Not long after I took on the role of Director of the D5 Coalition almost exactly two years ago, I was chatting with my best friend about my new gig. I told her it was running a five-year effort to grow philanthropy’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). “Hmm…” she said after a pause, “That sounds really hard.” […]
Claudia Jacobs, Associate Director, Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, explores diversity in philanthropy leadership, and how that can advance equity in this field. Until I was seven, my family lived in a veterans’ housing project in Woodside, NY. WWII veterans and their families lived together […]
