Dear Tzedek Community, We are delighted to announce that Libby Kyles will be joining our team as the new Director of Community-Led Grantmaking later this month! Libby has extensive experience visioning and…
Welcome to Our New Director of Community Led-Grantmaking
How Do You Award Brilliance? Learnings from Our First Participatory Grantmaking Process
In Spring 2019, we announced a new pilot initiative–the Tzedek Brilliance Awards. These awards celebrate and resource Asheville community leaders who have had a demonstrated impact working in one or more of our…
Where Are We? An Organizational Update
Over the last several months, we’ve heard from many of you. Some have reached out to celebrate the winners of the Brilliance Awards. Others have offered feedback about the pilot programs. Several have reached…
The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle Philanthropy
By Marsha Davis During our “pause for the cause,” AMKRF has entered a time of organizational reflection and analysis building. As a part of our work, we are sharing reflections about what…
White Women Doing White Supremacy in Nonprofit Culture
By Heather Laine Talley During our “pause for the cause,” AMKRF has entered a time of organizational reflection and analysis building. As a part of our work, we are sharing reflections about…
Liberation from the Inside Out
By Lindsay Majer I imagine our pause for the cause has looked like an eleven-month vacation. We did not welcome a new cohort of Fellows. We haven’t hosted lunch and learns or…
Building a Shared Analysis
While our community-based research unfolds, AMKRF is building a shared analysis. What is a shared analysis and what does building a shared analysis look like? Through individual reflection, staff dialogue, and deep…
Moving Towards Transparency
By Jennifer Langton During our “pause for the cause,” AMKRF has entered a time of organizational reflection and analysis building. As a part of our work, we are sharing reflections about what…
Change Your Dreams, Change Your Life: An Interview with Lexus Walker
Lexus Walker is a native Ashevillian, a truth teller, an artist, and an activist, whose life speaks to the power of living as our full selves. Whether DJing or digitally organizing, Lexus…