A Nonprofit Leader Discusses How to Spark Change Through Service and Advocacy

Gladys Vega, executive director of the Boston-area nonprofit La Colaborativa, talks about community-based work and the challenges of the pandemic. Darlene DeVita

September 23, 2022 | Read Time: 1 minute

In the Season 3 premiere of Giving Done Right, the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s Phil Buchanan and Grace Nicolette talk with Gladys Vega, executive director of the Boston-area nonprofit La Colaborativa. Vega discusses her organization’s community-based approach, the most challenging and formative moments of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ways that nonprofits can spur sustainable change through both direct service and advocacy work.

We appreciate the opportunity to share this podcast and want to note that the interview was conducted by Buchanan and Nicolette with no involvement from the Chronicle’s newsroom.