[Español abajo] Dear Asheville Community, Like many of you, we are stunned. While we are uncertain about what is to come for our communities, we are clear about our mandate for these…
Dear Asheville Community/Querida comunidad de Asheville
How Do You Award Brilliance? Learnings from Our First Participatory Grantmaking Process
In Spring 2019, we announced a new pilot initiative–the Tzedek Brilliance Awards. These awards celebrate and resource Asheville community leaders who have had a demonstrated impact working in one or more of…
Where Are We? An Organizational Update
[Español abajo] Over the last several months, we’ve heard from many of you. Some have reached out to celebrate the winners of the Brilliance Awards. Others have offered feedback about the pilot…
A Founder’s Reflections on Pausing and Transitioning
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this blog post implied that Tamiko Ambrose-Murray and Beth Trigg led a deep process of internal work at the Center for Participatory Change. In reality, that work…
The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle Philanthropy
[Español abajo] By Marsha Davis During our “pause for the cause,” AMKRF has entered a time of organizational reflection and analysis building. As a part of our work, we are sharing reflections…
White Women Doing White Supremacy in Nonprofit Culture
[Español abajo] By Heather Laine Talley During our “pause for the cause,” AMKRF has entered a time of organizational reflection and analysis building. As a part of our work, we are sharing…
Liberation from the Inside Out
[Español abajo] By Lindsay Majer I imagine our pause for the cause has looked like an eleven-month vacation. We did not welcome a new cohort of Fellows. We haven’t hosted lunch and…
Building a Shared Analysis
[Español abajo] While our community-based research unfolds, AMKRF is building a shared analysis. What is a shared analysis and what does building a shared analysis look like? Through individual reflection, staff dialogue,…
Creating Spaces of Possibility: An Interview with Ashley Cooper
[Español abajo] As a small organization, AMKRF staff worked in silos, focusing on distinct tasks with very little collaboration across the entire team. During our pause for the cause year, we’ve…
Moving Towards Transparency
[Español abajo] By Jennifer Langton During our “pause for the cause,” AMKRF has entered a time of organizational reflection and analysis building. As a part of our work, we are sharing reflections…
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