Leadership program graduates
Reported by Blackshires across the three-year period described on its program page.
Blackshires Foundation · Nonprofit partner
Local leadership.
Collective possibility.
Supporting BIPOC leadership through board participation, digital visibility, and collaboration on community-centered work.
- Our contribution
- Board role & R3SET collaboration
- Featured work
- Website & Arts ID3A Jam report
- Community
- Berkshire County, Massachusetts
The challenge
Make space for more people to lead.
Blackshires connects BIPOC leadership development with civic participation and community projects. Its work brings people into relationships with the institutions, knowledge, and resources that can support their ideas.
Our contribution
A partnership with distinct responsibilities.
Blackshires lists Devin Shea as a board member. Team R3SET is credited with building the foundation’s website, helping people find its programs, reports, and ways to participate.
Blackshires and Team R3SET are also jointly credited on the Berkshire SUCC3SS Accelerator Series artwork accompanying the Arts & Culture ID3A Jam report.
Meet the Blackshires team and website credits ↗Work sample · Archived community report
From a conversation
to a shared record.
The Arts & Culture ID3A Jam report documents an empathy-mapping exercise with Black artists and arts institutions. It brings experiences and aspirations into a form others can return to and discuss.
Themes documented in the report
- Barriers to access
- Consistent funding
- Representation in leadership
The report is a tangible record of community perspectives. Later implementation of its recommendations is not documented here.
Why we’re invested
Community members should help shape the systems around them.
Blackshires connects to the Foundry’s belief that relationships, practical support, and shared resources can help people act together. Our involvement supports work led by the foundation, its participants, and its wider network of partners.
Blackshires-reported program results
Leadership backed by
skills and resources.
Fellowship & completion grants
Program-wide funding reported by the foundation for that same period.
These are Blackshires’ program-wide figures, not results attributed solely to Reaction Foundry or the website. The source does not give exact start and end years for the period. Source checked September 21, 2026.
Your next step
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to community-led work?
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