Monday 2nd March, 10.30am – 5pmHallam Conference Centre44 Hallam Street, London, United Kingdom W1W 6JJ This conference, jointly organised by the Fabian Society and Bright Blue in partnership with the Webb Memorial Trust, will focus on building a cross-party consensus on the attributes of and solutions for twenty-first century poverty. The day will include: A keynote speech from Alan Milburn (chair, Social Mobility…
A blog post about an evening with Albert Ruesga by Patrice Relerford: “Quiet leaders are more inclined toward action than talking. These men and women also take the time to assess a situation and map out the best way to proceed. I’m sure the fact that Ruesga seems inclined to think before he speaks has…
The Board of the Alliance Publishing Trust (APT), based in London, is looking for a dedicated and inspiring Editor ofAlliance magazine to succeed Founding Editor Caroline Hartnell when she retires next year. Alliance focuses on the roles, impact and potential of philanthropy and social investment worldwide for readers in foundations and with a special interest in philanthropy. The…
The EDGE Funders Alliance has issued a call for session proposals for the 2015 just giving conference, April 8 – 10, 2015. Baltimore, MD. The conference theme is “BETTER, NOT MORE; Decommodifying Nature – Reimagining Work – Liberating Knowledge – Democratizing Wealth”. About the Conference and this Call for Sessions As we assess the current…
The Working Group on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace came together in 2007. It has since been committed to improving and growing the impact of philanthropy on social justice and peace building work. It has done so through dialogue amongst the members; through meetings and even entire conferences devoted to peace and social justice…
When does bad practice cross the line and become corruption? Strictly speaking, corruption refers to the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It includes the obvious: Stealing public funds through accounting fraud or bribery to live a luxury life. But when the abuse isn’t “abuse” so much as it is “flexibility” or when private…
Almost 23 years ago, Brazilians invented a new word. The reason? A story of conversion of two apparently opposing concepts. Here is the story: In preparation for hosting the groundbreaking UN Summit on Environment and Development, best known as ‘Rio-92’, the tensions of approach that remained between the social justice sector and the wilderness…
The Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity in the US has released a new paper, “Sustaining Racial Justice Action in Phianthropy: Ferguson & Beyond,” based on a convening of activists and funders, in which they looked at questions of how to address the recent tragedies in the US related to the killing of Michael Brown, Eric…
The world is at a point and time in its evolution, when a shift – and a very rapid one at that – is inevitable. In fact it is already happening. To take a broad sweep – rapid environmental degradation, hazards, and disasters; increasing conflicts; weakening – or in countries like mine, failing States; and…
Dear Friends, We are grieved and outraged to see, in just a week’s time, two grand juries fail to indict police officers who killed unarmed black men: Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, and Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY. In just the past few weeks alone, more black men and children have been killed or harmed…