Appeared in American University Magazine
The word “philanthropy” means love of humankind. We cannot practice philanthropy without love, humility, and accountability to the recipients of our giving.
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This #Allianceat25 webinar exploring the power of black female leadership in philanthropy was guest moderated by Melanie Brown, interim deputy director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and senior Atlantic Fellow at the London School of Economics. It was produced in partnership with Atlantic Fellows and Voice. Vision. Value. Black women leading philanthropy.
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I, like many others, have previously written about why philanthropy must adopt a justice orientation. A revisiting of this feels critical in this moment as we reach grim milestones in the COVID-19 pandemic, and experience deepening economic, environmental and racial injustice.
In 2018 as an Atlantic Fellow in Social and Economic Equity at the London School of Economics, I set out to investigate the many contributions of Black women across the global philanthropic sector. I interviewed 25 Black women from seven countries and found Black women funders are in the vanguard of moving philanthropy toward justice and doing so with a great sense of urgency against the slow, if not reluctant, gestures the larger sector has made.
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International Women’s Day (IWD) marks a moment to recognize the many advancements women have made, while acknowledging the difficult work that remains to reach true gender parity in our world. For Black, Latina, and Indigenous women, the road to parity feels longer, windier, and even more uncertain this year.
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I had never witnessed firsthand people with sun-kissed skin dancing in the street to celebrate any national holiday. That type of joy and pride for one’s nation was foreign to me as an African American.
This is not to say African Americans are unpatriotic. In fact, I have come to learn from my good friend, Trabian Shorters, founder and CEO at BMe Community, that the notion of Black folks as unpatriotic is a racist narrative that falsely and automatically equates Whiteness with patriotism and fuels larger narratives about who ‘deserves’ rights in this country and who does not
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If you visit this year’s International Women’s Day website, which I encourage everyone to do, you will be prompted to make a pledge to #PressforProgress. The 2018 theme recognizes the gains women have made, while also acknowledging the progress still needed to reach true gender parity. As I think about the one way (and there are many) I would like to see philanthropy live this year’s theme, it is simple: apply an intersectional lens to our women and girls work.
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Early into his address at the London School of Economics, Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, posed a question I have felt tugging at my conscience many times over the past decade I’ve spent in the field of philanthropy: ‘What does it mean for a foundation, an organization of immense privilege, to address the root inequalities that have created and sustained it?’
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Youth activism programs have been studied for their impact on societal change and their contribution to youth development; however, less is known about what motivates youth to engage in such programs. In this study, we draw on survey and focus group data from eight youth activism programs to understand reasons that youth attend.
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