As a consulting firm that is driven to help organizations learn about and prioritize racial equity and healing, the team at CommunityBuild Ventures is excited to announce our new education partnership with KDSL Global. Together, CBV and KDSL Global are...
Shift the Power. Free the Money. is a 4-part series to understand and embrace community-led grantmaking. Shift the Power.Free the Money. is a reflection on how to effectively shift power and center the voice and experience of Black people especially...
In the individualistic culture that exists within the United States, one study revealed that 61% of Americans report feelings of loneliness. This shocking statistic reveals the sheer importance of being a part of a community. Whether it is a workplace,...
The latest results of a survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics have many business and community leaders taking a deeper look into an apparent and disturbing truth: Black women are leaving the workforce at an alarming rate. Take...
Organizational coaching is an excellent way to improve the systemic structures of your organization. Organizational coaches can come into your organization and help implement tools and practices that will allow your org to better meet equitable policies and standards. A...
When it comes to fighting the systemized oppression and centuries of racism that have kept our world broken, the burden often falls on Black communities. While fighting the systems that were designed to keep Black people down is vital, it’s...
“..institutions commonly and unconsciously assume POC [People of Color] who are invited into the institution should not only be grateful but should also want to be like the white people who invited them.”
"There is a common misconception that equity and equality mean the same thing — and that they can be used interchangeably, especially when talking about education. But the truth is they do not — and cannot."
“Change culture and you change lives. You can also change the course of history...When strategy competes with culture, culture wins every time. This is one of the reasons why the most brilliant anti-white supremacy strategies in the world have failed to dislodge white-body supremacy from our culture...But we can never belong to a strategy. We can never belong to a movement, either, though we can be part of it. We can only belong to a culture.”
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