Book

Building a pro-black world : moving beyond DE&I work and creating spaces for black people to thrive / edited by Cyndi Suarez and the Staff at NPQ.

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2023]

vii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"In recent years, following the popularity of books like Ijeoma Oluo's So You Want to Talk About Race? and Ibram X. Kendi's How to Be an Antiracist, there has been a surfeit of books published on the politics of race and racial injustice; within the field of nonprofit organization and management, these books have tended to focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as a proxy for antiracism. NPQ's focus on "pro-Black" is a fresh perspective that pushes the field into thinking beyond corrective DEI measures. The proposed book names something that Black liberation movements in the U.S. have advanced--and continue to advance--in public discourse, but which people have not been talking about in the nonprofit sector: The urgent need to build a world in which Black people can thrive. An explicitly "pro-Black" framing focuses on designing nonprofit organizations, programs, services, philanthropy, and more for people who are most marginalized by systems of power. It advances the understanding that designing a better world for those who are marginalized will create a better world for everyone. NPQ has argued that this shift--"from critiquing white supremacist culture and calling out anti-Blackness to designing for pro-Blackness"--is already happening in the field (Suarez 2022). The reader captures this shift in nonprofit theory and practice; it will also include articles that present new possibilities for action."-- Provided by publisher.

Race.

Black people -- Social conditions.

Anti-racism.

Racial justice.

Equality.

Nonprofit organizations.

Racism in the workplace.

Diversity in the workplace.

Racism against Black people.

Black people -- Civil rights.

Suarez, Cyndi, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cyndi Suarez is President and Editor-in-Chief of Nonprofit Quarterly. She is the author of The Power Manual: How to Master Complex Power Dynamics. Suarez has experience as a strategy and innovation consultant with a focus on networks and platforms for social movements. NPQ also know as nonprofit quarterly, has published a quarterly journal since 1999. Today it also regularly publishes written, video, and audio content online. NPQ curates conversations among civic actors that build shared understanding around core themes of racial justice, economic justice, climate justice, health justice, and leadership. By deepening field knowledge, NPQ aims to advance the theory and practice of multiracial democracy.

Enacting pro-Black leadership : a better world is possible. Going pro-Black / Cyndi Suarez -- Defining pro-Black / Cyndi Suarez -- When Blackness is centered, everybody wins : a conversation with Cyndi Suarez and Dax-Devlon Ross -- Leading restoratively : the role of leadership in a pro-Black sector / Sequoia Owen -- Building pro-Black institutions : narrative and forms. What it looks like to build a pro-Black organization / Liz Derias and Kad Smith -- To build a public safety that protects Black women and girls, money isn’t the only resource we need / Shanelle Matthews -- Combatting disinformation and misinformation : a struggle for democracy and racial justice / Kitana Ananda -- Forms : a new theory of power / Cyndi Suarez -- Hierarchy and justice / Cyndi Suarez -- A journey from white space to pro-Black space / Isabelle Moses -- Building pro-Black institutions : philanthropy and evaluation. The emergence of Black funds / Cyndi Suarez -- Reimagining philanthropy to build a culture of repair / Aria Florant and Venneikia Williams -- How philanthropy can truly support land justice for Black communities / Savi Horne and Dr. Jasmine Ratliff -- What does Black feminist evaluation look like? / Cyndi Suarez -- Nothing is broken : what evaluation and philanthropy can learn from abolitionism / Dr. Aisha Rios -- Implementing reparations : health and well-being. Revolutionary Black grace : finding emotional justice in global Black communities / Esther A. Armah -- What is healing justice? / Nineequa Blanding -- The US “healthcare system” is a misnomer—we don’t have a system / Amira Barger -- Pro-Black actions that health justice organizations can model / Amira Barger -- Repairing the whole : how reparations can address physical and mental health / Trevor Smith -- Addressing inequities in health technology / Sonia Sarkar -- Implementing reparations : work and ownership -- Resurrecting the promise of 40 acres : the imperative of reparations for Black Americans / William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen -- Solutions centering Black women in housing / Natasha Hicks, Anne Price, Rakeen Mabud, and Aisha Nyandoro -- Linking racial and economic justice : the struggle of our time / Steve Dubb -- What if we owned it? / Darnell Adams -- How do we build Black wealth? : understanding the limits of Black capitalism / Francisco Pérez -- Organizing for the future : community and politics -- Making Black communities powerful in politics—and in our lives / Alicia Garza -- Justice beyond the polls : investing in Black youth organizers / Carmel Pryor -- The liberatory world we want to create : loving accountability and the limitations of cancel culture / Aja Couchois Duncan and Kad Smith -- Dimensions of thriving : learning from Black LGBTQ+/SGL moments, spaces, and practices / Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond -- Pro-Blackness Is aspirational : a conversation with Cyndi Suarez and Shanelle Matthews.

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