Category:10 years of the Network

By Monica C. Ribeiro

A space for meeting and welcoming, for reflections on the transformative power of socio-environmental justice philanthropy and new possible arrangements to promote access to socio-environmental, human and social justice rights

This translates into the Philanthropy, Social Justice, Civil Society and Democracy Seminar, held on September 20th and 21st, in São Paulo.

By Mônica C Ribeiro

Brazilian civil society has played a fundamental role in placing the guarantee of access to rights on the public agenda. Since the country's redemocratization, following the end of the military dictatorship, organized civil society has guaranteed a series of rights in conjunction with the Constituent Assembly that generated the 1988 Federal Constitution.

Since then, some sectors of civil society have remained organized to maintain and expand these rights, which is fundamental to guaranteeing democracy in the country. In the current political moment in Brazil, its role has been, more than ever, one of resistance, in the sense of seeking to guarantee the rights hard won in previous decades. And its strengthening is therefore essential for this.

By Monica C. Ribeiro

In 2022, the Philanthropy Network for Social Justice (RFJS) turns ten. Taking advantage of the symbolic date, we begin a series of articles designed based on interviews with organizations that are part of the Network, especially those present at the time of creation, addressing contexts, performance, importance and possible futures.

In this first text in the series, we spoke with Ana Valéria Araújo, superintendent of the Brazil Human Rights Fund, and Maria Amália Souza, responsible for the strategic development area of the Casa Fund. Two of the institutions that were present in the conception and implementation of the Network.

In 2022, the Philanthropy Network for Social Justice (RFJS) completes ten years of operation and plans to hold a series of commemorative activities throughout the year.

RFJS will promote a set of activities – events, campaigns, debates, etc. – on the themes of community philanthropy and social justice and will carry out a mapping of independent thematic and community funds in Brazil that donate to civil society through diversified grantmaking strategies , with the intention of having a diagnosis of this ecosystem and possibly expanding the number of member organizations.