How is executive leadership like parenthood? CompassPoint's Co-Director, Lupe Poblano, explores some lessons learned during his first year in a new role.
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December 10, 2018
November 9, 2018
Leadership development is about much more than learning the"right skills and competencies." Leadership development is also about personal liberation and what it means to show up to social justice work as whole people.
October 10, 2018
In this guest post, Darcy Roake, a 2017-2018 participant in CompassPoint’s HIVE Leadership Development Program, tells the story of how a community of fellow women repro leaders helped her be a stronger advocate for herself when she needed it the most.
September 17, 2018
What does it take to put equity into action at the organizational level? In this guest blog, Elodie Baquerot and Nadia Owusu (Chief Operating Officer and Associate Director for Learning and Equity, respectively, at Living Cities) outline their organization’s long and intentional journey to center racial justice.
August 9, 2018
What's possible when our approach to what we do starts with who we are? Paola Cubías explores how our vision and strategy process put values at the center of our work.
July 3, 2018
In this guest blog, Elizabeth Ayala (Senior Program Associate at the Women's Foundation of California) explores what it's like to tackle negative internal scripts through one-on-one coaching with a certified coach. Elizabeth participated in CompassPoint's Next Generation Leaders of Color (Inland Region) leadership development program over the last year.
March 23, 2018
A letter from CompassPoint's new Co-Director.
February 20, 2018
Looking for books on leadership and social change that can challenge you, spark change, and ingite your curiosity? Here are some of the reads that we've been sharing with each other .
January 22, 2018
Social movements are powered in no small part through radical leaps of imagination: a building of a collective narrative of a world none of us have lived in, but long for.
If nonprofits are vehicles for social change, then shouldn’t we also have practices that embrace that spirit of audacious, joyful, and unbridled imagination?
October 30, 2017
What can long distance running teach us about deep equity work? Co-Director Lupe Poblano explores how his passion for running helps him think about practicing equity.