CompassPoint’s Black affinity group members convened for their first publicized dialogue about (pro-)Black leadership: what it means, why it matters, and how our organization is deepening our commitment to it.
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November 12, 2024
An evergreen, timely poem and offering that paints a picture of a world we can co-create, together.
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October 16, 2024
"There's been this experience of the invisibility of Black feminist thinkers, of Black women-identified intellectuals in general, especially those who are talking about power and oppression, and now I don't have to keep them hidden." CompassPoint's very own Joe Jackson reflects on incorporating Black feminist theory and unpacking power, privilege, and oppression in a new leadership development program, "Building Equitable & Just Organizations Through Individual & Relational Practices."
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July 18, 2024
What does it mean to be a social justice leadership development nonprofit organization during a time of genocide? Is staying complicit and complacent really an option?
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April 25, 2024
When it comes to conflict, are you competitive, accommodating, avoidant, compromising, or collaborative? Which response or style have you been taught is “bad”? In this rich, reflective audio episode, CompassPoint Project Director Kyla Hartsfield and CompassPoint Teacher Team Member Laura Eberly discuss Kenneth Thomas and Ralph Kilmann’s “Conflict Styles” framework together, offering personal storytelling and social justice analysis along the way. They unpack how these different approaches to conflict can work for and against us, depending on where our identities are situated within systems of oppression, our positionalities within power dynamics, and what our goals are when working towards liberation collectively.
Enjoyed this episode and want to learn more in a supportive space with peers? Check out our Conflict Resolution workshop: https://bit.ly/cpconflictres
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July 26, 2023
This past year, CompassPoint set out to take on our budgeting season in a different way: using principles from participatory budgeting to inspire new practices for distributing power.
April 22, 2023
Grappling with feedback without considering power dynamics can replicate the systems of oppression we should be dismantling. Our vision for social justice should not be limited to our mission statement and our programs; it should apply to our workplace culture and norms, too.
March 6, 2023
Fundraisers and resource mobilizers rarely have time to explore how their relationships to money inform their work.
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January 25, 2023
Dear Community,
We extend our condolences to everyone affected by the horrific shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay over the past few days. Lunar New Year should be a time of celebration for many Asian families, and yet we find ourselves here again in an all-too familiar space of grief and despair.