Byron Sanders, president and CEO of Big Thought, talks about being a Black leader in the local nonprofit sector and how he's coping with the nation's current reckoning with race.

Shawn Lassiter, Leadership ISD's Chief of Equity and Innovation, talks about the need for racial equity in education.

Antoine Joyce, vice president and city leader of the All Stars Project of Dallas, talks about the inspiration for his recent op-ed piece in the Dallas Morning News and shares how he felt when he heard that a police officer killed George Floyd in Minnesota. This is part 2 of our conversation with Antoine. We begin with Sarah and Antoine talking about institutional racism.

Antoine Joyce, vice president and city leader of the All Stars Project of Dallas, talks about the inspiration for his recent op-ed piece in the Dallas Morning News and shares how he felt when he heard that a police officer killed George Floyd in Minnesota.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, several moments happened. The moment we learned of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The moment we heard about the killing of Breonna Taylor in her own home. The moment we saw the killing of George Floyd. The painful crack of the nation’s collective heartbreak around the killings of these and countless other black people loudly called out to us. We recognized the existence of racial injustice in the narratives of these events and, once again asked, “what is ours to do?” We decided to focus Season 2 on the virus of racism that has not yet been eradicated. All of the episodes this season will feature conversations with some of Dallas’ nonprofit leaders who are black.

The North Texas Community Response Fund, created to support nonprofit organizations that work with people and communities affected by COVID-19, has surfaced more than 1,100 programs and projects in need since CFT and other area funders established the fund in March. Join our conversation with members of CFT’s philanthropy team who are working on the initiative to learn about magnitude and scale of the COVID-19 public health crisis, the reason to address it collaboratively with other funders, and what’s next.