Around Saturday afternoon it became clear to me that I couldn’t enter into this week with our normal publishing schedule at @bloomerangTech. By text message, our CEO approved the following without hesitation: 1/
We have 119,353 blog subscribers and 12,880 social followers. That megaphone now belongs to #BIPOC working in the nonprofit sector. You have an open invite to write for our blog (PAID!) and elevate your voice. I have cleared our editorial calendar. 2/
#BIPOC working in the nonprofit sector have something to say and we want to give them a platform. You will only occasionally hear from them at conferences and in industry publications. If you have a story, opinions or thoughts to share, I will publish it, and pay you. /3
Secondly, we have created https://bloomerang.co/dei/ ">https://bloomerang.co/dei/"... to be a living library of resources dedicated to furthering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the nonprofit sector. Submissions are welcome. 4/
This page includes a list of dozens of #BIPOC that I have welcomed as guests on our webinar series and at our events, or seen speak personally. There is absolutely no excuse for events that lack diversity. 5/
DMs are open. My email is steven dot shattuck @ bloomerang dot co 6/