Inside my late father’s copy of The Marxism of Che Guevara I found a ruler trimmed job ad, a tiny deliberate relic that cracked open a life: absence and quiet resistance, colonial systems and the small exacting acts that resist them. This is a story of lineage turned into strategy, how a clipped scrap became the compass for my work at Ndisu Consulting where I translate grief into fundraising systems that pursue reparative liberatory wealth. Read on to meet the father I never knew and the small stubborn gestures that keep calling me to remake who gets to thrive.

What really moves a donor to give? It is not tax receipts or legal structures. It is belief. In this blog, Lizz Mhangami shares the story of Vaughan, a counselor who raised over $5,000 for her students without a nonprofit status, and Lilima Montessori, a school in Eswatini building sustainability through strategy and trust. From courage to consistency, these stories reveal that generosity flows when vision is clear and connection is real.