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Where there’s a will….: an impression of the Nordic Foundations Conference

25 January 2024
Andrew Milner

Is there a collective Nordic identity? Do Nordic foundations embrace it and to what extent do they draw on it …

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The ancient technology of storytelling: Day Three, #ShiftThePower Summit

23 January 2024
Amy McGoldrick

On day three, I attended one of the ‘buckets’ on Moving beyond logos, egos, siloes and haloes: Reimagining our own …

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‘A moral imagination’: Day Two, #ShiftThePower Summit

22 January 2024
Amy McGoldrick

Day two of the Summit in Bogotá, Colombia, began with a plenary called ‘Setting the scene’ with Marta Ruiz, journalist …

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‘When the world is in crisis, the world is not together’: Day One, #ShiftThePower Summit

22 January 2024
Amy McGoldrick

Over 700 delegates from around the world and across philanthropy, civil society and international development joined the three day #ShiftThePower …

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The wisdom comes from the grassroot

19 November 2023
Qing Gu

‘Diversity, equity, and inclusion in grantmaking’ at the Philanthropy for Better Cities Forum 2023 The 2023 Philanthropy for Better Cities …

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It’s time to decolonise philanthropy, are you ready to join the struggle?

16 November 2023
Kit Muirhead

Set up in 1943 and currently occupied by nearly 10,000 Palestinian refugees, the Shatila refugee camp in South Beirut displays …

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It’s about confluences and ‘escrevivências’ in academia (and philanthropy), when will we understand?

9 November 2023
Cássio Aoqui

A little boy playing at Flup (Literary Festival of Peripheries), held in Rio. One began on Saturday, October 7, and …

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Calling on All Latin American Third Sector Scholars Who Presented in Sao Paulo! 

9 November 2023
Susan Appe

ISTR’s Latin America and Caribbean Regional Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil was another great ISTR event among third sector researchers …

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ISTR Latin America and the Caribbean – My journey in a brief journal

9 November 2023
Cássio Aoqui

Day 1 of ISTR LAC: ‘Las estrellas aconsejan pero no obligan’ or; ‘The stars advise but do not oblige’. And …

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“Why aren’t young Latin American researchers talking about philanthropy yet?” Reflections from a fellow scholar

9 November 2023
Bruna de Morais Holanda

“Why aren’t young Latin American researchers talking about philanthropy yet?” is a strong question. It is raised from a personal …

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Youth, democracy and the weight of expectation

30 October 2023
Nils Luyten

With the scars of the war all around, Sarajevo was a symbolic location for KoneKtor 2023. Bringing together a diverse …

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KoneKtor 2023 session winner: Embracing vulnerability through the arts 

30 October 2023
Shafi Musaddique

In late Septemner 2023 Philea hosted their KoneKtor 2023 Annual Forum, and Alliance asked its readers what session they would …