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Should We Cancel Capacity Building? - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

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Is the phrase “capacity building” salvageable? Many BIPOC-led nonprofit organizations are calling for the term to be retired.

In the social change field, some phrases are repeated so often that we no longer ask what they require of us. But words matter . I have pages and pages of notes with reflections on the work of folks like Dr. Tiffany Manuel , Phil Agnew , and Rashad Robinson, who write about the critical role that narrative plays in building power and pursuing liberation. But living and working in ways aligned with one’s values and beliefs is more difficult than taking notes. Recently, my colleague, Melissa DeShields, wrote an article in NPQ about the “crisis of conscience” she has had while leading a capacity

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