New Orleans Hey, every day is important. We’re busy bees, and today we even have a mini-hurricane heading our way within hours, so there’s a long list. Nonetheless, I don’t like to be one of those “I told you so folks,” especially when what I told you, repeatedly, was about some bad and evil activity …
Tag: nonprofits
Political Empowerment and Mobilization Needs to be the Critical Metric for Funders
New Orleans I ’d like to just say it is a coincidence, but sometimes it just seems like fate. One day we write about how funders are explicitly and implicitly leading movements, campaigns, organizers, and organizations down blind alleys into box canyons for their own convenience without concern for the outcomes and happily doing so …
Black Lives Matter Lawsuit is a Reminder of the Importance of Structure
New Orleans Last year at a meeting organized for nonprofits by Tulane University, there was furious head scratching when everyone was asked what workshop they would volunteer to lead, and I had written down my willingness to do one on the importance of structure. Asked why, I argued that too many organizations without thinking or …