December 2024 - Alliance magazine
Dec 3, 2024 · Ruling economic models pursue endless growth at the expense of the planet and the needs of the many. Between calls for community-owned assets and the equitable redistribution of goods, a chorus is rising for a new economic model, one that prioritises social well-being and environmental health.
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 …
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 …
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.
‘But that would be real systems change!’ - Alliance magazine
Dec 3, 2024 · A couple of years ago, I attended a philanthropy event where I was placed at a table with a high-level executive from a major internationally operating corporate foundation whose funding was tied to corporate profits.
What if philanthropy truly lived up to its potential?
Dec 2, 2024 · In a time when the outlook can often seem grim, I find myself drawn to the perspective of Rob Hopkins, the founder of the Transition Town movement. In his book From What Is to What …
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.
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.’
Fashion costs the Earth - Alliance magazine
Dec 3, 2024 · The industry is responsible for devastating global harm. Philanthropy is unfashionably late to the fight against it . The fashion industry is rich.
Philanthropy is part of the solution - Alliance magazine
Dec 3, 2024 · We must change our current economic system. Philanthropy may be part of that system, but it can be part of the solution, too. We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster,’ read the opening words of ‘The 2024 state of …