Rick Moyers

“At their best, arts and culture organizations help us experience joy, connect with one another, celebrate our shared humanity, and reckon w

So long as Virginians allow the Lost Cause narrative to define and divide us, we remain trapped in the past.

Like many newly elected chairs, I was honored but also viewed the responsibility with trepidation. I had led committees and advisory groups,

Boards that are serious about diversity need to prepare themselves for a conversation and a self-examination that is much broader than brain

Several months ago, I met with the governance committee of an all-white board that was considering me as a potential facilitator for their a

When I first began thinking about leaving institutional philanthropy, friends warned me that I needed to be prepared for my life to change.

“Checkbook philanthropist” has become a pejorative, and that’s a shame. Simply writing checks to effective organizations doing important wor

This piece was first posted on this blog on February 23, 2017 and was updated and republished in the Chronicle of Philanthropy on January...

Since moving back to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley a few months ago, I’ve been noticing how things have changed in the nearly three...

I’m writing this post from my home in Staunton, Virginia (the town where I was born, about three hours south of DC in the Shenandoah...