Tools & Resources to Shift Power to Communities
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Looking at your role/function within your foundation.
What are listening practices that can shift power?
Assess how you are listening through a set of reflection questions.
Are you a trustee or do you work with trustees?
Trustees have unique opportunities and power to drive change — promoting listening that shifts power. They also have the potential to be transformed themselves — adopting new approaches and mindsets around stewardship, power dynamics, and philanthropy writ large.
We’ll have more resources and examples coming soon. In the meantime, you may find content provided in this menu for donors applicable to your work.
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Get in on the growing conversation about purpose-driven board leadership to orient your governance to positive social impact and more connectedness with the communities you seek to serve, particularly around “authorized voice and power,” the recognition that organizations must be informed and authorized by those impacted by the organization’s work.
Explore this menu to spark the changes you want to see.
Mix and match to find the examples, resources, and reflections best suited to help you and your organization shift power to the people and communities at the heart of your work.
Have questions about the menu or ideas for resources or examples?
Please reach out to our communications manager, Debra Blum.
