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Felipe Pinzon
HISPANIC UNITY OF FLORIDA | HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA
THE CATALYST COLLECTIVE PROGRAM has enriched my understanding — both personally and as a nonprofit leader — of the historic and systemic challenges to creating true racial equity. It’s been transformative to be in this learning community that has shown me the possibility of disrupting these systems.
As individuals, we’ve all been impacted deeply by this program and are committed to shifting and pushing our sector forward. I’m excited to see more nonprofit leaders of color develop deeper awareness, connections, and understandings of racial inequities while having the tools and preparation to tackle it in their practice, their leadership, and their organizations. This ripple effect will push our sector towards creating racially equitable institutions.
However, it’s not just up to our leaders alone to achieve this. Philanthropic leaders need to know that they cannot expect the nonprofit sector to address racial inequities without claiming the responsibility for the roles that they have historically played in helping to create our current reality: of scarcity of time and resources. We need funding agencies to partner with us and invest in leadership development and innovative ideas to disrupt harmful practices. This will be the radical shift needed to push our sector forward equitably.
ispanic Unity of Florida’s Felipe Pinzon at his home in Weston, Thursday, March 18, 2021.
John McCall/South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Commissioner Mike Gelin, City of Tamarac, Felipe Pinzon, President and CEO, Hispanic Unity of Florida, Germaine Smith-Baugh, Ed.D.; President and CEO, Urban League of Broward County and Former Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness.
“New Research Highlights Broward’s Equity Challenges,” The Westside Gazette, Feb 2022.
ABOUT
Felipe Pinzon is President & CEO of Hispanic Unity of Florida (HUF), one of South Florida’s largest community-based organizations dedicated to the immigrant population. He began his career with HUF in 2002, and is a seasoned human services leader and working families advocate with vast experience in organizational strategy, program design, and fundraising. Felipe has a master’s degree in Public Administration from NSU and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.
