Vu Le (“voo lay”) is a writer, speaker, vegan, Pisces, and the Executive Director of Rainier Valley Corps, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse communities.
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Oct. 11, 2021 8:58 am
Nonprofit AF: 10 predictable responses from white dudes when people criticize inequitable systems
"I love a good debate, but so many responses from white dudes are nowhere in the realm of validity or originality," writes Vu Le of Nonprofit AF.
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Sep. 8, 2021 9:45 am
Nonprofit AF: It’s time for nonprofits and foundations to implement vaccine mandates
"Our sector operates on the belief that we are stronger as a community. As a community, we owe it to ourselves to protect our clients’ and one another’s health and well-being," says Nonprofit AF's Vu Le.
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Aug. 11, 2021 4:12 pm
Nonprofiit AF: Common arguments used against Community-Centric Fundraising, and why they don’t hold water
Guest columnist Vu Le says that as Community-Centeric Fundraising grows, folks involved in it have been encountering pushback from colleagues — those who hate CCF and those who simply want to better understand it.
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Jun. 21, 2021 8:18 am
Nonprofit AF: We need to support legislation on philanthropy’s crappy, inequitable practices
The fact that the Accelerate Charitable Efforts (ACE) Act is moving forward is encouraging, but it’s disappointing to see strong opposition to the bill from some philanthropic institutions, says guest columnist Vu Le.
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Jun. 7, 2021 1:03 pm
Nonprofit AF: It’s time we pay interview-stage job applicants for their time
It is inequitable to ask already economically vulnerable people to spend hours doing multiple rounds of interviews and preparing a presentation or other assignments for free, says Vu Le.
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May 10, 2021 9:22 am
Nonprofit AF: 12 ways ‘all lives matter’ manifests in nonprofit and philanthropy
"If we’re going to advance equity, then we need to examine the myriad, often subtle ways we are perpetuating the all-lives-matter credo in our work," says Nonprofit AF's Vu Le.
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Mar. 29, 2021 8:36 am
Nonprofit AF: We need to talk about our toxic obsession with productivity
"The ability to work from home means everything is blurred, and many of us just end up working more hours in total than we used to," says guest columnist Vu Le.
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Mar. 17, 2021 4:06 pm
From Nonprofit AF, a tool to make your grantmaking more equitable
If foundations are serious about moving funding to the communities that are most affected by systemic injustice, then their funding philosophies and practices must evolve, says Vu Le in this guest post.
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Feb. 15, 2021 8:00 am
Nonprofit AF: Stop expecting nonprofits to merge. It’s annoying
"True innovation requires lots of different people trying different things, failing and learning and iterating," says Vu Le in his most recent blog post.
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Feb. 9, 2021 8:46 am
Nonprofit AF: 10 tips for spicing up your love life if you work in nonprofit and philanthropy
You can role play an overstressed, underpaid nonprofit leader, and your partner a well-paid tech professional, suggests Vu Le in this lighthearted guest column.