Sparking Hope in Challenging Times
Here at BMP, we are immensely grateful to the individuals, organizations, and networks that have supported, engaged with, and sustained our work throughout this difficult year. At a time of […]
Category: Service and Social Change
How Nonprofits Can Mark the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 and Its Aftermath
September 11th is a day that holds significance for all of us, individually and collectively. Some of us hold lasting memories of that terrible day and its aftermath while others […]
BMP Receives Generous Donation from MacKenzie Scott
Yesterday, MacKenzie Scott announced a generous commitment of $2,739,000,000 in gifts to 286 organizations, and the Building Movement Project (BMP) was one of those groups. We are humbled by the […]
Webinar Recap — Building Power: A Conversation with Nonprofit Leaders of Color in Public Office
Quick Access: Recording, Transcript, BMP + New Mexico, On the Frontlines report, Race to Lead Revisited report, Race to Lead in New Mexico Earlier this week, the Building Movement Project […]
Why Nonprofits Should Care about the George Floyd Murder Trial and Verdict
We were already seeing the headlines, video footage, and testimony in the trial about the murder of George Floyd, when we heard the news of another Black man, Daunte Wright, […]
Webinar Recap – One Year Later: New Mexico, COVID-19, and Leaders of color
Quick Access: Recording, Transcript, On the Frontlines Report Last Tuesday, the Building Movement Project hosted a webinar with four nonprofit leaders of color in New Mexico on how the COVID-19 […]
What’s Ahead for US Nonprofits: One Year of COVID, the Stimulus Bill, and More
Written by Catherine Foley (Communications and Operations Associate) It’s been one year since the start of the COVID-19 lockdowns in the United States. The individual and collective trauma, grief, and […]
Support, Invest, and Engage: A Resource List for Non-Black People in Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Written by Catherine Foley (Communications and Operations Associate) This Black History Month should be different. After enduring months of overlapping crises, from the COVID-19 pandemic and its disproportionate impact on […]
New Mexico Nonprofit Leaders Talk Solidarity in COVID Times
Written by Leah Steimel (New Mexico Coordinator) Leaders of ten New Mexico service nonprofits gathered in mid-November 2020, virtually, to share their insights and challenges with building alliances and gaining […]
The BMP Team Reflects on a Challenging Year
If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that we need to be connected to each other, and to be committed to creating social change. During this unprecedented year, we […]