Laela Kashan is Louisville-based Director of Regional Advocacy and Engagement for the Kentucky Nonprofit Network and works locally for the Louisville Nonprofit Coalition, as well as parts of Western Kentucky. Her mission is to build grassroots nonprofit coalitions, both locally and regionally, to provide training, resources and support for these groups and to advocate in Frankfort for Kentucky's charitable organizations. At a time when the push federally is to privatize nonprofit and government sectors, as well as withdraw federal funding from any 501(c)3 charitable organizations that are deemed to include DEI language, it behooves us to learn more about how these folks are helping vulnerable humans, animals and habitats.