‘Tis the season…to be on the move. It’s that time of year when so many of us travel to be with our families and friends for the holidays.
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 MoreSocially awkward. That’s how I captured my feelings at the closing of an in-person convening a few weeks ago.
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 MoreWhile there are many ways one can describe liberation, in its simplest terms, liberation is the experience of wholeness, freedom, justice, and thriving.
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 MoreAt the end of almost every week, I find myself reflecting on how hard this past week was.
Read More“Talk to John and Pia.” I did. It’s some of the best advice I’ve ever gotten.
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 MoreI spent a good part of my career working on the grant seeking side of the equation, where I went through all the hoops of funding cycles.
Read MoreThey should be set up to do meaningful work that helps repair the world, while still living whole, happy, joyful lives.
Read MoreI’ve had a Harry Potter LEGO castle in the corner of my living room for about a decade.
Read MoreCOVID-19. It feels like it became COVID-20, then COVID-21, and now COVID-22.
Read MoreI have had the word ‘grace’ rattling around my brain a lot these days.
Read MoreIn 1990, I traveled to the USSR including Ukraine, which was still a republic of the Soviet Union (and St Petersburg was known as Leningrad).
Read MoreElisabeth Rapport (ER): Tell me a bit about your professional background and what led you to The Advocacy Institute.
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