In the new publication, Transforming Organizations by Operationalizing Racial Justice, I discuss how many people ask how their organization can work on operationalizing racial justice when the people in it are already overwhelmed with work, or when the organization is moving from crisis to crisis. It can be overwhelming, whether…

excerpt from Transforming Organizations by Operationalizing Racial Justice In the publication, Transforming Organizations by Operationalizing Racial Justice, I use the terms white dominant culture and white dominant behaviors using the definition that Gita Gulati-Partee and I shared in an article we co-wrote in 2014. White dominant culture “refers to the…

The uprisings and organizing[1] for police abolition and radical transformation for racial justice and liberation intensified during 2020, shook up how we did things and how we interacted with each other. It changed a few oppressive policies and laws even though more have since been created. There was an increase…

… of the article, DEI Strategy is Limited and Potentially Harmful: So Now What? — >>>>>>READ Part One: WHY DOES DEI STRATEGY NOT LEAD TO RACIAL JUSTICE? Full Text of Article. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> You may be frustrated after reading Part One, as you begin or continue to interrogate the DEI strategy you’re using and wonder if it will shift power, if your terms align with your stated outcomes, and if it will lead to becoming a racially just organization. You may be…

Part One: WHY DOES DEI STRATEGY NOT LEAD TO RACIAL JUSTICE? Part Two: IT TAKES TIME TO SHIFT DEI STRATEGY: SO NOW WHAT? “… the language of freedom, nation, democracy, and even the state, in spite of and at times because of its racism, have not been ideologically stable but…

Please explore the full version of Operationalizing Racial Justice in Non-Profit Organizations. It is a pivotal moment. #BlackLivesMatter is finally being widely embraced instead of challenged and may be the largest movement in U.S. history,[1] with unprecedented uprisings happening globally. There are active discussions and steps being taken in communities…

By Maggie Potapchuk The month after Michael Brown was murdered by police in August 2014, the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity gathered 55 racial justice activists and leaders from foundations in Washington, DC, to discuss how funders and activists could work together to more proactively respond to the deep structural…