Carmen James Randolf, CEO of Women’s Foundation of the South (WFS) comes onto our show to introduce the four-year-old foundation and its vision of health, wealth and power for womxn of color in the South.
She outlines the various aspects of the foundation’s strategies, rooted in genuine care for women of color community leaders who tend to be under-recognized and underfunded. This care looks like listening, anticipating needs, protecting the community amid political threats and attacks, and giving community leaders opportunities to connect, learn and rest.
“We need to invest in the full humanity of leaders who are doing this work,” she says.
Finally, Carmen calls on philanthropy across the U.S. to “pay attention to what’s happening in the South,” and specifically the regressive policies that are being tested and exported to other states.