04/03/2026
Verity is harmful.
www.ourverity.org
Financial Audit call to Action!
Every staff has been harmed at Verity. Multiple Women of color have been removed, laid off.
Remove Rebecca Fein as the Executive Director
Accountability in nonprofit spaces cannot be optional, selective, or reserved for a few. When organizations prioritize favoritism toward executive leadership over transparency, oversight, and community voice, they lose sight of the very people they claim to serve.
Nonprofits were built on the foundation of community care, yet too often the internal structures reflect something very different. White led leadership, when unchecked, can replicate the same systems of power and harm that nonprofits often exist to challenge. This shows up in decision making without collective input, lack of meaningful accountability, and environments where staff, especially staff of color, are expected to carry the emotional, cultural, and operational labor while receiving the least protection and support.
Frontline workers, many of whom are people of color, carry the weight of direct service, crisis response, and community trust. Yet they are frequently the least heard when concerns are raised. When leadership is protected from accountability, it creates a hierarchy where harm can be minimized, dismissed, or redirected onto those with the least institutional power.
In the current political climate, where fear, intimidation, and systemic oppression are already deeply present in many communities, nonprofit environments must not mirror those same dynamics internally. Organizations that serve marginalized communities have a responsibility to actively examine and dismantle harmful practices within their own structures. That includes transparent leadership, shared accountability, and a willingness to be evaluated, questioned, and improved.
(Accountability is not an attack on leadership. It is a requirement for integrity.)
If organizations are truly committed to equity, they must be willing to examine themselves with the same rigor they expect from the communities they serve. Anything less perpetuates harm, erodes trust, and undermines the very mission they claim to uphold.
(Community care begins with internal accountability. Without it, the work cannot be sustained in a way that is just, ethical, or aligned with liberation.)