by Mazarine | Mar 24, 2021 | Conflict
WHOA ok so did you hear what happened this week? Check out this twitter thread. Let’s just get one thing straight. I am a racist and misogynist jerk sometimes. But here’s the difference between me and TA. I know it. This whole mess is…...
by Mazarine | Feb 26, 2021 | Conflict, Leadership
This little fact is going to help you fundraise better. Let me get straight to the point. White folks are the minority in the world. And quickly becoming the minority in the US and Canada. That means if you want to continue your good work, it’s important to...
by Mazarine | Feb 25, 2021 | Conflict, Finding a job, Leadership, Sector-Switching, women
I’ve been excited for months to share Anjali Nath Upadhyay with you. Her podcast, Feral Visions, has been enlightening and inspiring me with so many ideas. Here’s just a tiny excerpt of an interview she did with D’Juan Owens of #nowhitesaviors: ...
by Mazarine | Feb 24, 2021 | Conflict, corruption, COVID-19 Fundraising, Cultivating donors
Over the couple months I’ve been thinking of this quote by Greisa Martinez Rosas, executive director of United We Dream. Greisa says, “Follow black women’s leadership, with the boundless love of community, and the discipline of hope. We are the...
by Mazarine | Jan 7, 2021 | Conflict
Here’s why people stormed the senate yesterday. This is class war, what does that mean? For me, hearing that the guards in the senate/house did nothing means that there is a level of fellow feeling between the protestors and the people who work as police...
by Mazarine | Dec 10, 2020 | Board, Conflict, Leadership, women
You work at a nonprofit right? Let me ask you a few questions. Why do you feel like you have to change the world? Why is the world resting on your shoulders? Who made you in charge of the world’s problems? Because in nonprofits, this is how we are set up. Because of...
