I fear that the world will go back to sleep once the media coverage decreases about inequality. My bigger fear is that I will follow the world. That’s why I present this Learn Up, Show Up, Act Up model as an infinity loop. I’m committed to staying on the infinity loop. Are you?

One leadership style does not fit every situation. Turn up your intuition. You will always need help. Be willing to try and fail. Institutional memory has many purposes. You can learn a lot from Moana. You’re welcome.

During this pandemic, nonprofit leaders may be facing a higher board member attrition rate, which can leave nonprofits in a tough position. When several board members leave over a few months, the nonprofit leader and board chair are scrambling for new members. Here are some tips that I share with my clients.

When one reviews nonprofit salaries provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the data is deceiving at first glance. The data shows that nonprofits compete at the same level or even higher with for-profit companies. However, once you start looking below the surface, you see startling differences.

As a meeting facilitator, the last thing I want is a screen full of checked out meeting participants. Here are my 5 tips for engaging virtual team meetings.

I An apology is reaching out in relationship and offering vulnerability. As I read and listen to more and more stories by people of color, I am learning that my white guilt is shallow when I use thoughtless words and no actions of reparation.

An easy trap for us white people to fall into would be only building a head knowledge about racial justice. We could read all the books, listen to all the interviews, and write about all the learnings. Yet, head knowledge does not equate to heart connection.

As Southern white people, we have erased the history of black people, indigenous groups, and other people of color with our hubris. It’s time to reassess the story we are telling and look at our part in the narrative.

Wrongs have been and are being continuously committed by white people toward people of color at the individual, group, organization, and community level. Change for white people involves admitting our conscious and unconscious racist behaviors.

Will things ever change? God, I hope so. I ask that we white people fight racism every day in every way. Here are some tangible ways to act today with resources for you to use in educating yourself.