Are you interested in re-examining your conventional knowledge and assumptions of colonialism and the NPIC? Come deepen your anti-colonial analysis of the NPIC with a 3-part reading series where we will dive into the history and violence of foreign aid, identify colonial legacies in international development and nonprofits, and interrogate the practice of international development. Over the course of 3 weeks, we will use readings from Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Dambisa Moyo, Walter Rodney, Arundhati Roy, Angela Davis, Michael Parenti, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, and more. Each session will include a short recap or lecture from the facilitator to frame the content.

Facilitated by Kareen Coyoca (They/Them).

Did you know that the Non-profit Industrial Complex (NPIC) is global and reaches far beyond the U.S. and into the Global South? The NPIC dictates underdevelopment for poverty stricken and oppressed nations and communities and has strong ties to race and capitalism. If you work in a non-profit, foundation, and or the international development sector, this primer is for you. Join Both/And in analyzing the NPIC from an anti-colonial lens. We will explore the basis for NPIC’s global role and examine how it upholds structures of colonialism and imperialism that are still active today through mechanisms such as foreign aid, the IMF, World Bank, and USAID.

*Although not necessary, we do recommend that you have taken our primer “What is the Non-Profit Industrial Complex?”

Facilitated by Kareen Coyoca (They/Them).

If you are looking to explore what the non-profit industrial complex (NPIC) is, how it is used to maintain wealth and power, and how it suppresses and co-opts radical movements, this is the reading group for you! Over the course of 3 weeks, we will use readings from Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Joy James, Paul Kivel, Dean Spade, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, Sidra Morgan-Montoya and more to explore the structural elements of the NPIC. Each session will include a short recap or lecture from the facilitator to frame the content.
This reading group is a primer for other topics that will be explored throughout the year, including a global analysis of the NPIC, labor within the NPIC, and what an abolitionist praxis of the NPIC can look like.

Facilitated by Zara Cadoux (She/Her).

Join us for a primer on what the non-profit industrial complex (NPIC) is, how it functions, and how the elite use it to maintain wealth and power. This teach-in will explore the history of philanthropy, pose questions about how we came to see nonprofits as inherently good and social change as a job, and interrogate how capitalist power structures are maintained through the nonprofit sector. The session will conclude by introducing how the NPIC co-opts and suppresses radical movements. Facilitated by Zara Cadoux (She/Her).

"Breaking White Walls facilitated a huge breakthrough in my learning journey. This workshop helped me realize the possible principals, language, and paths forward for interrogating and dismantling white supremacy within the spaces I hold and am held in everyday.” - Julia Gaynor, Anti-Racist Ecosystem

Join Elif Cadoux for a 2.5 hour primer on facilitating white caucuses and accountability spaces! White caucuses are spaces where white people learn about white supremacy, prepare one another and themselves to join movements led by Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and take action in their daily lives to challenge racism. The workshop will move through reasons to run a white caucus, three essential elements to any accountability group, and facilitation techniques. Come prepared to be both a participant and practitioner in this training of trainers!

This workshop is for White people & BIPOC of any racial identity who are interested in facilitating white accountability spaces. A foundational understanding of whiteness, white supremacy, and anti-blackness is a prerequisite for this offering. Facilitated by Elif Cadoux (They/Them).

Since the beginning of the nonprofit sector, white women and non-binary people have shaped and sustained its systems, reinforcing white supremacy and patriarchy even as we try to "do good". This workshop series is an introduction to white supremacy, anti-Blackness, and patriarchy as they show up in us and our work. We will work together to build a foundation from which to dismantle systems from the inside out. This workshop series is for white women and non-binary people working in the nonprofit sector, grant-making, or philanthropy. Facilitated by Leanna Powell (she/her) and Zara Cadoux (she/her).

Somatics describes any practice that uses the mind-body connection to help us understand our needs and how to best address them. Our bodies are built with the potential to bounce back and to be well, even in the face of the challenges of our times. This workshop will offer an introduction to how somatic tools support us to tap into that incredible power. We will try a few practices together as well. Facilitated by Melina Martinez (they/them).

How do we help create more change agents in the world? One at a time! Learn the art of guiding and encouraging clients as they embrace a more equitable way of living and leading. You don’t have to be perfect to be a good coach… just curious and supportive. Facilitated by Kristina Nance (she/her).

If you ask a room of people to define "community", the definition will differ person to person. So what exactly do we mean when we claim to be "in community" and what does it mean to be a part of a community? And why does this matter Organizing and structural change demand deep interpersonal relationship, something that is commonly hindered by the fractured concept of community. We will be reframing ourselves through a transformative justice lens to explore the hyperlocal concept of pods and pod-mapping. Facilitated by Khunsa Amin (She/Her).