“Please stop saying this is not America, or we are better than this. America was founded on the violent taking of land and reliance on chattel slavery by white supremacist slave owners who documented their plan to commit genocide on Indigenous people. Just over...
Who We Are, Why We Came Together & How We Show Up A little over a year ago, a group of colleagues began convening regularly to learn with and from one another, and to support our collective vision and daily work to make progress toward race equity and collective...
This blog was originally published in the October 14, 2020 Luminare newsletter, Be Lumin-Us. “Lead. Follow. Or, get out of the way.” This quote, alternately attributed to Thomas Paine and George Patton, is top of mind today. Not because centering the leadership...
In Partnership and Solidarity Broader reach and sector-level focus will guide the next chapter as Equity in the Center becomes an independent organization Today marks a new chapter in Equity in the Center’s story — one we are writing in partnership with stakeholders...
This article was originally published in the PEAK Grantmaking Journal: Black Voices in Grants Management, which makes space for Black grants professionals to be heard in the discussion on racial diversity, equity, and inclusion in philanthropy, with ideas for building...
By: Kad Smith [Image by Steve Johnson From Pexels] If you’ve checked out our offerings at CompassPoint before, you know that we’ve referenced the habits of white supremacy culture frequently. It’s become one of the guiding frameworks that’s helped us build a...
By: Nicola Chin Last week as I was creating this framework for Strategic Thinking in a Long-Term Crisis, I came across a hole in our library of resources: grieving. Up With Community has tools and resources to share on trauma, but we were lacking supports to...
By: Nicola Chin We’ve spent the last two weeks virtually connecting with community-based partners across the country on their responses and needs at this moment. We have heard the resounding historic theme that, in moments of crisis, communities of color and other...
A Founder’s Reflections on Pausing and Transitioning POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 [Español abajo] By Amy Mandel (Bio below) During our “pause for the cause,” AMKRF has entered a time of organizational reflection and analysis building. As a part of our work, we are...
Liberation from the Inside Out POSTED ON JUNE 5, 2019 [Español abajo] Lindsay sitting still and going inward By Lindsay Majer (Bio below) I imagine our pause for the cause has looked like an eleven-month vacation. We did not welcome a new cohort of Fellows. We...
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