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When organizations say they want change but resist new voices

Our nonprofit board keeps saying we need younger voices and fresh perspectives but every time a young board member suggests something that challenges how we've always operated, there's this polite resistance that shuts it down. I'm one of the older members and I can feel myself doing it too even though I know better.

Juana
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The gap between stated values and actual behavior creates a performance of inclusion that protects existing power structures.

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