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In 2 weeks: We're inviting finance folks to join us for a hands-on session on how to design your organization's accounting system so it is in deeper alignment with your mission and programs! Learn more & sign up: www.compasspoint.org/workshops

🌱 Supervisors who want to support staff in ways that center people, equity, and mutual flourishing rather than domination and control, join us Oct. 28th and Oct. 30th! www.compasspoint.org/workshops

🪷To all the Asians who want to build community and practice solidarity: Join us for our virtual Asian affinity gathering on Oct. 21st! Learn more and sign up: www.compasspoint.org/asian-affini...

Choose Your (Re)Adventure: A Guide for Reconnection, Release, Renewal, & Resourcing Originally created by CompassPoint's Culture & Community team for staff, this activity and reflection guide has been adapted for our community at large as an invitation and offering for you to center ...

🪴 Choose Your (Re)Adventure: A resource for those who are looking for self-reflection and self-care activities to support you as you navigate all the change and transition happening inside and outside your organization. This helped us—we hope it helps you, too!

www.compasspoint.org/blog/choose-...

Clamoring for Equity: Now Is a Builder’s Moment - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Faced with authoritarianism, many in nonprofits and philanthropy are lying low. But what is required is building for the future.

💡 From Melissa DeShields, Keecha Harris, and Carmen JM Simon via NPQ: "This is a 'builder’s moment.' [...] The work ahead requires us to think long-term, partner differently, and reimagine what bold, coordinated action can look like."

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A New Playbook: How Nonprofits Are Reinventing Themselves Amid the chaos of 2025, organizations are adapting and innovating to survive. The new approaches might eventually make them stronger.

💡 From Ben Gose via The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Amid the chaos of 2025, organizations are adapting and innovating to survive. The new approaches might eventually make them stronger." www.philanthropy.com/article/a-ne...

🪴 Our Conflict Resolution Practice Pods are returning this month! Learn more and sign up: www.compasspoint.org/conflict-res...

💭 Even in the midst of chaos, Black leaders need and deserve space to dream and rejuvenate together. Starting Friday, Sept. 5th, 'How You Be?': Radical Visioning as Black Leaders is returning! Learn more: www.compasspoint.org/learning-communities

The last day to register is Wednesday, Sept. 3rd :)

Newsflash: Cisgender People Don't Own Gender CompassPoint's Capacity Building & Consulting Team Member Joe Jackson reflects on how cisgender people's relationship to gender can come at the expense of trans people while ultimately costing gender ...

​New on our blog: CompassPoint's Capacity Building & Consulting Team Member Joe Jackson reflects on how cisgender people's relationship to gender can come at the expense of trans people while ultimately costing gender liberation for everyone.

www.compasspoint.org/blog/newsfla...

Overcoming Fear and Seeking Solidarity: How We Must Defend Our Communities - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly In social change work, we don’t always get to choose our battles. When my nonprofit recently faced the opportunity to fight back, it was important to overcome our fears and defend the community we ser...

"Too many of us are staying quiet and justifying our silence with what we deem might be in the best interests of the community. [...] I believe that all of us have a role to play in shaping the world we want."

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🪴 In 2 weeks: Facilitation Skills for BIPOC Leaders starts Tuesday, June 24th! Join us to learn and practice facilitation skills and tools that keep equity in mind while making an impact: www.compasspoint.org/workshops

🪴 In 2 weeks: Supervision for BIPOC Leaders starts Tuesday, June 24th! Join us if you're looking to deepen skills for building power with, rather than over, the people you supervise. Learn more & sign up: www.compasspoint.org/workshops

How to Fend Off Attacks on Nonprofits—Three Key Strategies - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly An injury to one is an injury to all. This needs to be the mantra for philanthropy today, if authoritarianism is to be turned back.

"Lawsuits, like the ones that the Council of Nonprofits have filed, are a vital tool for movements today. But long term, the courts alone won’t save us; we need to be organizing."

nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-fend-...

🪴 Starting next Wednesday: BIPOC folks, join us for our Coaching Skills workshop! Learn more & register: www.compasspoint.org/workshops

As Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month comes to a close, we want to uplift a question often posed by Chinese American philosopher, Black Power activist, and movement ancestor Grace Lee Boggs: What time is it on the clock of the world?

🌟 Calling Black, Indigenous, and people of color interested in deepening their generative conflict skills! Join us for our Conflict Resolution workshop starting Tuesday, June 12th: www.compasspoint.org/workshops

How to Not “Obey in Advance”—Actions for Resisting Authoritarianism - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly These are not normal times for nonprofits and movements. But these times also provide an opportunity to recommit to mission and advance the values that we hold dear.

"This is a moment of truth for all progressive nonprofits. [...] Making yourself small is rarely a strong long-term strategy."

nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-not-o...

Because We Need Each Other, Part IV: Interventions & Healing Exploring the phenomenon known as “cancel culture.”…

Important read on how we can navigate conflict in ways that mitigate harm and create space for both accountability and nuance. convergencemag.com/articles/bwn...

🗣️ Calling forth white accomplices who dare to lead with a racial justice lens—join us to transform your supervisory relationships and practices, starting June 3rd: www.compasspoint.org/workshops

Happy birthday to movement ancestors Malcolm X & Yuri Kochiyama, whose powerful friendship serves as inspo for cross-racial solidarity + a shared vision for liberation. May their commitment to political education, pro-Blackness, & anti-imperialism reignite our own leadership practices in this time.

Nonprofits Under Threat: What’s in the House Tax Bill and How You Can Help The draft tax bill includes many provisions which, if enacted, could have a significant impact on nonprofit organizations nationwide and the people they serve

​📢 CALL TO ACTION via The National Council of Nonprofits: Nonprofit workers, contact your Republican Representatives and Senators ASAP urging them to vote 🚫 NO 🚫 on a House tax bill that will harm our sector + low-income families! 🎬 LEARN MORE >> www.councilofnonprofits.org/articles/non...

🪴 The fundraising landscape remains more uncertain than ever, but tapping into our power as community builders + organizers can position us to resource our movements more sustainably! If this (re)framing resonates, join us for our resource mobilizer workshop in June! www.compasspoint.org/workshops

🪴 LAST CALL to sign up for next week's Supervision workshop! Join a supportive peer learning space to learn and practice skills for creating supervisory relationships that are equitable and just. Learn more and register: www.compasspoint.org/workshops

I Was Recently Detained by ICE. Here’s My Message to Philanthropy Sitting on the sidelines isn’t an option as immigrant advocates are targeted.

🪴 A powerful call to action by Hispanics in Philanthropy VP and immigration attorney Jazmín Chávez via The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

www.philanthropy.com/article/i-wa...

“And Now, I Get to Be Part of the Change”: How the Personal Is Also Powerful CompassPoint Project Director Simone Thelemaque looks back on her journey into leadership and reflects on how being witnessed, listened to, and invited in by others became a catalyst for her stepping ...

New on our blog: CompassPoint Project Director Simone Thelemaque looks back on her journey into leadership and reflects on how being witnessed, listened to, and invited in by others became a catalyst for her stepping into her own power.

www.compasspoint.org/blog/%E2%80%...

LAST CALL TO REGISTER: Our Conflict Resolution workshop starts next week on Tuesday, May 6! If you're looking to process a workplace conflict in a supportive peer space, join us: www.compasspoint.org/workshop/Con...

How intergenerational organizing strengthens movements Combining the wisdom of experience with the energy of youth can build intergenerational solidarity and create powerful, lasting change

Powerful reporting on how intergenerational organizing is critical for building power via Prism

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Fortifying the Frontlines: How to Protect Social Movements Under Attack - Building Movement Attempts to silence progressive social movements in the United States are not new. In this blog, Janis Rosheuvel, BMP’s Executive Director, shares insight on how understanding the opposition's strateg...

​"Silencing progressive social movements in the United States is not new. The nation’s institutions have long been used to target resistance organizations & workers. Our movement elders & ancestors have much to teach us & we must adapt these lessons for our time." From Building Movement Project

🪴 Leaders in progressive nonprofit and movement orgs: Are you looking for support with how to lead your team through times of change and transition? Join us next Tuesday, April 15th! Learn more and register: www.compasspoint.org/workshops

When We Get Power A meditation on the changing landscape of leadership, a reflection on the demands of leaders of color, and an answer for those asking what…

A powerful, illuminating meditation on the changing landscape of leadership by Karla L. Monterroso. Originally written at the very beginning of the COVD-19 pandemic, Monterroso's thoughts and analysis remain timely and relevant. medium.com/zebras-unite...