Important Resources for Social Justice, because Black Lives Matter
Resources shared from New Leaders Council, the NLC Black Caucus suggest the following texts:
Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
NLC also recommends:
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
A two-part webinar series titled White Folks (Part 1): We Have to Talk About Race, and White Folks (Part II): A Call To Action by Diversity Talks. Register online: https://www.diversitytalkspd.com/virtualevents
If this is something that you as a white leader struggle to wrap your head around, it may help to start with the following article: White Fragility: Why It's So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
COVID-19-specific Articles, Resources, and Information for Nonprofits
My personal favorite resource, Nonprofit AF, shared their thoughts on this crisis.
From Train Your Board - a great list of ways Board Members can help their nonprofits right now.
Bloomerang has a number of great resources, including an article about raising funds in tough times, and a continually-updated library of resources.
Collibri Collaborative shares tips and emerging practices for online meetings, including facilitation tips relevant to in-person meetings as well.
The Bridgespan Group published its recommendations on what philanthropy can do today to support grantees.
Similarly, FSG has shared seven things philanthropy can do about COVID-19 and its effects.
And my other resources, non-crisis related:
Fundraising
Formerly the Foundation Center, Candid provides fantastic courses and resources
A number of great topics are covered on Veritus Group’s Passionate Giving Blog
Classy charges for their fundraising software, but their blog is full of free resources!
Nonprofits
The Nonprofit Learning Lab has a wealth of online resources, plus in-person conferences around the country
Based in Oakland, CompassPoint provides fantastic trainings, plus focuses on equity and inclusion
Stanford Social Innovation Review is a good resource for articles and industry news
A consulting firm, The Bridgespan Group also has toolkits, a blog, and other free resources
Nonprofit AF is a light-hearted, often tongue-in-cheek blog and social network poking fun at and bringing light to challenges of the industry
Board of Directors
10 Fundraising Responsibilities Every Board Member Should Know
BoardSource is a leader in nonprofit board leadership, with seminars and training. Their blog has great articles, too
This article from Personify covers all the details of building an effective nonprofit Board
Leadership Training
New Leaders Council is the the hub for progressive Millennial thought leadership, anchored by a 6-month progressive leadership fellowship
StartingBloc aims to advance a new paradigm of leadership and power a global community of practitioners, starting with a 5-day Institute
Surge provides a one-year fellowship to educate and elevate leaders of color working in education
About Leadership
Leading Self, Leading Others: How to Grow Distributed Leadership - Article on Medium with 15-minute video
Simon Sinek’s TedX talk on How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Facilitation: Trauma-informed facilitation, Anti-oppressive facilitation from AORTA, and tips on facilitating group discussions from Brown.
Children’s Literature
Tandem, Partners in Early Learning’s blog has a variety of great resources, including fantastic book recommendations
Reading While White: Working for racial diversity and inclusion in books for children and teens
Lee and Low Books: The largest multicultural publisher in the country
Education
A great source of education news, EdSurge was created to connect the emerging community of education technology entrepreneurs and educators