Hello all:
Our organization's CEO recently circulated this article among our internal working group that focuses on DEI: "
A Call to Modernize American Philanthropy." It focuses on the book "Decolonizing Wealth" by Edgar Villanueva. While the perspective is mostly from the philanthropic view, the in
terview with the author really underscores an approach to finance and philanthropy that we could adopt at our CDFIs, which can be considered social justice organizations. Among my favorite take-away themes from the article:
- "The best thing you can do is go and sit in a community"
- "Listen in color"
- Apologize
I just wanted to share, and happy to also hear your thoughts.
Olivia
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Olivia Rebanal
Director of Inclusive Food Systems
Capital Impact Partners
Oakland CA
(510) 496-2235
orebanal@capitalimpact.org------------------------------