A Presidents’ Day Essay on my journey reading the authoritative biographies of all of the Presidents in order, what I learned, and my recommended titles.
Read more >Dr. King was a transformational leader who inspired a movement and changed our nation. When we learn about a leader like Dr. King, it can be daunting. We might think it takes the immense abilities of Dr. King to make a difference. But when we dig a little deeper into two of the milestone moments of the Civil Rights movement, we learn leadership lessons that can inspire us all to step up.
Read more >Monte Allen has a form of Tourette’s Syndrome that includes vulgar outbursts that made it hard for people to see and engage his talent. Bob Littman and the Freestore Food Bank gave him a chance. This is a parable about the often unexpected rewards of diversity and inclusion.
Read more >Diversity and inclusion are not just nice things to do, but they are essential if leaders and organizations want to succeed in meeting the needs of our evolving nation over the long-term. Nonprofits have an appalling record, and must be held more accountable.
Read more >A few years ago, I decided to engage my children in my year-end giving and created a system that has worked well to educate them about issues, our community, social justice, and philanthropy.
Read more >As both President Obama and Mitt Romney make the case for creating jobs, they are ignoring one of the fastest-growing job creators in our economy which already employs more than 14 million people: the nonprofit sector.
Read more >As we wound down the White House Council on Community Solutions, a group of Council members and other experts discussed the emergence of collective impact as a model for solving problems.
Read more >Collective Impact holds great promise for our communities, but to do it well, leaders will need to build trust, coordinate their approaches, and engage community members in new ways. This is not how groups have worked before. This is the challenge.
Read more >There are 6.7 million young people who neither have a college degree nor a job — so-called “disconnected youth.” We must act now to engage these young people for the sake of our communities, our economy, and the young people themselves. We must see them as “Opportunity Youth.”
Read more >With Michele Jolin and Willa Seldon, this white paper and supporting case studies and toolbox were one of the main outputs of the White House Council’s two year exploration of collective impact.
Read more >Our LGBT young people and others on the margins of our communities need to hear all of us say: “You are valuable. We need your skills, talents, and leadership. Our communities cannot be strong or whole without you.”
Read more >The tragic death of Trayvon Martin is an extreme example of the danger of stereotyping and profiling and how it damages our increasingly diverse society. It also highlights the white privilege many of us have who will never be mistaken for a criminal regardless of our appearance or actions.
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