What does it actually take to put community at the center of an organization's work? A new article in Nonprofit Quarterly explores how the words an organization uses to describe itself, starting with its mission, shape whose knowledge counts and whose aspirations come first.

The piece follows Two Feathers Native American Family Services, a Native-led organization in Humboldt County, CA, that reoriented its mission, programs, and strategy around the youth and families it serves. Their story shows that centering community is not a communications exercise but a discipline that reshapes programs, redirects resources, and drives real decisions.

Read the article at Nonprofit Quarterly.