How nonprofits fail communities of color - and what to do instead | Olga González | TEDxMileHigh

Olga González believes nonprofits often underestimate the communities they serve. They swoop in, she says, with outside resources and money but ignore the assets these communities already possess. That's why she endorses the promotora model, where a nonprofit trains people from the community they serve to provide outreach, advocacy, and services. Here, González shares several success stories of promotoras in action - from distributing masks & vaccines to farmworkers during the COVID-19 pandemic to monitoring air pollution near a local oil refinery. Olga González has worked in the nonprofit sector for 28+ years. She is currently the Executive Director of Cultivando, a nonprofit that cultivates leadership in the Latinx community to advance health equity through advocacy, collaboration, and policy change. As CEO of O.G. Consulting Services, she facilitates trainings and workshops on equity, racial justice, and healing. Olga was born in Mexico and is the proud descendant of Indigenous Yaqui/Otomi people. She, along with her husband, is raising their children to be the next generation of fierce and compassionate social justice warriors. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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You are assuming that many of those groups that 'swoop in to help' are there to help YOU.

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What is the music at the beginning of the video? Did TEDxTelks create this kind of music themselves, or is it just a snippet from other music or even a song? If the second, then write the name of the music, please.

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The same mindset we are doing with our handicapped community here in Manaoag, Pangasinan, Philippines. The everyone in our community is the asset and we all need to believe it first.

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Wasn't aware there were communities of people who don't have a skin color.

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MR AND MRS ALAN GRAHAM MOTO IS HOMELESS PEOPLE DO HAVE THEIR OWN QUALITIES THEY HAVE REALLY HAVE THE MENTALITY TO TREAT THE HOMELESS WITH DIGNITY IF YOU ARE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TEXAS PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VISIT THIS COMMUNITY

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Thank you so much for comment

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@@SwitzerlandEducation4471 YOURE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME BC IM THE SUCCESS STORY OF THIS AMAZING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THEY LOVED AND CARED FOR MY FAMILY AND I .

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@@SwitzerlandEducation4471 THIS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CAN BE AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION ITS AN AMAZING MODEL FOR THE HOMELESS IT TAKES A A VILLAGE TO REMAIN WITH THE PROGRAM ❤❤❤❤❤🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍❤❤❤❤❤❤

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I LOVE THIS WOMAN. IT IS A HERO

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Where else on this Earth we can find immigrants excelling & achieving more than here in the US?

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Thank you sharing and doing this work! I look forward to connecting with you and hope to bring this to my communtiy! Blessings

[@tstarcher2001]

So you're going to fuss about FREE help? The nonprofits are at least TRYING to help you. Stop waiting on someone to serve you-to serve you.

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Funding organization within a community will make them corrupt as they have made the nonprofits corrupt.

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Thank you so much for comment

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When will this type of thinking end? It's becoming tiring and over blown.

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Yes, racism is tiring to those that experience it. I’m not sorry that working to combat its effects exceeds your capacity for compassion.

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Pointing out issues and offering solutions is tiring?

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We need more PhDs and Dr degrees in our communities. People lie to us and we fail to notice it. Undergraduate degrees aren't graduated. When you go to college in most countries including Latin America, you actually graduate with a graduate degree and become an expert in your field.

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For learning english ✍️

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Thank you so much for comment

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What about staying in your country instead of asking America change for you?

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lame

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@@aaronshields8135 what a very beautiful and well thought out response.

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U WILL REAP WHAT U SOW💯

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America is a country of immigrants. That is the beauty of this country. Have compassion, this type of venom is destructive, we need to lead with love.

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​@@aaronshields8135 "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

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You know my great grandmother my grandmother told my grandmother that the day that we experiencede experiencing what happened they saw a people being divided but my grandmother said it needs to happen because people will see clearly once and for all Where their hearts sold mine and the things and their children's well being will be need to be looked at. So we as people we've got to just relax we've got to listen to wakey music we got to look to see if there's people we can help take our kids to a special place do anything that let don't let these people with snakes coming out of their mouths bite us Because we are gonna get over this I know it doesn't seem like it but if my grandmother great grandmother and my grandmother and my grandmother and my aunt say so I know it's gonna happen

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Maybe just maybe, if you decide to leave your country in search of a better life in a completely different country. Maybe try to learn the language, I'm not moving to india and expecting everything to shift to me.

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India isn’t the United States, and everyone learns at different paces. You know any other languages? You would be a bit more understanding if you did, I’m sure you don’t.

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@@luislizarazo8164 why should he? You cowardly leave your country and come to America thinking everyone should help you. Stay where you’re at and fight to make it better.

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That’s not what she’s saying here, it’s clear that you watched this video with preconceived notions. She is saying that we should empower individuals within marginalized communities to aid their own in acquiring resources and information, not relying on outside groups that are not familiar with the lived experiences of these groups to hypothesize on what individuals in these communities need. This video is trying to highlight the need for targeted aid that addresses the needs that may go overlooked by people who don’t have the same experience. Have compassion, we are meant to lead with love.

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Thanks I 'm not intelligent and hero , I think is important create communities.

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It's called sponsors. It's hard knowing your tax mandatory dollars don't have provisions for Americans those needing help, the toll is hardships and waiting list, barriers held against working class Americans that can't afford much after taxes, mortgages or rents and child supports.Fathers working hard needing agencies that can't help them thru the legal processes because they don't fit the marginalized lines. Always pro immigrants but less Agencies for much needed when it's a steady stream of needing in middleclass being pushed out services, they only want to know your immigration status and your income. If your income is $2400. And your take home is $2800. You are between a rock and a hard place. Telling landlords your income is the door opening for rent increases.

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You think that’s bad? American NPOs overseas work hand in hand with the Alphabet agencies when they’re not delivering weapons to erotists.

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I think I might understand a little bit of this. People don’t want to just donate money and run away they want to help. They want to be involved. So to say they’re not letting the people there help, I believe they just want to help also

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Thank you so much for comment

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So proud to be latina ♥

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Thank you so much for comment

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It would be nice if the white working class realized they have more in common with a new immigrant than the billionaire/ownership class sitting in their 22-room home with full-time staff attending to their needs. it's grotesque what wealth does to human behaviour, yet we still rather tell immigrants to get out than deal with our laziness and sense of entitlement. If you are not indigenous to North America, your family were immigrants somewhere down your family tree. Inherited wealth is what builds success in 'Merica. Poor immigrants are the majority, a good damn chance your family were poor immigrants too.

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Why dont they bother learning English? They would have the same info

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Nonprofits have to list pay of each Employee. Look at the CEO's pay and fringe benefits and you'll easily tell if it's a scam nonprofit. Which most are, and bring down the good ones that ate really trying to help All. A.M.E.R.I.C.A.N'S All Mankind Equal Religion Intelligence Culture Abilitiy Name Society. This is OUR WORLD, OUR HOMES, AND OUR FUTURE. UNITED WE MUST STAND WORLD WIDE.

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