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Collective Impact Forum staff, partners, and guest contributors share the latest learning, innovations, and stories from the field.
- October 23, 2015
If You Don’t Know Who You’re Impacting, How Do You Know You’re Making an Impact?
When I’m not trying to get philanthropy to be more proactive around embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion, I’m working to get my Ph.D. at the University o…
- October 23, 2015
Exploring Equity in Collaborative Grantmaking
As conversations around race and equity gain prominence in the national dialogue, it seems the philanthropic sector is increasingly recognizing the ways in whi…
- October 23, 2015
Three Levels of Racial Equity Work
It’s become increasingly clear that large scale social change efforts need to directly tackle structural racial inequality in order to be truly impactful and e…
- September 2, 2015
Applying An Equity Mirror to Collective Impact
There has been increasing buzz about “equity” and “racial equity” in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors and among cross-sector collective impact efforts. …
- August 24, 2015
Six Steps to Take When You’ve Been Equity Bombed
The last blog post about fakequity and equity bombs led to an online discussion about what to do after you’ve been equity bombed. Prevention is still a key, bu…
- June 18, 2015
Dodging Equity Bombs and Avoiding “Fakequity”
It feels like equity is the new buzzword. It has become the new “diversity.”My question is, “How are you defining equity?”I ask because it feels like we have d…