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Denechia PowellMarch 28, 2018

Three Strategies for Decolonizing Nonprofits from a Black Queer Feminist Organizer

I’m critical of nonprofits, but only because I know we can do better. I began volunteering and working at nonprofits after becoming disenchanted by the Great Recession; politicized by gender studies courses; and inspired by former Pres. Barack Obama, whose life story introduced me to the term “community organizer.” Obama made being a community organizer […]

Article by Denechia Powell / Change-Makers Blog / decolonize, equity, NPIC 8 Comments

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