A Culture of Courage: Using Your Influence To Foster Equity Within Your Nonprofit Organization

Cinaiya Stubbs

• Executive director of Chicago Youth Programs, a 36-year-old nonprofit serving youth and families in some of Chicago’s most underserved communities
• Committed to helping youth and families build capacity through access
• 17 years of experience in staff management, organizational culture building, strategic planning, and board and community relations
• Previously designed and implemented before and after school programs at a school in the city’s West Garfield Park neighborhood
• Believes that each child, no matter their zip code, deserves the right to live outside of poverty and trusts that serving the whole child is the surest route to get them there
• Grew up in Chicago, a city that is systemically and geographically segregated

Kristin Raack

• Founder and principal of AltruNext, a firm that helps nonprofits flourish
• Worked in the nonprofit sector for 20 years as a staff member and consultant with broad experience
• Serves on the Board of the Chicago Chapter of the Grant Professionals Association (GPA)
• Previously served on the Board of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)
• Bold ally and friend to people of color: building upon her undergraduate studies in African-American history, she continues to learn about cultures and seek to develop an empathetic and informed race-conscious perspective
• Participated in a Race-Conscious Dialogues cohort to further understand her whiteness and how to use her influence and privilege for greater good
• BA and MA in History

Who Should Attend?

• Chief executives
• Executive directors
• Board members
• Nonprofit counsel
• Senior management
• Financial staff
• Managers
• Development staff
• Program directors

Certificates of Attendance: NonprofitWebAdvisor certificates of attendance are available to all registered participants completing this webinar.