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Revisiting Maurice Mitchell's "Building Resilient Organizations"

Thursday, May 28, 2026

2:00pm - 3:00pm ET

Maurice Mitchell's seminal article "Building Resilient Organizations"—co-published in 2022 by NPQ, The Forge, and Convergence—held up a mirror to the challenging internal management and culture of progressive organizations and offered pointed guidance about what people working at these organizations could do to shift toward resilience and joy. It has been read and referenced by thousands of leaders, consultants, and funders in the three-plus years since. 

In this Learn Out Loud session, NPQ welcomes Maurice Mitchell and a panel of experts to revisit the central themes of the piece, including anti-leadership attitudes; anti-institution sentiment; and unanchored care whereby people assume that one’s mental, physical, and spiritual health are the responsibility of the organization or collective space.
 
The panelists will address these questions: 
  • Where have we seen progress in how our organizations function internally?
  • What challenging organizational dynamics have proven more difficult to disrupt?
  • How has the deepening threat of fascism impacted the inner workings of our organizations?
  • Which tools and practices are contributing to greater organizational resilience in today's hyperchallenging operating context?
  • How can philanthropy best support organizational resilience in our shared fight for a multiracial democracy?

 

Panelists:

Maurice Mitchell, National Director, Working Families Party

Allison Conyers, Executive Director, EpicWorks

Mistinguette Smith, Principal Consultant, M Smith Consulting LLC

Rebecca Epstein, Principal Consultant, R. Epstein Consulting

Moderated by Jeanne Bell, Program Host, Leading Edge (NPQ)

 

This session will not be recorded to encourage open and honest discussion.

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