Deming-Rivers Social Club

02/18/2026

You don’t have to be the CEO’s best friend. But if you’re on a board, you do have to be part of their support system.

After board meetings, the board goes back to their lives. The CEO goes back to the front lines.

If your CEO left the last meeting feeling alone, the most important question is not “How do we tighten the screws?”

It’s: “What conditions are we creating for our leadership to actually work here?”

Read the full post on the blog:

Is your board a support system or a stressor? Learn how to shift board-CEO dynamics from micromanagement to relational integrity using the DRSC Culture Capacity Framework.

02/14/2026

Last weekend we posted about the power of looking for the GOOD around us

When we are being bombarded with bad news, hate speech and collectively grieving the lives we are actively living, seeing the good and cultivating positivity seems SO HARD.

But even though we might not be able to repair at the same rate damage is being caused, it’s worth a shot!

Choosing to actively look for the good this week was such an easy but meaningful practice that we are definitely going to keep up with.

ALSO it made us want to do more things and go more places?! Sooo if you have local recs to add to our list of things to do, LET US KNOW

Anyway, what good did you find this week?! We wanna hear all about it

02/04/2026

Listen first. That’s a principle we strive to practice in our philanthropy at Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation. Through ongoing conversations and facilitated feedback, our nonprofit partners have told us that longer-term, more flexible funding would help them do their good work better, achiev...

02/04/2026

01/28/2026

Authoritarian movements don't succeed through military force alone. They succeed by co-opting trusted institutions—schools, hospitals, social services, and churches—to do their sorting, reporting, and enforcement.

Your organization is either a firewall or a gateway. There is no neutral ground.

When nonprofits and faith communities stand together and refuse to participate in dehumanization, they create what historians call "ungovernable space"—places where unjust laws simply cannot be enforced because the community will not cooperate.

As authoritarianism rises in the United States, nonprofits and churches face a critical choice: comply with unjust policies or actively resist. This guide draws on historical resistance movements—from the Underground Railroad to Denmark's rescue of Jews during WWII—to provide faith and service l...

01/21/2026

On January 14, 2025, three members of the Sarasota County School Board passed a resolution to “cooperate with all law enforcement, including ICE.” They framed it as a commitment to student safety. But here’s what the research actually shows: when ICE shows up near schools, test scores drop, attendance plummets, and anxiety skyrockets—for all students, not just undocumented ones.

Read the rest of this blog at drsocialclub.com

Students stood up at that meeting and said, “We don’t feel safe.” The Board voted yes anyway.

This isn’t about immigration policy. It’s about what happens when leaders ignore the people they’re supposed to serve—and why that failure matters for every single student in the district.

01/12/2026

We spent yesterday afternoon at the Asolo seeing Primary Trust, a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about a Black man named Kenneth who is trying to find his footing after losing his job in a small town.

During the talk-back after the show, the lead actor, Anthony Cason, described the play as a story about radical kindness that moves past all the things that divide us and focuses on the “human faction” of just caring for people.

That’s why we’re so jazzed that and invited to partner with them for a Community Conversation tomorrow night!

We’re going to talk about the show, but more importantly, we’re talking about loneliness, grief + trauma - something that affects so many of us but we don’t always talk about openly.

If you haven’t seen the show yet, go! It runs through February 11.

11/02/2025

Manatee County residents! Please find time to attend one of these (they’re giving you $25 as a thank you, do you know how much ice cream you can get with that?!!)

09/04/2025

A lot of what people believe about su***de sounds cautious. BUT so much of it is just fear, dressed up as “wisdom”

❌ “Don’t ask them if they’re suicidal—you might put the idea in their head.”
❌ “People who really want to die don’t talk about it.”
❌ “Only young people are at risk.”

None of that is true.

But it still gets passed around in meetings, classrooms, crisis lines, and churches.

It still SHAPES how people show up (or don’t) when someone around them is hurting.

And the worst part?
These myths don’t just confuse people. They isolate them.
They teach people to keep quiet. They make it harder to ask for help, or offer it.

So let’s name the myths clearly and replace them with truth.

And let’s create workplaces and communities that don’t rely on silence to stay safe.

08/19/2025

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📢 This August, Bonterra is proud to partner with BackBlack for Black Philanthropy Month — a global campaign to advance funding equity for Black-led organizations and Black communities.

Black-led nonprofits are leading change, building futures, and shaping communities — and they deserve the resources to match. That’s why we’re proud to support a movement committed to funding, visibility, and lasting impact.

More than $50,000 in grants and resources are available throughout August — tag your favorite Black-led nonprofit, share their work, and visit backblackmovement.org to get involved today. 🌍✨

08/14/2025

You know that problem you’ve been hoping will magically solve itself? Yeahhhh, it’s not going to.

IN FACT, ignoring burnout, conflict, and culture problems doesn’t make them disappear—it just makes them more expensive 🫠💸

Wanna boost morale, save money and prevent another meltdown?

Let’s talk about how we can make your org cooler AND sweeter 🧊🍦

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