Nick Takamine
@nicktak.bsky.social
Helping the movement set strategy worthy of our missions.
“For organizations striving to build a more just and equitable world, conventional strategic planning can bring the wrong values to life.”
How to Transform Strategic Planning for Social Justice nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-trans... @nicktak.bsky.social #socialjustice
How to Transform Strategic Planning for Social Justice - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
To make strategic planning in pursuit of social justice work, leaders must approach planning from a liberatory mindset.
nonprofitquarterly.org
July 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“For organizations striving to build a more just and equitable world, conventional strategic planning can bring the wrong values to life.”
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How to Transform Strategic Planning for Social Justice nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-trans... @nicktak.bsky.social #socialjustice
How to Transform Strategic Planning for Social Justice - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
To make strategic planning in pursuit of social justice work, leaders must approach planning from a liberatory mindset.
nonprofitquarterly.org
June 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
How to Transform Strategic Planning for Social Justice nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-trans... @nicktak.bsky.social #socialjustice
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Across the country, state lawmakers like @kimforgeorgia.bsky.social, IA Rep. Megan Srinivas, @noelframe.bsky.social, and WI Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez are delivering real results for communities, especially when others fall short.
🔗 Read more: six.community/press-100-days
#StatePower
🔗 Read more: six.community/press-100-days
#StatePower
April 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Across the country, state lawmakers like @kimforgeorgia.bsky.social, IA Rep. Megan Srinivas, @noelframe.bsky.social, and WI Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez are delivering real results for communities, especially when others fall short.
🔗 Read more: six.community/press-100-days
#StatePower
🔗 Read more: six.community/press-100-days
#StatePower
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“Sickening and heartbreaking”
Someone who was at the Marge Greene town hall where folks who dissented were arrested/targeted/tased by police — who has voted for both parties — writes about what she saw 👇🏽
Someone who was at the Marge Greene town hall where folks who dissented were arrested/targeted/tased by police — who has voted for both parties — writes about what she saw 👇🏽
April 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“Sickening and heartbreaking”
Someone who was at the Marge Greene town hall where folks who dissented were arrested/targeted/tased by police — who has voted for both parties — writes about what she saw 👇🏽
Someone who was at the Marge Greene town hall where folks who dissented were arrested/targeted/tased by police — who has voted for both parties — writes about what she saw 👇🏽
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“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
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“Our movement work is like a choir—the singing continues with joy, even when some take a breath.” 🎶
After 8 years of leading SiX, our co-EDs reflect on a legacy of care, power, and collaboration. Read their full message here: six.community/next-chapter
#SiX
After 8 years of leading SiX, our co-EDs reflect on a legacy of care, power, and collaboration. Read their full message here: six.community/next-chapter
#SiX
SiX’s Next Chapter: A Future Rooted in Strength and Vision - State Innovation Exchange
SiX’s Next Chapter: A Future Rooted in Strength and Vision
six.community
March 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“Our movement work is like a choir—the singing continues with joy, even when some take a breath.” 🎶
After 8 years of leading SiX, our co-EDs reflect on a legacy of care, power, and collaboration. Read their full message here: six.community/next-chapter
#SiX
After 8 years of leading SiX, our co-EDs reflect on a legacy of care, power, and collaboration. Read their full message here: six.community/next-chapter
#SiX
'Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.' - Maya Angelou
This gives me hope.
@genderspecialist.bsky.social
www.genderspecialist.com/blog/mr-larry
This gives me hope.
@genderspecialist.bsky.social
www.genderspecialist.com/blog/mr-larry
He Came to Support a Ban on Trans Healthcare—Then Had a Change of Heart — Rebecca Minor | Gender Specialist
It’s common for people to take a stance on issues based on what they’ve been told by those around them—family, friends, or political groups—without truly understanding the people impacted. Many are pe...
www.genderspecialist.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
'Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.' - Maya Angelou
This gives me hope.
@genderspecialist.bsky.social
www.genderspecialist.com/blog/mr-larry
This gives me hope.
@genderspecialist.bsky.social
www.genderspecialist.com/blog/mr-larry
We will one day emerge from this period of political and social regression. But what world will we find on the other side?
nonprofitstrategy.substack.com/p/strategy-f...
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Strategy for World-Builders: Toward A More Useful Strategy Discipline for Social Justice Organizations
Restoration–or reimagination? What story are you writing?
nonprofitstrategy.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We will one day emerge from this period of political and social regression. But what world will we find on the other side?
nonprofitstrategy.substack.com/p/strategy-f...
nonprofitstrategy.substack.com/p/strategy-f...
Today’s little sprinkle of poetry from my 3-year-old: “We have to wait until the pizza comes true.”
March 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today’s little sprinkle of poetry from my 3-year-old: “We have to wait until the pizza comes true.”
@nycjayjay.bsky.social TY for your amazing analysis keeping us informed via the Status Kuo! I'm also super curious what Trump's base is saying and thinking these days, especially in stronghold spaces like X/Truth Social--any good perspective you may have, or have seen? statuskuo.substack.com
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March 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
@nycjayjay.bsky.social TY for your amazing analysis keeping us informed via the Status Kuo! I'm also super curious what Trump's base is saying and thinking these days, especially in stronghold spaces like X/Truth Social--any good perspective you may have, or have seen? statuskuo.substack.com
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Legislators, this is for you! Public education is under attack, and states must act NOW. Join us for our Education Rapid Response Room on 3/6! With @frost.house.gov, Jessica Levin from @edlawcenter.bsky.social, & NC Rep. @pratherfornc.bsky.social
🔗 Register here! six.community/RRR-education
🔗 Register here! six.community/RRR-education
March 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Legislators, this is for you! Public education is under attack, and states must act NOW. Join us for our Education Rapid Response Room on 3/6! With @frost.house.gov, Jessica Levin from @edlawcenter.bsky.social, & NC Rep. @pratherfornc.bsky.social
🔗 Register here! six.community/RRR-education
🔗 Register here! six.community/RRR-education
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“Proud to be a Vermonter”
Vermonters protest JD Vance during his ski visit to Sugarbush.
www.reddit.com/r/vermont/s/...
Vermonters protest JD Vance during his ski visit to Sugarbush.
www.reddit.com/r/vermont/s/...
From the vermont community on Reddit: Proud to be a Vermonter
Explore this post and more from the vermont community
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March 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“Proud to be a Vermonter”
Vermonters protest JD Vance during his ski visit to Sugarbush.
www.reddit.com/r/vermont/s/...
Vermonters protest JD Vance during his ski visit to Sugarbush.
www.reddit.com/r/vermont/s/...
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“Hate does not grow well in the rocky soil of Vermont”
Sugarbush took this down real quick, but I’m so happy and proud to see fellow my Vermonter use her position to disrupt this dumbass JD Vance ski trip #Vermont #JDVance #Sugarbush
Sugarbush took this down real quick, but I’m so happy and proud to see fellow my Vermonter use her position to disrupt this dumbass JD Vance ski trip #Vermont #JDVance #Sugarbush
March 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“Hate does not grow well in the rocky soil of Vermont”
Sugarbush took this down real quick, but I’m so happy and proud to see fellow my Vermonter use her position to disrupt this dumbass JD Vance ski trip #Vermont #JDVance #Sugarbush
Sugarbush took this down real quick, but I’m so happy and proud to see fellow my Vermonter use her position to disrupt this dumbass JD Vance ski trip #Vermont #JDVance #Sugarbush
HAHA “…[Vance] has to be surrounded by skiing secret service people. Do they refer to the lift he rides as Chair Force 1?” Apparently Vance is visiting Vermont to ski this weekend.
February 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
HAHA “…[Vance] has to be surrounded by skiing secret service people. Do they refer to the lift he rides as Chair Force 1?” Apparently Vance is visiting Vermont to ski this weekend.
To those impacted by the USAID shutdown: You have a #superpower that no one else has. Find it, and find–or create–a niche where it shines and can be monetized. Please. Because you, as a purpose-driven professional, are needed to build a better world than this.
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www.syntelos.co/nonprofit-st...
The Career Pivot Canvas for Purpose-Driven Professionals — Syntelos
The Career Pivot Canvas for Purpose Driven Professionals helps people navigate a sector switch that leverages their superpower and is rooted in purpose.
www.syntelos.co
February 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
To those impacted by the USAID shutdown: You have a #superpower that no one else has. Find it, and find–or create–a niche where it shines and can be monetized. Please. Because you, as a purpose-driven professional, are needed to build a better world than this.
www.syntelos.co/nonprofit-st...
www.syntelos.co/nonprofit-st...
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Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)
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There is a sizable, committed, explicitly anti-democratic element in USA philanthropy, too. Between 2020-2022 $1 billion from philanthropy funded ~150 groups undermining democracy. These aren't fringe elements; they're funded by ~3,500 funders, wielding immense influence
#npsky
#npsky
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy on LinkedIn: #philanthropy
🚨 Our research revealed a stark truth: Between 2020-2022 $1 billion from philanthropy funded ~150 groups undermining democracy. These aren't fringe elements;…
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February 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
There is a sizable, committed, explicitly anti-democratic element in USA philanthropy, too. Between 2020-2022 $1 billion from philanthropy funded ~150 groups undermining democracy. These aren't fringe elements; they're funded by ~3,500 funders, wielding immense influence
#npsky
#npsky
"Bannon famously said the way to beat the media was 'to flood the zone with shit'...Well, I’ve been fishing in the ‘flood of shit’ and this post is my attempt to assemble the patchwork of policies into a coherent tapestry."
🙏 @chrischirp.bsky.social
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🙏 @chrischirp.bsky.social
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"So this is how liberty dies… " Making sense of Trump's first three weeks
Where I categorise 76 Trump administration actions from the last 3 weeks and show how they align with the authoritarian playbook
christinapagel.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Bannon famously said the way to beat the media was 'to flood the zone with shit'...Well, I’ve been fishing in the ‘flood of shit’ and this post is my attempt to assemble the patchwork of policies into a coherent tapestry."
🙏 @chrischirp.bsky.social
christinapagel.substack.com/p/so-this-is...
🙏 @chrischirp.bsky.social
christinapagel.substack.com/p/so-this-is...
“…measures mirror authoritarian tactics employed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán…This alignment is no coincidence. Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, has openly praised Orbán’s governance as ‘the model’ for conservative statecraft”
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Preparing for a Second Trump Term by Learning from Hungary’s Playbook - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s authoritarian tactics and anti-LGBTQ+ policies serve as a blueprint for US conservative politics. In the second Trump administration, US LGBTQ+ activists can le...
nonprofitquarterly.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“…measures mirror authoritarian tactics employed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán…This alignment is no coincidence. Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, has openly praised Orbán’s governance as ‘the model’ for conservative statecraft”
nonprofitquarterly.org/preparing-fo...
nonprofitquarterly.org/preparing-fo...
Hm good point
“If democracy falls, all the billions left in your endowments will be worthless, a symbol of your cowardice.”
Dear Funders: Your Endowments Will Be Worthless in a Fascist State
Hi everyone, this post will be disorganized and will possibly piss off some people. The kids didn’t have school today,...
nonprofitaf.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Hm good point
This is terrifying
I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.
February 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This is terrifying
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A friend who works in international aid told me Musk has bought $40M of Super Bowl ad propaganda to bash the institution. Which means two things - they know low-information people have heard and are not happy about what they are doing. Two, it is really important we push back on propaganda.
February 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A friend who works in international aid told me Musk has bought $40M of Super Bowl ad propaganda to bash the institution. Which means two things - they know low-information people have heard and are not happy about what they are doing. Two, it is really important we push back on propaganda.
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Fight Back Against the Trump-Musk Coup
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February 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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"Jesse Eisenberg, who received widespread recognition for his role as the Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in the The Social Network, has said he no longer wants to be “associated with someone like that”." [Guardian]
February 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Jesse Eisenberg, who received widespread recognition for his role as the Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in the The Social Network, has said he no longer wants to be “associated with someone like that”." [Guardian]