The Future Of Nonprofit Leadership & DEI
December 18, 2020
* Editor’s Note: During the next 10 days The NonProfit Times will publish commentaries looking to 2021 and beyond from some of the sector’s most accomplished leaders. All of the commentaries are available in The NonProfit Times’ digital edition on this website.
Amidst a global racial reckoning, now is the time to spark a long overdue leadership revolution in civil society. There should be a younger, more racially diverse generation of leaders entering the C-suite, supported by their predecessors, boards, and the philanthropic community.
We must once and for all abandon the notion that there is a shortage of talented, ready, social change leaders of color to meet the sector’s leadership needs. There is no shortage. Rather, there is a lack of accountability and dedicated resources for the unique and systemic challenges that BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) leaders face as they work to advance in leadership and influence.