What binge watching a popular television show taught me about philanthropy’s ongoing efforts to move away from antiquated notions of charity.
Read More“We need a unicorn.”
Read MoreAs the nation grapples with “the great resignation” across a range of job industries since the start of the pandemic, employment challenges extend to the nonprofit sector as well.
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 More“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to save the world and a desire to savor the world. That makes it hard to plan the day." – E.E. Cummings.
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’m taking a sabbatical. Rest shouldn’t be radical.
Read MoreTwenty-one years ago, pregnant with my oldest child, I enrolled in a prenatal yoga class in the Brooklyn neighborhood where I live.
Read MoreWhen we tell people that we have moved to a four Co-Executive Director model, often the first reaction is a mind-boggled stare: “You have four people doing the Executive Director job? How does that even work?!”
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 MoreLast year I spent the first Passover of the pandemic quarantined in my bedroom racked with a fever and body aches.
Read More"525,600 minutes, how do you measure a year in the life? In daylights? In sunsets? In midnights? In cups of coffee?
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 MoreThis has been a challenging year, but I think it’s important to stop and celebrate the positive milestones in all of our work.
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