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Self to Systems: Leading for Race Equity Impact
This Leadership Model is a tool to support individuals and organizations with core commitments, corresponding practices, and reflection questions that can create and sustain racially equitable experiences and outcomes within the social sector.
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Blog, Thriving Leaders and Communities, Uncategorized
by Monica Biswas and Rosie Aquila Monica and Rosie have partnered on the design and facilitation for three of ProInspire’s team-based cohorts. These reflections and learnings stemmed from their experiences, observations, and feedback from participants in these programs. April 20, 2023 ProInsp…
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ProInspire Exploring How We Step Towards Organizational Resilience by Ashley Bernal March 31, 2023 “Give Light and People Will Find the Way” – Ella Josephine Baker In my experience as a social scientist and advocate for racial justice, I’ve observed that racial equity is ana…
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On the Dawn of Transformation by Bianca Anderson February 15, 2023 ProInspire co-CEO Bianca Anderson expands on what “Being and Becoming” looks and feels like as the co-CEO of our growing organization in the midst of its own beautiful transitions. Enjoy the fourth and final blog ins…
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by Bianca Anderson and Monisha Kapila January 17, 2023 Since publishing our Leadership Model for Race Equity Impact in 2021, our work has centered around supporting organizations and leaders with embodying practices that accelerate race equity in both outcomes and experience within their organizatio…
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ProInspire Director Monica Biswas shares insights from her work with organizations this year. She explores 5 elements she has observed across thriving organizations. Enjoy the third blog installment in our Thrive Through the Season and into 2023 campaign. In terms of commitment, thriving organizatio…
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In the following Q&A conversation below, our Board Co-Chair Nancy Withbroe explores how the core commitment of Centering Relationships helps to guide board governance at ProInspire and shares tips around how other boards can use this core commitment. This is the second blog installment in our Th…
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Let’s talk about succession planning. Given my Founder identity, I often think about how the organization thrives beyond me. This question isn’t exclusive to Founders, as we know that Executive Director transitions in general can lead to instability in organizations. But when I bring up successi…
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Part two of this series picks up with a conversation Monisha has with a new cohort of ProInspire fellows in 2014. If you missed part one, read the complete blog here. In August 2014, I was sitting around a conference table with the new cohort of ProInspire Fellows. We had 15 fellows in the DC [&hell…
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ProInspire’s AAPI staff opens up and answers how their racial identity and lived experience shaped their leadership. I identified most strongly with my Asian identity until witnessing 9/11 as someone with the last name of Islam. Namira Islam Anani, Director In order to lead forward, I’ve found I…
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Part I of a two-part series on Exploring Identity with ProInspire’s Founder Recently, I had the opportunity to join the Catalyst Collective, a community of practice hosted by ProInspire for senior leaders of color, at the inaugural group’s final convening. Members shared stories about how th…
Blog, Competency Model, Competency Model, Education, Leadership & Management Practices, Leadership Model for Race Equity Impact, Leading for Equity, Race Equity,
“At ProInspire, we have been creating space for people to share their individual experience, and then understand it through the eyes of a collective.“ At ProInspire, we took the last few weeks of December to reflect on what we did and learned through our work in 2021. As an organiza…
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“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.”– Brené Brown Advancing racial equity within organizations builds upon the work of “Leading Self” and “Leading…
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“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” – Lilla Watson and Aboriginal activists group, Queensland, 1970s Neriel: First, I wanted to ask you what the commitment…
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Part one of our four-part Commit to Shift blog series I vividly remember the day I found out I was Black… It was in the Shaffer’s hallway, as the sunlight pierced through the glass front door. Moments before, I had been playing happily with Emily and Greg. I can still hear the sound of our…
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We’re excited to introduce our newly released… Self to Systems: Leading for Race Equity Impact This model is based on research ProInspire started five years ago and supports individuals and organizations in identifying how their practices can create and sustain racially equitable e…