The DNC, Kamala Harris, and Lessons for the Social Change World
The Democratic convention showed the power of cooperation and inspiration. Nonprofits should take note.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
I’m a Deadhead and a Nonprofit Leader: The Two Have a Lot in Common
The Grateful Dead offers nonprofits lessons on how to adapt to change while staying true to their original vision.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
A Nonprofit Leader to Young Colleagues: Act Like an Olympian
Simone Biles and other Olympic athletes can show young nonprofit leaders featured in a recent Chronicle interview how to excel despite adversity.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
What the YMCA Taught Me About Community, Civil Society, and Democracy
The regular people who worked at my local Y showed me how everyday institutions can bridge divides and level the playing field.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
Where Should the Nonprofit World Stand on Campus Protests?
Stop romanticizing student demonstrators against the war in Gaza, and start encouraging them to reexamine their strategy.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
Why My Nonprofit Relies on the Ideas of an 83-Year-Old Scholar
A champion of interfaith cooperation says “Bowling Alone” author Robert Putnam has answers to our crisis in loneliness and despair. Yet no one is listening.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
Equity Advocates Harm Their Cause When They Insist on a Raised Fist, Not an Extended Hand
Collaboration — not resistance — is the best path to lasting social change. For proof, just look at the debate over pandemic school closures.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
My Son’s Identity Doesn’t Make Him a Victim. Why Does the Social-Change World Insist It Does?
Equating identity with oppression harms social movements and those they seek to help.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
Want Proof Funding Pluralism Works? Consider the Story of a Youth Immigrant Soccer Team.
In a deeply divisive year, philanthropy should invest in the leaders putting pluralism into practice — one community at a time.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
Diversity Work Isn’t Working. It’s Time to Consider a New Approach.
Too often, diversity initiatives encourage an us-versus-them mentality. Philanthropy should invest in efforts that unify rather than divide.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor