Responding to the Diversity Gap From Awareness to Action

In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority Ethnic and racial minorities will comprise a majority of the nation’s population in a little more than a generation, according to new Census Bureau projections, a transformation that is occurring faster than anticipated just a few years ago. The census calculates that by 2042, Americans who identify themselves as Hispanic, Black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander will together outnumber non-Hispanic whites. Four years ago, officials had projected the shift would come in 2050.

94% of foundation presidents are White 82% of executive directors are White 86% of board members are White

18% of EDs are people of color 14% of board members are people of color 6% of foundation CEOs are people of color

Each of us holds the future of the nonprofit sector in our own hands.

"This is not the time to be afraid or timid because the challenges are formidable. Now is the time to take both personal and institutional risks.“ - Wenda Weekes Moore, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

What roles can we each play as an agent of change? WE ARE NONPROFIT CULTURE

Speak Out

Prioritize Cultural Competency Consistently pay attention to how your own assumptions and cultural background could affect your interaction with other people

Prioritize Cultural Competency

Consistently pay attention to how your own assumptions and cultural background could affect your interaction with other people

Expand Your Networks

Expand Your Networks

Intentionally develop and maintain relationships with community leaders and bridge builders across race, ethnicity, and culture Make the extra effort to reach out to and include members of a particular group who often get left out

Intentionally develop and maintain relationships with community leaders and bridge builders across race, ethnicity, and culture

Make the extra effort to reach out to and include members of a particular group who often get left out

Encourage Professional Development

Intentionally attend learning forums (e.g., seminars, workshops) to deepen your understanding about race, ethnicity, culture, and equity, and/or about the particular group of people with whom you are working

"As a Latino in philanthropy, it helps to meet other professionals dealing with the same challenges that I’m dealing with and to have the opportunity to learn from what they’ve experienced in the field.“ -Edgar Aguirre, California Community Foundation Support Affinity Groups

Avoid Tokenism

Other Ideas?

Rosetta Thurman, M.S. Thurman Consulting http://fromthepipeline.blogspot.com www.thurmanconsulting.org