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We're excited to announced that NCRP's board yesterday elected Michael Roberts as a new director. “We couldn’t be happier about Mike joining the board,” said the Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, president and CEO of Deaconess Foundation… Read More

I was born in the U.S. to Jamaican immigrants and raised in Brooklyn, New York, in one of the largest West Indian immigrant communities outside of the Caribbean.  I was fortunate to attend public schools that… Read More

Editor’s note: The following is a Power Moves toolkit Power in Practice example. "We need more humility from TCE and less arrogance; we need more true partnership and less top-down; we need more input into decisions – and not… Read More

Editor’s note: The following is a Power Moves toolkit Power in Practice example. “Funding exclusively through referrals can limit what funders see and increase the risk of confirmation bias – one of the reasons white men are so… Read More

We all know the joke about funders: Become a funder and suddenly you’re the funniest, smartest and best-looking person in the room. Like any joke, there’s an underlying truth to it, one that highlights the inherent… Read More

Last month, shots rang out in my beloved Brownsville. I’ve worked with the Brownsville community in Brooklyn, New York, for a decade, both on the ground – shoulder to shoulder with residents – and now, as… Read More