Rima Dael, Author at NFCB

NFCB Updates

MacArthur Foundation Awards $1.25 Million Grant to National Federation of Community Broadcasters

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 — The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) is honored to announce that the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur…

Rima DaelOctober 22, 2025

Advocacy Industry News NFCB Updates

Community Radio: Independent, Local, Essential

“Knowledge societies must build on four pillars: freedom of expression; universal access to information and knowledge; respect for cultural and…

Rima DaelOctober 2, 2025

Advocacy NFCB Updates Organizational Capacity

Leading Through Disruption: Collective Leadership in a Time of Polycrisis

I recently came across a framing of leadership that feels incredibly relevant for our times, and for community radio. It’s…

Rima DaelSeptember 4, 2025

NFCB Updates Organizational Capacity

Leading Through Fatigue and Uncertainty: Finding Strength When You’re Impatient for Results

I just returned from a short vacation with my family at the beach. The ocean is always healing for me—the…

Rima DaelSeptember 4, 2025

Advocacy NFCB Updates

Public Statement from NFCB: Community Radio at Risk Following CPB Closure

The defunding and now formal closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has sent shockwaves across the public media…

Rima DaelAugust 7, 2025

Advocacy NFCB Updates

Boxed In? Not Then. Not Now.

This is me—circa age 3—having a full-blown meltdown about being put into a cardboard box. I don’t remember exactly why…

Rima DaelAugust 7, 2025

NFCB Updates Organizational Capacity Tools

The Mundane Matters: Balancing Everyday Work with Big-Picture Change

Here are some thoughts I’m sharing with you in our post-rescission environment—reflections on what it means to lead right now,…

Rima DaelAugust 7, 2025

Advocacy NFCB Updates Organizational Capacity

Why You? Why Now? You Can’t Fund What You Can’t Explain.

In the nonprofit world—and especially in community radio—it’s not enough to have a mission. You need a vision that compels…

Rima DaelAugust 7, 2025

Advocacy NFCB Updates

You May Hate NPR. But Killing CPB Puts Rural America at Risk.

Defunding public media doesn’t punish NPR—it guts the emergency lifelines that small towns and Tribal communities depend on. The Senate’s…

Rima DaelJuly 18, 2025

NFCB Updates

Rescission Vote Update – Standing Together in Tough News

Even when you’ve prepared for bad news, receiving it still hits hard. This morning’s vote to claw back funding is…

Rima DaelJuly 17, 2025

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