Organizational Culture

February 19, 2021

Race to Lead: Confronting the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap

A report on the results of a national survey of over 4,000 respondents revealing disparities in leadership representation in the nonprofit sector. Findings include more similarities than differences in the background and preparation between white and POC respondents, but POCs face unspoken and unconscious biases that prevent those with the hiring power from fairly assessing, recognizing, and valuing their potential.
February 19, 2021

Race to Lead Revisited: Obstacles and Opportunities in Addressing the Nonprofit Racial Leadership Gap

A 2019 update report on the 2016 Race to Lead report that shows that conditions have worsened for the advancement of POCs in the nonprofit sector. White people are still found to be more likely to have various kinds of career support than people of color, particularly when looking at role models.
February 19, 2021

How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace

Janet Stovall shares her thoughts on creating workplaces where people feel safe and expected to be their unassimilated, authentic selves. (Run time 11:04)
February 19, 2021

Challenging White Supremacy Through Rest

In the midst of this global pause, we are presented with the opportunity to unpack our work culture, which is deeply rooted in white supremacist work values. By unpacking these values we hope to create new, human centered pathways of being. Presented by SHIFT. (Run time 58:25)
February 19, 2021

Not Suitable for Work

A basic training in implicit racial bias, microaggression, and other components of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Presented by Catharsis. (Run time 51:12)
February 19, 2021

How Employee Resource Groups Drive Diversity

Diversity and inclusion can regress during an economic crisis, but corporations have a resource to help prevent that from happening: ERGs. Affinity groups�for women, people of color, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, and more�can reinforce a company’s leadership. This panel explores ways ERGs could help preserve and advance years of effort toward inclusive workplaces. (Run time 1:32:08)
February 19, 2021

Human Resources: Balancing Urgency & Equity During COVID-19

This webinar explores: What shifts in human resource policy or practice can we implement now to support employees in the short term? What experiments can we undertake that may lead to long-term improvements in how we support employees at our organizations? What employment law is most critical in this fast-changing environment for nonprofit employers? Presented by Fractured Atlas, TrainXtra, & Common Future. (Run time 55:57)
February 19, 2021

Tokenism is NOT Transformation (Podcast)

How to avoid tokenism in aiming for transformational change, addressing the unpaid labor that often BIPOC people are expected to carry out at their organizations. Presented by Michelle Shireen Muri with guest speaker Chuck Warpehoski. (Run time 32:32)
February 19, 2021

Racial Equity Tools

Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level � in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.
February 19, 2021

Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA)

AORTA is a worker-owned cooperative devoted to strengthening movements for social justice and a solidarity economy. We work as consultants and facilitators to expand the capacity of cooperative, collective, and community based projects through education, training, and planning. We base our work on an intersectional approach to liberation because we believe that true change requires uprooting all systems of oppression.
February 19, 2021

Bay Area Housing Internship Program

This one-year, paid internship program trains low-income college students of color to jumpstart careers in affordable housing development and project management – by pairing each intern with an NPH member host agency, a leading nonprofit affordable housing developer.
February 19, 2021

Rural West Internship Program

The Internship Program is a one-year paid Internship for university students designed to increase the diversity of staff in the Affordable Housing and Community Development field and assist in meeting the diverse needs of the communities served throughout the rural West.