How to Think Differently about Diversity in Nonprofit Leadership: Get Comfortable with Discomfort
Facing the reality of race and racism inside nonprofit organizations is a necessary first step to making progress and making change. If we truly are going to diversify the leadership of organizations, people in positions of power will not be able to avoid feeling uncomfortable. Making progress on any tough issue at the intersection of social biases, policies, and structures and our nation’s legacy of racism requires some discomfort; it’s how we know things are changing.