Can we talk about...? A podcast on leading for racial equity in philanthropy
Oct 1, 2026 · 34 min · 12 segments
Today the Sewall Foundation board’s primary purpose isn’t to protect their portfolio and assets. It’s to steward the foundation’s values. But that wasn’t always the case. In this episode, Gabriela…
Gabriela AlcaldeGuest
Mares AsfahaHost
Gabriela, so one thing I'll add is we are going to have another episode that talks specifically around how to handle difficult conversations.
So for folks who are like, I don't know how to handle difficult conversations, don't worry.
What I appreciate about what you shared too is the idea of like values live in your practices.
They can't just live like if no one knew what your organization's values were, they should be able to gauge from the way that you interact with your grantees, from the way that you do your grant making, what
I think that part of the work here is really about translating what our values mean into our culture.
So even though I've talked about a lot of specific tools and strategies and structures that we had to implement or shift or significantly alter, like those definitions, it's actually the culture work.
Like how we moved from where we were to where we are and ideally where we'll be in seven years, it's deep and constant work.
Gabriela, so one thing I'll add is we are going to have another episode that talks specifically around how to handle difficult conversations.
So for folks who are like, I don't know how to handle difficult conversations, don't worry.
What I appreciate about what you shared too is the idea of like values live in your practices.
They can't just live like if no one knew what your organization's values were, they should be able to gauge from the way that you interact with your grantees, from the way that you do your grant making, what
I think that part of the work here is really about translating what our values mean into our culture.
So even though I've talked about a lot of specific tools and strategies and structures that we had to implement or shift or significantly alter, like those definitions, it's actually the culture work.
Like how we moved from where we were to where we are and ideally where we'll be in seven years, it's deep and constant work.
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