Hello everyone and welcome back to the Lead with Heart Podcast. Today, I am so honored to have Nisha Anand, CEO of dream.org with me. Nisha is an Indian American activist and is known as a leader in cultivating unlikely and unconventional partnerships to create change. We talk about the beauty of disagreement, finding common ground to create change, and the leadership lessons Nisha has learned along her journey from a grassroots activist to the leader of an organization that creates system-level change. In this episode: [01:50] Nisha’s background: Identity, activism, and personal growth[11:10] Navigating disagreements in a polarized society[17:30] Using common ground to make unlikely allies and create change[23:16] How nonprofits can step up and start to advocate for more systems-level change[29:46] Navigating the darkness and finding optimism in difficult times[35:20] Leadership lessons Nisha has learned along her journey RESOURCES See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur CONNECT WITH NISHA Nisha is an Indian American activist, mom of two teenagers, and a boundary-busting national leader for social and racial justice. Once a grassroots activist arrested in Burma for pro-democracy demonstrations, Nisha is known today as a leader in cultivating unlikely and unconventional partnerships to create change. As dream.org CEO, Nisha guides a team of storytellers, organizers, and policy experts working on some of society's toughest problems to create a better future for all. Instagram: @nishamanand LinkedIn: Nisha Anand Twitter: @nishamanand Website: dream.org & nishaanand.org CONNECT WITH HALEY Haley is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Certified Stress Management Coach, and Certified EmC train the trainer. She is the Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, a nonprofit consulting and coaching business. She has worked in both small and large nonprofit teams in the human services, homelessness, and youth sectors; and she specializes in the EmC process, nonprofit leadership, board development, and fundraising. Haley is a passionate, impact-driven, experienced nonprofit professional whose mission is to empower, elevate and engage nonprofit leaders to build healthy, thriving organizations. Instagram: @thesavvyfundraiser LinkedIn: Haley Cooper, CFRE Website: thesavvyfundraiser.com