In an article from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine’s spring 2024 issue, Tiloma Jayasinghe of Community Resource Exchange speaks on the power struggle women of color in leadership positions often face with their boards: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/women-of-color-leaders-shifting-power-dynamics-within-the-board-executive-relationship/
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Women of Color Leaders: Shifting Power Dynamics within the Board–Executive Relationship - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
An upsetting number of women of color in leadership positions have, over the past two years alone been fired or forced out of their organizations, or “chosen” to leave, or are confronting tense-to-hostile relationships with their boards around their leadership and stewardship. There is a power struggle at play—an old guard having to make way for a new guard—and backlashes are ensuing.
