Author Archive:
Avila Kilmurray
2014 Fall Conference for Community Foundations: Jim Joseph challenges community philanthropy
Ambassador Jim Joseph threw out a challenge to community philanthropy to be authors of a new narrative of social justice during his sterling address at the opening plenary of the Council on Foundations’ Fall Conference …
I participate, you participate, they decide
‘This is how the verb “to participate” is conjugated – I participate, you participate, they decide.’[1] This comment relates to international development aid but could be echoed by grant recipients of many philanthropic programmes. Who …
Taking the flak of unpopularity
Achieving social justice often demands actions that make funders unpopular. For the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (CFNI), working through 30 years of violent conflict and a tenuous peace process, a commitment to social justice …
When all that glitters is not gold . . .
Reading the sorry saga of the Prešov Community Foundation in the September edition of Alliance, there must have been many who muttered, ‘There but for the grace of God – or Allah, or your chosen …
Community foundation for Northern Ireland – Peacebuilding and participation
In its 25th anniversary year, the Board of Trustees of the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (CFNI) has decided to place independence before the security offered by government and European Union funding programmes, and to …
Civil society in a divided society
Any concept that is currently being used across 34,000 websites[1] is in serious danger of being interpreted in a wide range of potentially conflicting ways. Civil society is clearly one such term. The temptation to …
