HERstory Matters: Examining the Role of Black Women in Nonprofit Leadership

4709 Harford Road,Baltimore MD 21214

09 March, 2023

Description

HERstory Matters: Examining the Role of Black Women in Nonprofit Leadership is a speaker series is designed to explore the multi-layered barriers facing black women in nonprofit leadership. As this convening will take place during Women's History Month, we also seek to address how the philanthropic community must show up for and prioritize the needs of black women executives who lead with multiple challenges, great sacrifice but fewer resources. Historically, the nonprofit sector has primarily served marginalized communities and communities of color who have been disproportionately affected by a system that was never designed to include them. Many of the United States' nonprofits are led by individuals, institutions, and foundations that do not represent their beneficiaries. Thus, black Executive Directors are thrust into roles where they often feel isolated, being the only person of color in leadership and the organization feeling like the sole voice of the beneficiaries they serve. Black women leaders of nonprofits face even more barriers and challenges relative to access. Having fewer resources, black women-led organizations often serve the most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations with the least amount of funding.