We’re Stronger as Ourselves

Representing our cause is one thing, but is that really happening? Emory was built on racism. It literally formed the University’s foundations; enslaved people helped build the original campus in the 1830s and 1840s. John Emory, the Methodist bishop for whom the University is named, owned enslaved people, as did most of the University’s antebellum presidents, founders and faculty members. To this day, the Atlanta campus stands on land originally stolen from the Muscogee Creek Nation. And from the University’s very first lecture in the 1830s until 1962, Black students were barred entry. But Emory is not the only institution which had to make such changes, the question is, how much has improved? Are we well represented in leadership in nonprofit, educational and government spaces? Or, are we made to feel welcomed but in fact tokenized? In 2023, why aren’t there more Black and Brown leaders, especially in places and spaces which provide services and resources to our communities. What does solidarity mean and look like when we ask for this representation? Is our lived experience a budget line item, or a foundation to break the chains that have held us back for too long.  #PoorPeopleFedUp #AmeriKKKa #RacismInAmerica #SystemicRacism #CivilRights #WhitePrivilege #NoJusticeNoPeace #FacingRacism #BlatantRacism #NormalizedRacism    Please continue to like and share and check us out here https://linktr.ee/blackbrownunitedinaction your solidarity is greatly appreciated 🫵🏽✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿!   Check these links out https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/nonprofit-leadership-out-step-americas-changing-demographics  https://kaboom.org/stories/importance-of-black-nonprofit-leadership  https://rrapp.hks.harvard.edu/structural-racism-is-a-barrier-to-leadership-advancement-in-nonprofit-organizations/  https://nonprofitquarterly.org/leaders-of-color-at-the-forefront-of-the-nonprofit-sectors-challenges/