones out there), and have faculty, staff and board all read it and then have some conversations. Doing the work necessary in order to create emotional space for POC on our boards and staff is critical. Naming our whiteness and our blindspots is the start of this important internal work. An important aspect of our external work, I think, is widening our social circles- and helping others do that by making introductions. If our circles evolve with genuine love and commitment, trust can be built which can help bring much needed voices into our boardrooms. Like almost everything in life- it’s about relationships. And we as fundraisers know the importance of relationships! #blacklivesmatter
Thanks Amy. I live in a very white community: Eugene, Oregon. We do have two African American men on our Board of Directors of the local Boy Scout Council who will be holding a “town hall” Zoom meeting next week to which we have invited all of our Scout’s and their families to participate. We will be recording he event and sending it out to each of our Scout units to share with their units. One small step …
Looks like you have touched a nerve that most people in your position will not touch for fear of losing money, friends, and great connections! Thank you for being so bold to speak out on behalf of one of two historically disadvantaged groups in America continuing to feel left out after 400 years building up a country ignorant of their ancient and American historical contributions. There is much work needed to help many understand why so many African Americans are so angry when so many other ethnic groups from all over the world have arrived on the shores of America, did little crying about “equality” and “rights” but have found a great opportunity for themselves and their descendants.
I commend for everyone’s reading Thomas Friedman’s editorial in today’s NYTimes. It speaks to Tony’s point eloquently.
Thank you for taking the time to reflect and using your platform to spread awareness on this issue. As a Latina woman of color who does not come from a privileged background, who lives in a red-lined, low-income community and as the founder of an organization that serves predominantly low-income children, I stand in solidarity with the African American community now and always. I too have to confront and deal with systemic racism as it also affects the Latino community. But growing up in NYC, I experienced systemic racism first-hand and along with my black classmates in High School. When I came to the United States, I went to a predominantly African American, West Indian, Haitian High School that was in a red-lined sector of Brooklyn. If we had lived two blocks away, it would have placed me in one of the best schools in the area. But as new immigrants, without internet at that time, we lacked information. We had no idea how things worked and assumed all schools in Brooklyn were the same. Just like they explained in this video, my HS had no resources, most teachers were awful, there were no extra curricular activities and the building itself felt more like a prison mixed with a psychiatric ward than a school. We had police officers on site and metal detectors. There were no clubs, no working computers, nothing to inspire the minds of close to 3,000 students. There were fights in every period of the day, in classrooms, hallways, bathrooms, everywhere. Students and teachers getting jumped by groups of students, stabbed, thrown down the stairs, you name it, we lived it. Even shoot outs and school lock-downs. I was lucky to have made it out and to have been able to continue my life to do positive things. But so many of the people I went to school with did not, could not, were not given the chance to reach their full potential. We must all care. We must all do our part to end this horrible, inhumane system that still exists today.
Thank you so much Amy. My heart is a little lighter today. You are doing just what needs to be done. Speak up and Stand up for those who are oppressed and being mistreated unjustly and worst yet being murdered by law enforcement, that is suppose to serve and protect. Proverbs 31:8-9 says it best.
Thank you Amy,
I encourage you all to read MLK’s full Letter from Birmingham, and also this article:
https://nonprofitaf.com/2020/06/have-nonprofit-and-philanthropy-become-the-white-moderate-that-dr-king-warned-us-about/
Solidarity and humility,
I co-facilitate a 5-week (90 minute weekly sessions) video-conferencing program called My Work To Do (www.myworktodo.com), My Work to Do is an online affinity group designed to help white people build stamina for discussing racism, systemic injustice, racial healing, reconciliation, and justice in their everyday lives. Black, indigenous and other people of color allies are welcome with an understanding this is a white-centered (and therefore not always safe) space.
At my work, I write grants to help us reach children unable to participate due to systemic racism, and am supporting my ED as she navigates anti-racism messages and policies with a resistant Board.
I’m also working to raise my white children to be anti-racist.
Agree and applaud you for posting. We are all in positions to transform this broken system. You are right and the only way forward is together. We all need to listen more, learn, and do better with and for our children. Simple and uncomfortable conversations around the dinner table to educate is one small step.
Thank you!
Well said, Amy, and so important. Thank you. One thing I’m doing immediately is reading “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo. I’ve only just begun, and already she’s helping me understand my white privilege better than I have in the past.
We posted a simple note of support on our FaceBook page yesterday. See it here: https://www.facebook.com/candocanines
Most people appreciated it. A few got into arguments about whether this would cuase us to lose donors and volunteers.
This post was also seen by one of our donors who sponsored an assistance dog team previously for a $25,000 contribution. The donor did not comment on FaceBook. Instead they called one of our gradautes and shared that they were done with us because we verred away from mission and started doing social commentary.
This is the risk of taking a stance that may be on the right side of history but the wrong side of a donor. Commenting on issues that do not directly concern your mission can be risky business.
Unfortunately, some donors don’t understand that many nonprofit organizations care about people and that’s why they do what they do. We just want donors to look past our written Mission and try to see our heart is concerned with not just our Target population, we are concerned about people. I wish I knew how we could get donors to care more about the people that we serve and the humanity in our serving that may go beyond our mission.
Thank you, Amy.
From this point forward, silence is complicit.
One thing that has to start today is for white people to talk to white people about white people. I am the beneficiary of unmerited white privilege built on institutional racism and enforced by systemic police brutality. I don’t know how to change all of that, but I’m going to do more to change it!
Amy, I suggest that you get more guidance from Black nonprofit professionals with a larger understanding of Black history and protest to help you write things. Or turn over your platform to a Black person with the experience and expertise to whio can speak to fundraising and the current moment.
The action that people need to take is to GIVE MONEY to bail funds, mutual aid projects, etc. to combat the persistent undercapitalization and systemic white supremacy looting live, liberty, and wealth from Black people.
There are some major things missing. And the congratulatory air of the comments is highly problematic.
Surely you know about the racism of Dr. Seauss?
And finally, I think about what you said directly to me during your fundraising workshop, and your lack of understanding about high net work donors of color.
So use your platform, not to continue to center whiteness, and your learning process, but to take an ACTION that will actually help.
Thank you for joining the conversation. I would love to get your guidance on future posts. I agree that giving money is one of the top ways to help! I will be in touch to continue the conversation.
Bless you for taking a stand and addressing the George Floyd issue. It is an “issue”. As of this email, I (a black female) have received three apologies from my “white” counterparts…one being the senior pastor of my church. I was in a 40-hour domestic violence training when the young (white) lady seated next to me sat back in her seat with tears in her eyes and said, “I now realize that I am from white privilege.” I know that not all people are the same. What happened to Mr. Floyd on video, for all of the world to see, was horrendous and senseless. I can take action by continuing to show my character to all of my counter-parts black or white. A person is known by their character.
Thanks Amy for your comments. We all need to step out of our comfort zone and face facts. Racism and slavery is our country’s original sin and if Mr. Floyd’s death does not shake up the nation to create change, we all lose!
Thank you so much for your impassioned, principled stand, Amy. I’m pleased to see so many of our fundraising colleagues speaking up here to commend you, and I hope everyone is finding ways to contribute and speak up for racial and economic justice and against police brutality in their own communities. My wife and I attended a peaceful march and rally for Black Lives Matter in Barrie, Ontario, Canada yesterday. It was a tremendous show of strength and diversity, Black-led and widely supported.
Among the powerful words from the Black women that stood out for me. Referring to the #blackouttuesday action that resulted in black squares filling up people’s social media this past week, one speaker said, “NO MORE BLACKOUTS. ONLY SHOUT OUTS!” She called on us white people to support Black-owned businesses and Black community causes, and to speak out against racism any and every time we witness it.
The other words of power were spoken by a 19-year-old Black woman: “If you’re not prepared to be uncomfortable, then you are not welcome in our revolution.”
No more excuses, folks.
Thank you for sharing, Amy. I have posted this on our FB page. We are making a video statement tomorrow in support of social justice. I have “many” books ordered to help me better understand how I can help as a white female (I know I have a lot to learn). We must start the conversations to create change. Now.
This is the nonprofit leaders should focus on. Thank you so much for posting this. Creating an action for our current problem is a great help to our community.
Thank you for re posting! Live in Colorado and am devastated and shocked by the shootings here this week and those in Atlanta last week.
Amy – A big thank you for being a voice for the voiceless. Inequality or segregation is a silent killer of justice, progress and development.
Using your platform to air such is action in the right direction. Adsmile Special Project exists to support and care for poor children living with disability in Nakuru – Kenya. Hold our hand and let’s walk together