Article 1
The $13 Wage Gap: Why Workforce Development Struggles
Most workforce programs connect people to jobs paying $16 per hour. Average rent requires $29 per hour. That $13 gap explains why the same families cycle through social services year after year — and what it will actually take to close it.
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Article 2
Collaboration: I Don't Think That Word Means What You Think It Means
Everyone in the nonprofit and community development world claims to collaborate. Almost nobody actually does. Here's the difference between real collaboration and the coordination we keep mistaking for it — and why it matters for outcomes.
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Article 3
Peacemaking Happens Offline: ...thank goodness
Social media is designed to maximize outrage, not build community. The most productive peacemaking work — relationship building, storytelling, coalition formation — happens in rooms, not feeds. Here's why that's actually good news.
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Article 4
Employers Are Critical Partners for Economic Peacemaking
Many community developers treat employers as adversaries or afterthoughts. That's a strategic mistake. If living-wage jobs are the goal, employers aren't optional partners — they're the most important ones you have.
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Article 5
Empathy and Pragmatism: The Other "E" and "P" for Economic Peacemaking
The most effective community developers aren't idealists or cynics — they're empathetic pragmatists. Here's what that combination actually looks like in practice, and why you need both to have real impact.
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Coming Soon
I Don't Know Where Your Nonprofit Career Is Going. But I Know How to Help You Figure It Out.
After 20+ years navigating workforce development, community organizing, international development, and graduate education, here's what I've learned about building a nonprofit career that is both meaningful and sustainable.
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