Our nonprofit board is split on whether to allocate a portion of our general funding toward reparations rather than our usual programming, and the Black board members are frustrated that this is even a debate while others worry about mission drift. We're supposed to vote next week and I can feel relationships fracturing over what feels like a test of our values.
More people experience this than they realize.
An organization discovers that its commitment to justice requires choosing between competing definitions of its mission.
“Where Are You with Reparations — the philosophical case?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.