2023 Black Leadership in Social Impact Summit
Why It Matters
‘We are the victims’: Equity-deserving community organizations demand governments fix causes of anti-Black hatred
Why It Matters
Dismantling anti-Black hate, racism, and terrorism in Canada will require legislative change and a commitment to funding Black-led and Black-serving initiatives that is urgently needed.
Five Black leaders in social impact you should know
Why It Matters
Black communities continue to be excluded from leadership roles in the social impact sector, and overrepresented in those who access social services and programs (globally and in Canada). Learning from the work of Black changemakers is essential to building an anti-racist sector.
‘We are waiting to see tangible results’: Five Black social impact leaders on the sector’s anti-racism progress
Why It Matters
Ending systemic racism will require more than just platitudes. Discrimination in the sector happens through badly designed funding agreements, poor HR practices, and deliberate exclusion — changing that will require leaders to take a hard look at their everyday practices.
‘Redistribute your stimulus check’: How one U.S. coalition is bridging the social impact sector’s racist funding divide
Why It Matters
Paying reparations is a concrete way to address the systemic lack of funding for Black-led organizations, especially at a time when Black communities across the U.S. (and Canada) are reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic’s ongoing effects.