There is no one-size-fits-all model for nonprofits serving disadvantaged communities. More often than not, any universal method applied to a community results in failure and frustration—good intentions often translate into colonial tendencies that overlook or, worse, erase a community’s politics and cultural vibrancy. How can nonprofit organizations offer programs and services that both meet the needs of and empower people living in disadvantaged communities—specifically, communities of color—with an ethical sensibility that respects those communities? How can nonprofits work with community leaders, rather than manage them? Through the stories of community activists across the nation, this panel will host a discussion of the experiences, ideas, and lessons learned that can help nonprofits better serve the communities they are trying to help.
This plenary panel will be moderated by Darnell Moore, a nationally-renowned community activist and public intellectual, who is the head of strategy and programs for Breakthrough TV, the former editor-at-large at CASSIUS, co-managing editor at The Feminist Wire, and author of No Ashes in the Fire. Moore will be in discussion with Coya White Hat Artichoker, founder of the First Nations Two Spirits Collective, who also serves on the board of directors at the PFund Foundation. They will be joined by Mauricio Lim Miller, founder of Family Independence Initiative and 2012 MacArthur “genius” grant winner, as well as Fresco Steez, the Minister of Training and Culture at Black Youth Project 100.
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