Nonprofit Organizational healing with Nyacko Perry

Dec 1, 2020

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In episode 11 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, some of the topics that Carol and her guest, Nyacko Perry, discussed include:

Addressing accountability of past actions as a method of moving forward
Creating a healthy environment with room for employees to care for their mental health
The process of making change in an organizational structure
The disconnect between many organizations' missions and their internal culture
The disconnect between front-line workers, the people running many nonprofit organizations, and the communities they serve
Thoughts on how organizational change happens
How systems exploit vulnerable populations

Additional Resources:

William Bridges' Transition Theory: https://wmbridges.com/about/what-is-transition/
The 1619 Project: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html
1619 podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1619/id1476928106

Guest Information:

Nyacko Perry utilizes a systems-thinking approach to assist individuals, community groups, and organizations, in creating more inclusive cultures. Her decade long career as a transformational change agent includes national and international facilitation with non-profit, corporate, and government agencies. Nyacko is the founder of Yin Consulting, a collaborative focused on personal, organizational and systemic healing.

She is the Organization Development Partner at the much-anticipated Comfort Kitchen, a restaurant, community meeting space, and a food incubator dedicated to fostering collaboration, cross-cultural understanding, and community engagement.

Nyacko also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Action Boston Community Development, Inc. Roxbury/N. Dorchester Opportunity Center. Nyacko holds an M.S. in Organization Development, with distinction, from American University. She is also a 500-hour professional level yoga teacher, an Afro Flow Yoga® certified teacher, and weaves her mindfulness expertise into her consulting work.

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