Group pushes to diversify volunteering at Minnesota nonprofi

Group pushes to diversify volunteering at Minnesota nonprofits
Kelly Smith, Star Tribune
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Hundreds of volunteers showed up to clean along University Avenue on May 29. New research by a statewide organization shows disparities in volunteering at nonprofits, where many recipients of aid may be people of color, but adult volunteers are not.
Minnesotans have rallied to help nonprofits during the pandemic, but across many organizations, most of those volunteers are white.
A statewide organization is trying to change that with new research calling attention to disparities in volunteerism.
"It's about time somebody looked at this system," said Karmit Bulman, who leads the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration (MAVA), an advocacy organization. "We look at the school system, our criminal justice system and our health system and we all know the racial disparities … are huge. But nobody has looked at the system of volunteerism, which is really the backbone of so much of our positive community change. … It's time for change."

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