Black Nonprofit Leaders Group

Together SC seeks to create space for its Black members to increase their impact within the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, while being affirmed, supported, and encouraged. Culturally humble learning opportunities, convenings, and workshops offered through the Black Nonprofit Leaders Group (BNL Group), will equip individuals to secure leadership roles, while embracing their cultural heritage as their most important asset.

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• "What Are We Waiting For?" a call to action by Nicole Echols, Black Nonprofit Leaders Group Chair

1. To foster ongoing dialogue and curate and encourage a space for purposeful, responsible change among nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in order to incorporate race equity, inclusion, achievement, and belongingness for Black people, and to provide culturally aware and culturally sensitive strategies, policies, and practices to entrench those changes into organizational practice
2. To curate and encourage a program of culturally aware, competent, and humble learning opportunities, partnerships, collaborations, and access to resources for Black people serving within the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors
3. To offer programs, initiatives, convenings, workshops and learning opportunities for Black people, specifically, and as well as programming for other People of Color serving the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors
4. To act as mentors, advisers, and opportunity-makers for younger generations in order to provide a reservoir of social capital for those with limited access
5. To create and encourage a pipeline of young Black professionals into the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors

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1. Craft an environment in which race equity and inclusion is embedded into the culture of every nonprofit and philanthropic organization within the state of South Carolina.
2. Host regular virtual gatherings offering culturally sensitive and culturally humble learning opportunities.
3. Expand participation in the Black Nonprofit Leaders Group.
4. Create space for nonprofit leaders of color to map relationships with other state, national, and local agencies in order to increase their individual, and collective impact.
5. Engage and collaborate with nonprofit and philanthropic leaders who are already doing the work of advancing racial equity.
6. Encourage Black leaders to reach back to the upcoming generation to help create a racially diverse, sector-wide leadership pipeline.
7. Provide input into and offer support for Together SC’s racial equity initiatives.

UPCOMING EVENTS (Save the Dates - details coming soon)

• 2021 Black Nonprofit Leaders Symposiums:
  • February 26, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. 
  • May 28, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. 

PAST EVENTS

• March 2020 - Nonprofits + HBCUs: Teaming up to Create a Pipeline of Young Black Professionals Into the Nonprofit & Philanthropic Sectors
• July 2020 -"I Am Not Alright" Virtual Forum
• November 2020 - "Being A Black Leader in Today's World" Virtual Forum

• Membership will be open to individuals affiliated as founders, staff, volunteers, board members, trustees or individuals of eligible nonprofit and philanthropic entities, including: educational institutions, civic and fraternal organizations, faith-based institutions and other public charities
• Members must be commited to working towards race equity and inclusion across the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors
• Those seeking to join will undergo an application process  in order to gauge their level of dedication in addressing the unique issues that Black people serving in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors face
• Annual membership fee: $25   Due upon joining
  Annual fees for membership are on an individual basis, not organizational.

Member Benefits:

• Capacity building
• Network and directory of industry peers
• Educational resources
• Professional development
• Exclusive convenings
• Technical content offered during gatherings

Information on how to join will be revealed at a later date. Stay tuned!

• Each year Together SC will invite a team of experienced nonprofit and philanthropic professionals to help lead the Black Nonprofit Leaders Group. They will be responsible for program, content planning, and providing overall direction for the BNL Group
• They may be invited to represent the BNL Group by attending key events with, and on behalf of, Together SC as opportunities arise
• They will be asked to participate in periodic planning calls and an annual planning meeting; Together SC purposes to fully support Black Nonprofit Leaders Group efforts

Black Nonprofit Leaders Group Leadership Team

Nicole Echols

Pee Dee Branch Executive Director Harvest Hope Food Bank

Chair

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Victor Durrah, Jr

Executive Director Brothers Restoring Urban Hope, Inc.

Team Member

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Les Echols

Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce M.I.N.G.L.E. of the Pee Dee

Team Member

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Joyce Ford

Executive Director The Naomi Project

Team Member

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A'Netra Hardy

Regional Outreach Paralegal SC Legal Services

Advisory Committee Member

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Veronica Hemmingway

Southern Lowcountry Director Coastal Community Foundation of SC (843)723-3635

Team Member

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Prischilla Ramsey

Team Member

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Jennifer Robinson

Executive Director Empowered to Heal (843)779-5638

Team Member

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Sherrie Snipes-Williams

CEO Charleston Promise Neighborhood 4044233136

Together SC Board Member

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Rodney White, Jr

Social Work Intern Together SC

Together SC Social Work Intern

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