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:
- “Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday picked Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate, a historic decision that elevates the first Black woman and first Asian American woman to run for vice president at a moment when the country is grappling with its racial past and future.” Washington Post
- “President Trump said Thursday that he does not want to fund the U.S. Postal Service because Democrats are seeking to expand mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic, making explicit the reason he has declined to approve $25 billion in emergency funding for the cash-strapped agency.” Washington Post
- “As Hong Kong began to absorb the gravity of a new national-security law forced upon it by Beijing, Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, told a reporter that the city’s residents needn’t worry. The city’s Basic Law, its mini-constitution, she said last month, “clearly stated” that the “people of Hong Kong should be able to continue to enjoy the freedom of speech, freedom of press, of publications, protest, assembly and so on.” Lam was reiterating what she had told the United Nations a day earlier. … But today, Jimmy Lai, a media tycoon who runs the popular prodemocracy newspaper Apple Daily, was arrested at his home and perp-walked by police through his own newsroom, his hands handcuffed behind his back as dozens of officers swarmed the building, rummaging through files and reporters’ desks.” The Atlantic
Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets:
- Independent Sector: Months into the pandemic, donations and revenues have plummeted as organizations deal with shutdowns and furloughs. #nonprofits like @ymcadc are reporting staff levels of 30% of normal. @wusa9 reports: https://bit.ly/3gEOpm8 #Relief4Charities
- The Conversation US: NRA executives allegedly benefited personally from the improper use of its funds. @CountingCharity explains what the repercussions might be for the gun group and its leaders (via @OhioState): https://bit.ly/3iyncST
- BoardSource: Not only can nonprofits be advocating – they should be advocating. And there is a lot of untapped potential in board members to act as agents for change. To access that potential, nonprofit leaders must empower board members to advocate for their missions. Nonprofits Must Advocate
- Nonprofit Quarterly: We must understand the inextricable nature of race and class in perpetuating economic inequality in order to forge a path ahead: https://bit.ly/3kGv3PO #incomeinequality #racialwagegap
- Fast Co. Impact: How the philanthropy world should use this moment to actually help Black people
- Vu Le: “In order for us to make significant change, we must invest in leaders, not simply see them as instruments to advance the work of organizations.” How philanthropy fails to support its greatest assets, BIPOC leaders, and what it should do about it
- For Purpose Law Group: Philanthropy Leaders on Not Returning to “Normal” #NPCOVID19 #nonprofits #philanthropy
- Pia Infante: This year of crises warrants leveraging the full power of endowments. As we simultaneously pick up speed and also prepare for the long haul, we should be asking ourselves, what will it look like to cross the finish line? My latest: Spend Out as a Marathon, Not a Sprint #trustbasedspendout
- Rolling Stone: The Unraveling of America: Anthropologist Wade Davis on how COVID-19 signals the end of the American era
- Ed Yong: Here’s the big piece I’ve been promising: an Atlantic cover story about the US’s catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic. It’s a full autopsy of what went wrong, every unattended weakness & unheeded warning, every festering wound & reopened scar. … How the Pandemic Defeated America
Black Lives Matter:
Kamala, Joe, And The Fissures In The Base (Gene Demby, Code Switch)
Protests and the Pandemic with Michele Norris (Michelle Obama Podcast)
It’s time to change the way the media reports on protests. Here are some ideas. (Kendra Pierre-Louis, Nieman Lab)
Best Of: America’s Caste System / The Decline Of Local News (Isabel Wilkerson, Fresh Air)
‘Caste’ Argues Its Most Violent Manifestation Is In Treatment Of Black Americans (Hope Wabuke, NPR Book Review)