The LeadHER campaign is a targeted fundraising campaign designed to support the programming of Connections Multiplied Too that empowers Black women in their leadership journey. This campaign recognizes the unique challenges faced by Black women and aims to provide a supportive and enriching environment to help them excel in leadership roles. The acronym H.E.R. stands for Honor, Empower, Rise, which encapsulates the core mission of the campaign.

H.E.R.: Honor, Empower, Rise

Honor: Acknowledging and celebrating the achievements and unique challenges of Black women in leadership
Empower: Providing resources, support, and opportunities to enhance their leadership skills and confidence.
Rise: Encouraging growth and elevation to higher positions of influence and responsibility.

Our Programming

Connections Multiplied, Too delivers three leadership development programs currently focused on Black women leading in the nonprofit and education sectors. Through Leadership Connections, Black Women Leading in Education and Black Women in Nonprofit Leadership, Black women are provided an opportunity to develop and activate network with one another, grow in their leadership skills and abilities and heal from the trauma experienced in their leadership journey in the nonprofit sector.

Leadership Connections

Leadership Connections is a professional peer group for women of color currently leading or emerging in their leadership journey in the nonprofit sector. The professional peer groups are tailored to the specific professional pathway of its members and are committed to improving the nonprofit sector’s ability to make an impact by investing in its leaders who will think critically, act courageously and work collaboratively. Leadership Connections also serves as a pipeline for the Black Women in Nonprofit Leadership Cohort.

Black Women in Nonprofit Leadership

Black Women in Nonprofit Leadership is a 10-month cohort leadership program in which participants address the racial and gender burdens and biases they experience in the nonprofit sector. The program provides resources, education, healing and restoration practices, amplification of voices and a safe community to support personal and professional development that can lead to more successful and less harmful employment in the nonprofit sector.

Black Women in Education Leadership

Developed in partnership with City Teaching Alliance (formerly Urban Teachers), Black Women Leading in Education is a 9-month cohort experience for teachers, staff and administrators leading in the education space.This program provides curriculum, resources, racial healing and restoration practices to support participant development and healing leading to successful careers in the education community.

Why this campaign?

The nonprofit and education industry is not a friendly or surviving landscape for Black women. Black-led nonprofits receive 76 percent less unrestricted grant funding than white-led nonprofits (Source: Bridgespan Group). As a Black woman led nonprofit it is imperative that a diversified funding pool is established and stewarded. The LeadHER campaign creates and allows for that diversification.

Meet women of Connections Multiplied Too

The 100 Days of LeadHER

Honor. Empower. Rise

Team Members