Hi friends, thought I’d try something new. You know I always try to share my learning with you from the books and conferences that are major milestones in my racial justice journey — but there are also so many smaller steps along the way, so many valuable articles and resources that help me try to move forward day by day and week by week. Want to follow along with what I’ve been reading lately? Here you go. Some are specifically about racial justice; others focus more on nonprofits, philanthropy, and fundraising; some are both, which I love since that’s me. Please share ideas for what I should be reading next week!

• The 1619 Project – New York Times Magazine feature section, and in particular these 2 articles:
  • America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One – by Nikole Hannah-Jones
  • American Capitalism Is Brutal. You Can Trace That to the Plantation. – by Matthew Desmond
• Foundation CEOs and Trustees, Don’t Let Your Power Go To Waste – by Ryan Schlegel, NCRP
• Why Fundraisers Are Fed Up – special report in the Chronicle of Philanthropy
• I Have Mixed Feelings About the Term ‘Women of Color’ – by Salomé Gómez-Upegui
• Unconscious Bias is Running for President – by Rebecca Solnit
• It’s Time to Bring Back America’s Noble Impulses: No More Excuses for Racism and Other Misguided Impulses – by Grant Oliphant, President of the Heinz Endowments
• Stress Test – by Alan Cantor
• When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers – by Gustavo Arellano
• Are You Rich? Where Does Your Net Worth Rank in America? – New York Times interactive feature
• How Philanthropy Can Help Impact Investing Reach Its Potential – by Michael Kubzansky, managing partner of the Omidyar Network; Rajiv J. Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation; Julia Stasch, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation