As we honor and close out Domestic Violence Awareness month, Leadership Metro Richmond (LMR) presents a perspective from an alumni …
National Hispanic Heritage Month: Lifting Latino Voices on Nonprofit Boards
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! As we reflect on what the next few weeks of celebration mean to our community and …
The Caregiving Conundrum
We are all born to be caregivers. At an early age, we learn to care for our toys, our rambunctious …
What IS Synapse?
You may have noticed a new series of Leadership Metro Richmond events over the past few months entitled: Synapse Hub 027. …
Better Together
At the beginning of the year, we announced The VCU Entrepreneurship Academy, a partnership between the VCU Da Vinci Center, The Jackson …
A Thoughtful Approach to Diversifying Your Nonprofit Board
Diversity is not a two-dimensional subject. There are lots of ways to define diversity, and organizations that truly value diversity recognize that …
Participating in Progress
Joining the LMR Quest Class of 2012 offered a provocative challenge for me. Going into it, I knew next-to-nothing about …
RVA Mic Share
#RVAMICSHARE: Our time has come: Why it is important to amplify the voices of Black women in 2020 What Was …
Inch by Inch
I spend a lot of my days waffling between being energized, angry, and exhausted. There is so much wrong in …
Take my matchbook, please.
In my opinion, an effective leader isn’t “born to lead”. An effective leader doesn’t wake up one day to say …