Building Movement Project

🎧 NEW on the Solidarity Is This podcast: Solidarity as Public Memory

Our guest, Satsuki Ina () joins co-host Deepa Iyer () and shows us how to build solidarity from a national tragedy.

During World War II, the US government forcibly removed and incarcerated more than 125,000 Japanese Americans. On the northern Great Plains, in Bismarck, North Dakota, a military post known as Fort Lincoln (“Snow Country Prison) detained 1,850 Japanese Americans, including Itaru Ina, Satsuki’s father.

Today, the former camp is part of United Tribes Technical College, and earlier this fall, Native and Japanese American community members and allies gathered for a dedication of the Snow Country Prison Japanese American Memorial. Tune in to hear Satsuki’s incredible solidarity story about how this Memorial came to be. Listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts, or find the episode and show notes at the link in our bio.

When we are under attack from outside forces, this can sometimes manifest in internal divisions within and across movement ecosystems. What can conflict teach us about building deeper solidarity? What wisdom have our movements gained about moving through conflict together? How do we build organizations strong enough to hold connection and disagreement?  In this critical conversation, we’ll explore the challenging terrain of movement conflict - from strategic disagreements to interpersonal conflicts, from political differences to generational divides.

Through real examples, practical tools, and lived experiences, this State of Solidarity panel discussion will examine how movements have transformed moments of conflict into foundations for deeper trust, sharper analysis, and transformative solidarity. Register at the link in our bio.

🌼 Our BMP colleague Adaku Utah will be moderating the conversation with

🌼Tamika Middleton,

🌼 Mike Ishii,

🌼 Mónica Enríquez-Enríquez,

Disability Justice means more than checkboxes.
If you work at a nonprofit and live with a disability–visible or not–your story matters.

Take the Race to Lead survey and show what access and leadership really look like.
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📢 The South got something to say!

Too often, national nonprofit conversations ignore the critical Southern lens. This time, let’s get loud.

If you work at a nonprofit based in the South, take the survey and make sure your story is counted.

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🌍 Migration shapes lives—and the nonprofit sector.
Whether you're first-gen or recently arrived, your experience adds depth to how we understand power, purpose, and belonging at work.

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📈 Executive nonprofit leaders, we need your voice! Your experience leading through complexity is valuable data that informs the sector.

The Race to Lead survey offers space to reflect and help drive smarter, more equitable strategies to navigate today and years to come.

Lead by example. Take the survey: https://bit.ly/466vOub

🏳️‍🌈 Nonprofit workers navigating queerness, gender, and power—this survey is for you. BMP’s Race to Lead survey is collecting the data we need to advocate for safer, more just workplaces across the sector.

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📢 What do nonprofit leaders, frontline staff, and changemakers need right now?

We don’t have to guess. captures real experiences of people working in nonprofit organizations to spotlight what matters–and what needs change.

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Building Movement Project stands in solidarity with communities commemorating 20 years since Hurricane Katrina. Check out the week of action events to reflect, honor and build. Each day of the Katrina 20 Week of Action carries a theme grounded in memory, moves us toward justice, and prepares us for the future.

From Honoring to Healing, from Preparation to Release, these days remind us that recovery is not a moment—it’s a movement. Visit https://bit.ly/4mZ4Qve for more information.

📢 Tired of glass ceilings, glass cliffs and performative equity? This is your moment. The Race to Lead survey uplifts BIPOC voices to confront what’s real in nonprofit workplaces and push for change.

Take it. Share it. Lead it.

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📣 Nonprofit staff: your voice has power. We are building the largest dataset on race and leadership in the sector with the Survey. It’s anonymous, and your experiences help expose patterns of inequity and push for sector-wide change.

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In the latest episode of our Solidarity Is This podcast, our ED Janis Rosheuvel is in conversation with Charles Long, Deputy Director of Fund Strategy at on the importance of trusting Black leadership, the role of philanthropy, and the necessity of community and rest at this time.

Listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts, and visit the link in our bio for the show notes. Follow to learn more about Black August and the radical tradition of Black resistance against anti-Black state violence and systemic oppression.