Insights on Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Journey 5: How Self-Healing Can Be a Powerful First Step
DEI Manager Margie Jo Eun Joo Andreason; Photo by Nawang B. Margie Jo Eun Joo Andreason, our DEI manager, writes about how her current role leading the Foundation’s DEI journey grew out of her experience as a Korean adoptee and her passion for social justice. Recently...Continue Reading →
Our 2019 Annual Report Spotlights African American-Led Solutions to the Racial Wealth Gap, and Our Continued DEI Journey
Six grantee cohorts participating in the African American Financial Capability Initiative have developed community-based solutions to the racial wealth gap, and they’re doing so with impact. View our 2019 annual report In our cover story on the cohorts’ work, we...Continue Reading →
Insights on Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Journey 4: DEI Isn’t an Abstract Concept, It’s Lived Experience
Business Intern and DEI Blog Writer Monika Nestor-Maldonado with Board Member Father Larry J. Snyder, vice president for mission at St. Thomas University in St. Paul. Our business intern, Monika Nestor-Maldonado, a second-year student in Dougherty Family College at...Continue Reading →
Owning My Whiteness
By Kevin Walker, President and CEO, Northwest Area Foundation My own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) journey is making me take a second look at a number of things in my life, including how I show up as a white male leader in philanthropy. Recently, a nonprofit...Continue Reading →SHARE THIS
