The nonprofit Susan G. Komen organization’s board of directors is mostly Texan, homogeneousand wealthy. Here’s how the lack of diversity fueled its misstep over funding to Planned Parenthood, which resulted in a PR fiasco and a marketplace lack of confidence that will be hard to repair.
The organization, which fights breast cancer, reversed its decision to defund Planned Parenthood, but can the damage really be undone The resulting mistrust from Komen’s flip-flop stance and delayed response to protests now has former supporters wary of backing the organization and raising questions.
How could such a poor decision get approved in the first place The answer could lie in a lack of diversity in its board, according to an article on MotherJones.com by Clara Jeffery.
