It's been a long year. I seem to say it every year despite the fact that they're really all the same length.
Read MoreEarly in my career, I had a job as an administrative assistant. I kept a manila file folder on my desk called “Excellent Lisa.”
Read MoreI don’t like conflict. I’ve never been good at it, and I’ve grown into someone who is decidedly not a fan.
Read MoreI was hired by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation in early 2020, primarily to bring my skills as a network organizer, facilitator, and racial justice practitioner to the Sterling Network NYC.
Read MoreI’m taking a sabbatical. Rest shouldn’t be radical.
Read MoreCOVID-19. It feels like it became COVID-20, then COVID-21, and now COVID-22.
Read MoreElisabeth Rapport (ER): Tell me a bit about your professional background and what led you to The Advocacy Institute.
Read MorePrejudice against Asian-Americans is nothing new. Sadly it is as American as apple pie and Jim Crow.
Read MoreI am feeling something like hope these days. After many dark months and unthinkable trials, New York City is seeming more like itself again, or maybe like a wiser version of itself.
Read MoreSubways are creeping back to pre-pandemic ridership levels, sports arenas have fans cheering on their teams, airplanes are full of travelers, malls have shoppers carrying bags filled with purchases, restaurants are bustling with energy, laughter, and happy tummies, and increasing numbers of people are back in their offices.
Read MoreFor philanthropy to have more equitable practices, we must examine and reimagine the way we do our work.
Read MoreHere in New York City we’re enjoying a verdant and vibrant Spring season – leaves in all tints of green, magnolias, cherry blossoms, forsythias, daffodils, tulips, bluebells and hostas are all poking out of the soil.
Read MoreLast year I spent the first Passover of the pandemic quarantined in my bedroom racked with a fever and body aches.
Read MoreDenver: Since 1952, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation has been committed to helping create a vibrant New York City — one that is strong, healthy, livable, and just. It is also one of the leading adherents of a concept called trust-based philanthropy.
Read MoreI had a clever column worked out to open 2021, one that would detail my New Year’s resolutions to be a better grant maker.
Read MoreI have been taking the Stanford Daily Coronavirus Survey for months. I started it in April, and the questions are the same every day.
Read MoreBefore I had kids, I never saw playgrounds. But once I was pushing a stroller around town, I noticed that they were everywhere.
Read MoreI was on the phone with a friend the other day, catching up after a few months on each other’s work, communities, and families.
Read MoreWhen I am anxious or uncertain, I like to start a new project. Taking action makes me feel better — in the short run.
Read MoreOn the Friday evening of the first week of racial-justice protests, I saw a meme on Facebook — an image of a white woman slumped in her chair with a glass of red wine.
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