Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week.
Notable Events of the Week:
- “President Trump has rolled back environmental regulations, pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, brushed aside dire predictions about the effects of climate change, and turned the term “global warming” into a punch line rather than a prognosis.” NY Times
- “Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III announced Wednesday he was closing his office and offered his first public comments on the results of his work, asserting that Justice Department legal guidance prevented him from accusing President Trump of a crime and noting cryptically that the Constitution “requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse the president of wrongdoing.”” Washington Post
- “The Bond Market Is Giving Ominous Warnings About the Global Economy” NY Times
Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets:
- Vu Le: “We cannot white-paper our path to a just society. We cannot theory-of-change ourselves toward an inclusive community.” We need fewer theories of change and more community organizing
- Center for Effective Philanthropy: In a new post on the blog, @arabellaadvisor’s Loren McArthur shares four trends that emerged across interviews with philanthropies about their approaches to advocacy and policy change. CEP
- Phil Buchanan: Enjoyed speaking with @dylanmatt and answering his good and tough questions in this @voxdotcom interview. Philanthropy is undergoing a massive backlash. A new book argues it’s gone too far.
- Nonprofit Quarterly: “This failure to establish the link between the governance of organizations and the interests of the broader public is a disconnect that is reflected in both theory and practice of nonprofit #governance” NPQ
- Building Movement Project: NEW #RacetoLead research from @BldingMovement shows that leadership positions don’t even the playing field for #POC in the nonprofit sector. Check out the latest report: http://www.racetolead.org/ceo/
- David Lazarus: Donors thought they were feeding hungry kids. State says they were being hoodwinked LA Times
- For Purpose Law: Big-Donor Dependence and Sexual Harassment
- Gene: The Invention of Digital Civil Society – @p2173
- HarvardBiz: These leadership skills are difficult to master — and improving them may require going against your nature. https://s.hbr.org/2W0dYaZ
- Maya Wiley: This “smoking gun” evidence is rarely available in civil rights cases and speaks volumes abt strategy to disenfranchise & gerrymander we’ve seen since 2010. “Deceased G.O.P. Strategist’s Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question”
Themed Media Selection:
UFOs exist and everyone needs to adjust to that fact (Washington Post)