African Philanthropy Forum: 2024 Conference - Alliance magazine
Nov 27, 2024 · At the African Philanthropy Forum in Marrakech, Morocco last month, Alliance regional representative Heba Abou Shnief got a chance to catch up with Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi, president and CEO of the African Center for Economic Transformation, Africa’s leading economic policy institute focused on moving Africa beyond growth and toward transformation. ...
Two women disrupting the future of giving - Alliance magazine
Nov 26, 2024 · In candid conversation, Maverick Collective’s Rena Greifinger and EdelGive Foundation’s Vidya Shah share their bold vision for transforming philanthropy. ‘We’re trying to disrupt the status quo.’ That’s Rena Greifinger, Managing …
Beyond ballots: What global social justice movements teach us …
Nov 5, 2024 · Today, the United States is holding pivotal elections, joining many other countries around the world facing major elections this year. By the end of 2024, more than half the world’s population will have cast ballots, from Mexico to India and South Africa.
Prioritizing activist well-being: A call for collective care
Oct 6, 2024 · What is philanthropy’s role in facilitating the well-being of human rights defenders? Why is centering collective care necessary and incorporating healing into social justice agenda a must? My experience here comes from my personal struggles …
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How Corporate Philanthropy Is Rising to Meet New Challenges
Jan 3, 2024 · Over the last several years, the philanthropy teams in major corporations have seen their jobs change dramatically. Some of the changes were already underway when, in 2019, the Business Roundtable published a new statement of the purpose of a corporation. Signed by 181 CEOs, the statement added that companies should ‘support the communities in which they work.’
Taxation and philanthropy: close relatives or complete strangers ...
Oct 10, 2024 · A few highlights from the event. Marlene: I asked people to create this Council [for Redistribution] to model democracy as closely as possible. Also to show that a parliament-like structure, a democratically organised space, can be a space where even the most normal people are representative.
Everyone is suffering: We must commit to nonviolence
Sep 24, 2024 · Every layer of my engagement in the complexity of the Palestinian/Israeli dynamic, be it philanthropic or logistical, has been inspired and informed by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s concept of the Beloved Community.. As I understand it, ‘nonviolence recognizes that evildoers are also victims… nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform’.
Reforming International Development - Alliance magazine
Dec 6, 2024 · Extensive sector research in 2021-22 showed consensus on the need for root and branch reform of international development and suggested four entry points for systems change.. Building on this, the H&S Davidson Trust is now supporting work to collectively identify what a new international development system would look like and what we need to do to obtain it.
Communities have enormous power when they are connected and …
Nov 28, 2024 · There’s something special about this place. It’s easy to know why people have moved from all over Australia and the world to be here. The ocean, coastline, mountains, and yes, rivers, compete with each other in beauty, and together, make it something special.