In These Trying Times: Hopeful Reflections on the Nonprofit Sector from the Morning After the Election

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It’s morning in the Eastern time zone on November 4th, 2020. As I am writing this, I have no idea who the next president will be.
There was just some late—sorry, early-breaking news that sounds good for my guy, but all of this is closer and less clear than I’d like it to be. This feeling is familiar—the topsy-turvy sense of reality, the disappointment with friends and family who don’t see eye-to-eye.
By now, you’ve probably guessed my political leanings, but you almost certainly haven’t guessed something else: I’m feeling (slightly) cooler and calmer than I did in 2016. I know—I’m a little surprised myself.