Authenticity | Rosetta Thurman

Generation Y and the Perils of Milli Vanilli Leadership

Apr 9 10

I know y’all remember Milli Vanilli. They were a 80s/90s pop/R&B group made of up two hardbody models named Fab and Rob. If you’re a Gen Y baby like me, you might have had their posters on your wall just like I did, singing along to their many hit songs on the radio: Girl You [...]

Shine While Your Light’s On: Stop Trying to Be Two Different People

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Mar 16 4

“I am still learning — how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.” — Audre Lorde Last week, I spoke at a professional development event hosted by YNPNdc, Thursday [...]

The Secret to Nonprofit Leadership: Always Be Arriving

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Jan 5 0

Over the long holiday, I gave myself the gift of being present in each moment I had to spend with family, friends, and my new boyfriend. So many wonderful things happened, and I’m SO glad I left work at the office until after the holiday, despite its desperate cries for attention. I turned 26 on [...]

What Nonprofit Leaders Can Learn From Neo-Soul Singer Eric Roberson

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Oct 21 1

Last weekend my friend and I attended a concert by my favorite neo-soul artist, Eric Roberson. He is an amazing singer, songwriter who is still largely an underground musician with a large following on the East Coast and in Europe. He writes his own songs about love, friendship, social issues, and has recently become a [...]

Young Nonprofit Professionals Need to Keep it Real

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Jul 28 3

Photo by Thomas Baltes We are born followers. In school, we are taught to memorize blindly our alphabet, multiplication tables, names of presidents and their wives, dates of wars and treaties. As children, we play a constant game of Simon Says to get the best grade in the class. And all throughout life, we try [...]