CompassPoint
@compasspoint.bsky.social
A capacity building + leadership development nonprofit helping social justice leaders, organizations, & movements realize their full power. 💓 Based in Oakland, CA / unceded Ohlone land & offering our programs & services online! www.compasspoint.org
In 2 weeks: We're inviting finance folks to join us for a hands-on session on how to design your organization's accounting system so it is in deeper alignment with your mission and programs! Learn more & sign up: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
In 2 weeks: We're inviting finance folks to join us for a hands-on session on how to design your organization's accounting system so it is in deeper alignment with your mission and programs! Learn more & sign up: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
🌱 Supervisors who want to support staff in ways that center people, equity, and mutual flourishing rather than domination and control, join us Oct. 28th and Oct. 30th! www.compasspoint.org/workshops
October 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
🌱 Supervisors who want to support staff in ways that center people, equity, and mutual flourishing rather than domination and control, join us Oct. 28th and Oct. 30th! www.compasspoint.org/workshops
🪷To all the Asians who want to build community and practice solidarity: Join us for our virtual Asian affinity gathering on Oct. 21st! Learn more and sign up: www.compasspoint.org/asian-affini...
October 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
🪷To all the Asians who want to build community and practice solidarity: Join us for our virtual Asian affinity gathering on Oct. 21st! Learn more and sign up: www.compasspoint.org/asian-affini...
🪴 Choose Your (Re)Adventure: A resource for those who are looking for self-reflection and self-care activities to support you as you navigate all the change and transition happening inside and outside your organization. This helped us—we hope it helps you, too!
www.compasspoint.org/blog/choose-...
www.compasspoint.org/blog/choose-...
Choose Your (Re)Adventure: A Guide for Reconnection, Release, Renewal, & Resourcing
Originally created by CompassPoint's Culture & Community team for staff, this activity and reflection guide has been adapted for our community at large as an invitation and offering for you to center ...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🪴 Choose Your (Re)Adventure: A resource for those who are looking for self-reflection and self-care activities to support you as you navigate all the change and transition happening inside and outside your organization. This helped us—we hope it helps you, too!
www.compasspoint.org/blog/choose-...
www.compasspoint.org/blog/choose-...
💡 From Melissa DeShields, Keecha Harris, and Carmen JM Simon via NPQ: "This is a 'builder’s moment.' [...] The work ahead requires us to think long-term, partner differently, and reimagine what bold, coordinated action can look like."
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nonprofitquarterly.org/clamoring-fo...
Clamoring for Equity: Now Is a Builder’s Moment - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Faced with authoritarianism, many in nonprofits and philanthropy are lying low. But what is required is building for the future.
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September 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
💡 From Melissa DeShields, Keecha Harris, and Carmen JM Simon via NPQ: "This is a 'builder’s moment.' [...] The work ahead requires us to think long-term, partner differently, and reimagine what bold, coordinated action can look like."
nonprofitquarterly.org/clamoring-fo...
nonprofitquarterly.org/clamoring-fo...
💡 From Ben Gose via The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Amid the chaos of 2025, organizations are adapting and innovating to survive. The new approaches might eventually make them stronger." www.philanthropy.com/article/a-ne...
A New Playbook: How Nonprofits Are Reinventing Themselves
Amid the chaos of 2025, organizations are adapting and innovating to survive. The new approaches might eventually make them stronger.
www.philanthropy.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
💡 From Ben Gose via The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Amid the chaos of 2025, organizations are adapting and innovating to survive. The new approaches might eventually make them stronger." www.philanthropy.com/article/a-ne...
🪴 Our Conflict Resolution Practice Pods are returning this month! Learn more and sign up: www.compasspoint.org/conflict-res...
September 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
🪴 Our Conflict Resolution Practice Pods are returning this month! Learn more and sign up: www.compasspoint.org/conflict-res...
💭 Even in the midst of chaos, Black leaders need and deserve space to dream and rejuvenate together. Starting Friday, Sept. 5th, 'How You Be?': Radical Visioning as Black Leaders is returning! Learn more: www.compasspoint.org/learning-communities
The last day to register is Wednesday, Sept. 3rd :)
The last day to register is Wednesday, Sept. 3rd :)
August 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
💭 Even in the midst of chaos, Black leaders need and deserve space to dream and rejuvenate together. Starting Friday, Sept. 5th, 'How You Be?': Radical Visioning as Black Leaders is returning! Learn more: www.compasspoint.org/learning-communities
The last day to register is Wednesday, Sept. 3rd :)
The last day to register is Wednesday, Sept. 3rd :)
New on our blog: CompassPoint's Capacity Building & Consulting Team Member Joe Jackson reflects on how cisgender people's relationship to gender can come at the expense of trans people while ultimately costing gender liberation for everyone.
www.compasspoint.org/blog/newsfla...
www.compasspoint.org/blog/newsfla...
Newsflash: Cisgender People Don't Own Gender
CompassPoint's Capacity Building & Consulting Team Member Joe Jackson reflects on how cisgender people's relationship to gender can come at the expense of trans people while ultimately costing gender ...
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June 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
New on our blog: CompassPoint's Capacity Building & Consulting Team Member Joe Jackson reflects on how cisgender people's relationship to gender can come at the expense of trans people while ultimately costing gender liberation for everyone.
www.compasspoint.org/blog/newsfla...
www.compasspoint.org/blog/newsfla...
"Too many of us are staying quiet and justifying our silence with what we deem might be in the best interests of the community. [...] I believe that all of us have a role to play in shaping the world we want."
nonprofitquarterly.org/overcoming-f...
nonprofitquarterly.org/overcoming-f...
Overcoming Fear and Seeking Solidarity: How We Must Defend Our Communities - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
In social change work, we don’t always get to choose our battles. When my nonprofit recently faced the opportunity to fight back, it was important to overcome our fears and defend the community we ser...
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June 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"Too many of us are staying quiet and justifying our silence with what we deem might be in the best interests of the community. [...] I believe that all of us have a role to play in shaping the world we want."
nonprofitquarterly.org/overcoming-f...
nonprofitquarterly.org/overcoming-f...
🪴 In 2 weeks: Facilitation Skills for BIPOC Leaders starts Tuesday, June 24th! Join us to learn and practice facilitation skills and tools that keep equity in mind while making an impact: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
June 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🪴 In 2 weeks: Facilitation Skills for BIPOC Leaders starts Tuesday, June 24th! Join us to learn and practice facilitation skills and tools that keep equity in mind while making an impact: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
🪴 In 2 weeks: Supervision for BIPOC Leaders starts Tuesday, June 24th! Join us if you're looking to deepen skills for building power with, rather than over, the people you supervise. Learn more & sign up: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
June 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
🪴 In 2 weeks: Supervision for BIPOC Leaders starts Tuesday, June 24th! Join us if you're looking to deepen skills for building power with, rather than over, the people you supervise. Learn more & sign up: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
"Lawsuits, like the ones that the Council of Nonprofits have filed, are a vital tool for movements today. But long term, the courts alone won’t save us; we need to be organizing."
nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-fend-...
nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-fend-...
How to Fend Off Attacks on Nonprofits—Three Key Strategies - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
An injury to one is an injury to all. This needs to be the mantra for philanthropy today, if authoritarianism is to be turned back.
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June 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"Lawsuits, like the ones that the Council of Nonprofits have filed, are a vital tool for movements today. But long term, the courts alone won’t save us; we need to be organizing."
nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-fend-...
nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-fend-...
🪴 Starting next Wednesday: BIPOC folks, join us for our Coaching Skills workshop! Learn more & register: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
June 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🪴 Starting next Wednesday: BIPOC folks, join us for our Coaching Skills workshop! Learn more & register: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
As Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month comes to a close, we want to uplift a question often posed by Chinese American philosopher, Black Power activist, and movement ancestor Grace Lee Boggs: What time is it on the clock of the world?
May 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
As Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month comes to a close, we want to uplift a question often posed by Chinese American philosopher, Black Power activist, and movement ancestor Grace Lee Boggs: What time is it on the clock of the world?
🌟 Calling Black, Indigenous, and people of color interested in deepening their generative conflict skills! Join us for our Conflict Resolution workshop starting Tuesday, June 12th: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
May 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🌟 Calling Black, Indigenous, and people of color interested in deepening their generative conflict skills! Join us for our Conflict Resolution workshop starting Tuesday, June 12th: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
"This is a moment of truth for all progressive nonprofits. [...] Making yourself small is rarely a strong long-term strategy."
nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-not-o...
nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-not-o...
How to Not “Obey in Advance”—Actions for Resisting Authoritarianism - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
These are not normal times for nonprofits and movements. But these times also provide an opportunity to recommit to mission and advance the values that we hold dear.
nonprofitquarterly.org
May 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"This is a moment of truth for all progressive nonprofits. [...] Making yourself small is rarely a strong long-term strategy."
nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-not-o...
nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-not-o...
Important read on how we can navigate conflict in ways that mitigate harm and create space for both accountability and nuance. convergencemag.com/articles/bwn...
Because We Need Each Other, Part IV: Interventions & Healing
Exploring the phenomenon known as “cancel culture.”…
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May 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Important read on how we can navigate conflict in ways that mitigate harm and create space for both accountability and nuance. convergencemag.com/articles/bwn...
🗣️ Calling forth white accomplices who dare to lead with a racial justice lens—join us to transform your supervisory relationships and practices, starting June 3rd: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
May 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🗣️ Calling forth white accomplices who dare to lead with a racial justice lens—join us to transform your supervisory relationships and practices, starting June 3rd: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
Happy birthday to movement ancestors Malcolm X & Yuri Kochiyama, whose powerful friendship serves as inspo for cross-racial solidarity + a shared vision for liberation. May their commitment to political education, pro-Blackness, & anti-imperialism reignite our own leadership practices in this time.
May 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Happy birthday to movement ancestors Malcolm X & Yuri Kochiyama, whose powerful friendship serves as inspo for cross-racial solidarity + a shared vision for liberation. May their commitment to political education, pro-Blackness, & anti-imperialism reignite our own leadership practices in this time.
📢 CALL TO ACTION via The National Council of Nonprofits: Nonprofit workers, contact your Republican Representatives and Senators ASAP urging them to vote 🚫 NO 🚫 on a House tax bill that will harm our sector + low-income families! 🎬 LEARN MORE >> www.councilofnonprofits.org/articles/non...
Nonprofits Under Threat: What’s in the House Tax Bill and How You Can Help
The draft tax bill includes many provisions which, if enacted, could have a significant impact on nonprofit organizations nationwide and the people they serve
www.councilofnonprofits.org
May 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
📢 CALL TO ACTION via The National Council of Nonprofits: Nonprofit workers, contact your Republican Representatives and Senators ASAP urging them to vote 🚫 NO 🚫 on a House tax bill that will harm our sector + low-income families! 🎬 LEARN MORE >> www.councilofnonprofits.org/articles/non...
🪴 The fundraising landscape remains more uncertain than ever, but tapping into our power as community builders + organizers can position us to resource our movements more sustainably! If this (re)framing resonates, join us for our resource mobilizer workshop in June! www.compasspoint.org/workshops
May 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🪴 The fundraising landscape remains more uncertain than ever, but tapping into our power as community builders + organizers can position us to resource our movements more sustainably! If this (re)framing resonates, join us for our resource mobilizer workshop in June! www.compasspoint.org/workshops
🪴 LAST CALL to sign up for next week's Supervision workshop! Join a supportive peer learning space to learn and practice skills for creating supervisory relationships that are equitable and just. Learn more and register: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
May 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🪴 LAST CALL to sign up for next week's Supervision workshop! Join a supportive peer learning space to learn and practice skills for creating supervisory relationships that are equitable and just. Learn more and register: www.compasspoint.org/workshops
🪴 A powerful call to action by Hispanics in Philanthropy VP and immigration attorney Jazmín Chávez via The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
www.philanthropy.com/article/i-wa...
www.philanthropy.com/article/i-wa...
I Was Recently Detained by ICE. Here’s My Message to Philanthropy
Sitting on the sidelines isn’t an option as immigrant advocates are targeted.
www.philanthropy.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
🪴 A powerful call to action by Hispanics in Philanthropy VP and immigration attorney Jazmín Chávez via The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
www.philanthropy.com/article/i-wa...
www.philanthropy.com/article/i-wa...
New on our blog: CompassPoint Project Director Simone Thelemaque looks back on her journey into leadership and reflects on how being witnessed, listened to, and invited in by others became a catalyst for her stepping into her own power.
www.compasspoint.org/blog/%E2%80%...
www.compasspoint.org/blog/%E2%80%...
“And Now, I Get to Be Part of the Change”: How the Personal Is Also Powerful
CompassPoint Project Director Simone Thelemaque looks back on her journey into leadership and reflects on how being witnessed, listened to, and invited in by others became a catalyst for her stepping ...
www.compasspoint.org
May 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
New on our blog: CompassPoint Project Director Simone Thelemaque looks back on her journey into leadership and reflects on how being witnessed, listened to, and invited in by others became a catalyst for her stepping into her own power.
www.compasspoint.org/blog/%E2%80%...
www.compasspoint.org/blog/%E2%80%...