D5 Coalition Webinar: Career Paths of People of Color in Philanthropy

Once in a Blue Moon Lunch & Learn Series

The D5 Coalition and Public Interest Projects co-sponsored a webinar series, "Advancing Issues at the Core of Philanthropy: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion."

In the final webinar, “Career Trajectories of People of Color in Philanthropy," researchers from Forward Change discuss their interviews with people of color to identify what got them in, what kept them in, and what influenced their careers in philanthropy.

Two key findings of the report were:

No One Said it Would be Easy

We live in a society that attaches privilege to being a part of certain social groups such as: male, able-bodied, white, heterosexual, Christian, and many others.  All of us have numerous social categories to which we belong and most of us have some social statuses that give us privilege and others that result in us being disadvantaged.  So for example statistics say that as a male I am: