When Representation Changes the Question
A few days before Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston won her historic race in 2021, one of her young sons had a serious question for her: “Can boys be elected Mayor of Boston, too?” One of my young sons had a similar perspective after learning that our female pediatrician friend’s husband was also a physician, […]
Glass Cliffs: What You Need to Know
In 2022, the Building Movement Project (BMP) published Trading Glass Ceilings for Glass Cliffs: A Race to Lead Report on Nonprofit Executives of Color, a study whose findings deserve to be more widely known. It confirmed what many nonprofit leaders of color already knew from lived experience – advancing to a leadership role, such as executive […]