:: “The last three years have only exacerbated this unsustainable dynamic. After the murder of George Floyd ignited nationwide protests, many of us were hopeful that we would see progress. And rather quickly—we did. We saw unprecedented corporate and philanthropic commitments to racial justice initiatives. The hiring of DEI roles spiked up to 168.9 percent, and funding increased for organizations focused on narrowing the racial wealth gap for Black girls and women.
But as we have sorely seen, these pledges have fallen flat—failing to close massive funding gaps and widespread burnout much less catalyze real, systemic change and progress. Recent reporting continues to echo these inequities, revealing that Black professional women experience significant burnout due to stress from the workplace, and that it’s aging us at an accelerated rate—7.5 years—compared with white women.
Black women have been—and still are—trailblazers in philanthropy, centering collectivism to advance social change. From baking and selling pies, cookies, and cakes in beauty salons and street corners to fund the Montgomery Bus Boycott to pooling resources to create land co-operatives, Black women have powered many of America’s most important acts of progress—together. We know the survival of our communities depends on working together and sharing resources. And so for generations, we have. Everyday acts of giving, resource sharing and community building have been our healing strategies from racism, sexism, and their intersections.
In recent years, pockets of philanthropy have recognized proximate leadership as important, but the culture of philanthropy largely hasn’t evolved.”
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