Steps to Assess Need for Capacity Building

Steps to Assess Need for Capacity Building

by | May 23, 2022 | Blog

At the Bringing It Home Conference, Beth and Stan held a session on building your organization’s capacity. They explained the Marguerite Casey Organizational Capacity Assessment and shared with the participants a simple start to assessing your organization’s capacity....
Language Justice in Action

Language Justice in Action

by | Jan 20, 2021 | Blog

What’s the difference between language access and language justice? Probably like most people, I had not given much thought to language access as an issue of justice. Recently, however, we had an opportunity to learn firsthand what language justice looks like in...
Emotional Leaders: Part 2- Managing Emotions

Emotional Leaders: Part 2- Managing Emotions

by | Oct 26, 2020 | Blog

In our previous blog, Compassion Fatigue, I talked about our emotions driving our decisions and the sense of urgency needed to make change. I explored the difficulty of sticking with it when we get frustrated, bored, anxious, or feel depleted. To lead change, we must...
Emotional Leaders: Part 1- Compassion Fatigue

Emotional Leaders: Part 1- Compassion Fatigue

by | Oct 7, 2020 | Blog

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as is typical when a natural disaster hits, people who were not affected or least affected rallied to help those who were hit the hardest. Food pantries overflowed with donations. New food distribution systems emerged and...