By H. Art Taylor, President & CEO of BBB Wise Giving Alliance As President & CEO of BBB Wise Giving Alliance, I thought it important to stay connected to sector leaders to stay abreast of how they are managing during this highly unusual time. To do so I recently hosted a “Coffee with Colleagues” Zoom […]

By Peg Hacskaylo, National Alliance for Safe Housing Domestic violence (DV) programs have had to respond a confluence of demands in the midst of the global pandemic, all while also working to ensure the safety and health of their staff and housing, with some programs limiting their staff to skeletal crews, conducting regular and deep […]

By Susan Danish, National Human Services Assembly Board, Immediate Past Chair First and foremost, my thoughts are with all of you who have been impacted personally by COVID-19. And my admiration goes to the human service sector – staff, board members and volunteers for the important work being done right now – often in ways […]

By Brian J. G. LaChance, Esq., United Way Worldwide When considering a topic important to our sector, times being what they are, only one came to mind: COVID-19. I’m not a medical professional nor a politician, so I can only approach the subject from a participant leadership perspective. As a member of United Way Worldwide’s […]

By Kenneth Johnson, The Salvation Army Recently The Salvation Army joined with others in making the heart-breaking decision to cancel preplanned conferences. For our organization it was a National Advisory Organizations Conference planned under the theme “Better Together.” In these unprecedented times our silent enemy COVID-19 decided to send us all to our separate global […]