While diversity in the workplace is recognized in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, there is a difference between understanding the importance of diversity and actually realizing it within your organization. As nonprofits begin to re-imagine and re-build their cultures, the DEI responsibility cannot fall solely on the HR department. Rather, leadership must step up to tackle the difficult but necessary work of eliminating biases and establishing diverse, equitable and inclusive practices within their organizational culture.

In Orr Group's most recent article, Shaby T. Rosales, Vice President, HR, outlines several actionable steps that nonprofit leaders can take to achieve greater representation when looking to grow their staff.

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On July 21st, Tisha Hyter, Vice President sat down for a unique conversation with Brandolon Barnett, Lead of Corporate Social Responsibility Industry Solutions at Salesforce.org Philanthropy Cloud and recent author of "Dreams Deferred". Brandolon discussed diversity and opportunity in philanthropy and taught us that, "if you want to change the world we all live in, representation matters".