Building A Pro-Black World

Building A Pro-Black World

by Cyndi Suarez, Nonprofit Quarterly
Released July 2023
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781394196906

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Book description

Learn to create a nonprofit organization and society in which Black people can thrive

In Building A Pro-Black World: A Guide To Creating True Equity in The Workplace and In Life, a team of dedicated nonprofit leaders delivers a timely roadmap to building pro-Black nonprofit organizations. Refreshingly moving the conversation beyond stale DEI cliches, editors Cyndi Suarez and the NPQ staff have included works from leading racial justice voices that show you how to create an environment—and society—in which Black people can thrive. You’ll also learn how building such a world will benefit all of society, from the most marginalized to the least.

The book explains how to shift from simply critiquing white supremacist culture and calling out anti-Blackness to actively designing for pro-Blackness. It offers you:

  • Incisive and engaging work from leading voices in racial justice, Cyndi Suarez, Dax-Devlon Ross, Liz Derias, Kad Smith, and Isabelle Moses
  • Explorations of topics ranging from restorative leadership strategies for staff wellbeing to Black politics and policymaking
  • Discussions of new language for pro-Black social change, racial equity in healthcare and health communications, and antiracist succession planning

A can’t-miss resource for civil society and nonprofit leaders, including directors, executives, grant makers, philanthropic donors, and social movement leaders, Building Pro-Black World will also benefit communicators, organizers, and consultants who work with nonprofit organizations.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. I: Enacting Pro-Black Leadership: A Better World Is Possible
    1. Going Pro‐Black
    2. Defining Pro‐Black
      1. What Does Pro‐Black Mean?
      2. What Are the Characteristics of a Pro‐Black Organization?
      3. What Would a Pro‐Black Sector Sound, Look, Taste, and Feel Like?
      4. Note
    3. When Blackness Is Centered, Everybody Wins
      1. Notes
    4. Leading Restoratively
      1. Our Promise to the Community
      2. Pro‐Black Organizational Leadership
      3. Reimagine Staff Wellness
      4. Prioritize Psychological Safety
      5. Restore Worker Dignity
      6. Build Leadership Pipelines
      7. Conclusion
      8. Notes
  5. II: Building Pro-Black Institutions: Narrative and Forms
    1. What It Looks Like to Build a Pro‐Black Organization
      1. The Failures of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
      2. Interrogating Governance to Construct a Pro‐Black Organization
      3. Supporting Organizations to Build Pro‐Black Structures
      4. Notes
    2. To Build a Public Safety That Protects Black Women and Girls, Money Isn't the Only Resource We Need
      1. Narratives as Symbolic Resources
      2. Oppressive Narratives That Shape Perceptions of Black Women in the United States
      3. Black People and the Police
      4. A Framework for Making the Visible Invisible
      5. Notes
    3. Combatting Disinformation and Misinformation
      1. Framing the Problem
      2. Online Disinformation's Racist Impact
      3. Old Narratives, New Tactics
      4. The Rise of Anti‐Trans Disinformation
      5. The Mainstreaming of White Supremacist Ideology
      6. Reframing False Narratives
      7. How to Combat Disinformation
    4. Forms
      1. Notes
    5. Hierarchy and Justice
      1. Hierarchy as a Form
      2. Functional Hierarchies
      3. Forming Justice
      4. Notes
    6. A Journey from White Space to Pro‐Black Space
      1. The Dam Breaks
      2. New Leadership Sets an Audacious Vision—and Offers a Framework for Action
      3. Organizing Human Resources as If People Matter
      4. The Need for New Thinking
      5. Notes
  6. III: Building Pro-Black Institutions: Philanthropy and Evaluation
    1. The Emergence of Black Funds
      1. Notes
    2. Reimagining Philanthropy to Build a Culture of Repair
      1. A New Philanthropic Model
      2. Rooting the New Model in Repair
      3. A Journey—Not a Destination
      4. Toward a Liberated Future
      5. Notes
    3. How Philanthropy Can Truly Support Land Justice for Black Communities
      1. Self‐Determination and Land Justice
      2. Our Freedom Dream
      3. Notes
    4. What Does Black Feminist Evaluation Look Like?
      1. Notes
    5. Nothing Is Broken
      1. Notes
  7. IV: Implementing Reparations: Health and Well-Being
    1. Revolutionary Black Grace
      1. Scars from the Language of Whiteness
      2. Between Us … Black Women and Men
      3. Honoring Our Journey, Finding Our Connection
      4. Black Privilege Is Not the Answer
      5. The Emotional, Not the Political
      6. Notes
    2. What Is Healing Justice?
      1. Our Collective Wisdom and Memory Enable Well‐Being
      2. Wellness Is Liberation
      3. Our Interdependence Is Essential
      4. Our Wellness Requires Honoring All Bodies
      5. A New Vision for Addressing Structural Racism
      6. Notes
    3. The US “Healthcare System” Is a Misnomer—We Don't Have a System
      1. Equitable Care
      2. Driven by Profit
      3. The Racial Divide
      4. Black Distrust
      5. Health Equity
      6. Data‐Driven Solutions
      7. Systemic Alignment
      8. Notes
    4. Pro‐Black Actions That Health Justice Organizations Can Model
      1. Acknowledgment: A Vital Antiracism Tool
      2. Acknowledging Racial Health Disparities to Address Them
      3. Understanding Health Equity
      4. Next Steps, Sustained Actions
      5. Notes
    5. Repairing the Whole
      1. Can Reparations Heal?
      2. Reparations and Trauma
      3. Acknowledgment of Harm
      4. Increasing Black Wealth to Improve Black Health
      5. Decolonization of the Medical Industry
      6. Turning Research into Action
      7. Notes
    6. Addressing Inequities in Health Technology
      1. Systemic Risks Associated with Healthcare Technology
      2. Activism to Address the Harms of Health Technology
      3. Notes
  8. V: Implementing Reparations: Work and Ownership
    1. Resurrecting the Promise of 40 Acres*
      1. Eligibility: Black American Descendants of Persons Enslaved in the United States
      2. Calculating What Is Owed
      3. Prioritizing the Mean of the Racial Wealth Gap
      4. The Cost of Slavery
      5. The Promise of 40 Acres
      6. Culpability: A Matter of National Responsibility
      7. Learning from Other Cases: Precedents for Reparations
      8. Precedents for HR 40: Lessons Learned
      9. Conclusion
      10. Notes
    2. Solutions Centering Black Women in Housing
      1. A History of Racist Policies
      2. From Racist Exclusion to “Predatory Inclusion”
      3. Toward Repair: Addressing Black Women's Exclusion from Housing
      4. A New Vision: Centering Black Women in Housing
      5. Notes
    3. Linking Racial and Economic Justice
      1. The Long March of Institutions
      2. Challenging Harmful Narratives Through Data Linked to Activism
      3. The Importance of Historical Analysis
      4. The Struggle for Economic Democracy
      5. Notes
    4. What If We Owned It?
      1. Organizing for Sovereignty
      2. The Emergence of Black Food Co‐ops
      3. Healing for Sovereignty
      4. Completing the Action That Was Thwarted: Moving Through Trauma
      5. Building for Sovereignty
      6. Developing a Food Co‐Op: Seven Principles
      7. Seven Internationally Recognized Co‐op Principles of the ICA (International Co‐operative Alliance)
      8. Notes
    5. How Do We Build Black Wealth?
      1. The Enduring Appeal of Black Capitalism
      2. Black Capitalism's Shortfalls
      3. Capitalism and Inequality
      4. Can Racial Capitalism Be Reformed?
      5. What Do Racial and Economic Justice Require?
      6. Notes
  9. VI: Organizing for the Future: Community and Politics
    1. Making Black Communities Powerful in Politics—and in Our Lives
      1. Notes
    2. Justice Beyond the Polls
      1. Black Youth Fighting Voter Suppression
      2. Investing in Black Youth: Beyond Electoral Engagement
      3. Black Youth Organizing for a Better Future—For Everyone
      4. Notes
    3. The Liberatory World We Want to Create
      1. Love, a Forgotten Tongue
      2. Medicine to Harvest
      3. Cancel Culture
      4. Building a Bridge Together—One Ancestor, One Bone, One Ligament at a Time
      5. Loving Accountability—an Antidote
      6. Notes
    4. Dimensions of Thriving
      1. Rejecting the Deficit Approach, the Medical Model, the Status Quo
      2. Pursuing a Bridge to Thriving
      3. Surviving Encounters with Oppression
      4. What Is Thriving?
      5. Notes
    5. Pro‐Blackness Is Aspirational
  10. About the Authors
  11. Index
  12. End User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Building A Pro-Black World
  • Author(s): Cyndi Suarez, Nonprofit Quarterly
  • Release date: July 2023
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781394196906