Episode 2: How To Start A Nonprofit Organization - Aryenish Birdie
About the episode:
In this episode, Brian sits down with Aryenish Birdie as they each contrast their experiences with starting nonprofit organizations. They each share invaluable wisdom on what steps to take and how to do them, from incorporating and fundraising to developing programmatic work.
About the guest:
Aryenish Birdie is the founder and executive director of Encompass, a nonprofit working to make the animal protection movement more racially diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Prior to Encompass, Aryenish spent seven years at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine promoting alternatives to animal tests. Aryenish received a degree from Hampshire College in critical social thought/race and feminist theory and her Master’s in Public Management from Johns Hopkins University.
