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Common Network

Between challenges and hope, philanthropies that resist

By Luisa Hernandez and Jonathas Azevedo

Influencing the field of philanthropy is not an easy task. The reproduction of colonial structures, racism, misogyny, LGBTIphobia and other forms of violence make philanthropy an environment that can still be very exclusionary, especially for political minorities. The Philanthropy, Social Justice, Civil Society and Democracy Seminar of Rede Comuá, held on the 20th and 21st of September in São Paulo, was an important reminder to everyone present, however, that philanthropy can also be a space of resistance , struggle, collaboration and, especially, hope.

November 21, 2022 No Comments

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Between the challenges and hope, philanthropies (in plural) that resist

Doing advocacy work in the field of philanthropy is not an easy task. The reproduction of colonial structures, racism, misogyny, LGBTIphobia and other diverse forms of violence make philanthropy an environment that can still be very exclusionary, especially for minority groups. However, Comuá Network's 10th Anniversary Seminar “Philanthropy, Social Justice, Civil Society and Democracy”, held on the 20th and 21st of September in São Paulo, was an important reminder to all those present that philanthropy can also be a space for resistance, struggle , collaboration and, especially, hope .

November 21, 2022 No Comments

decolonial philanthropy

Is the decolonization of philanthropy advancing?

The colonialist mentality has contaminated philanthropy practices in Brazil, but there are transformative ways to overcome it

By Allyne Andrade e Silva and Graciela Hopstein

Traditionally, philanthropy has been structured around an extractive colonialist logic. Coloniality of power is a term coined by Anibal Quijano to characterize the typical pattern of global domination in the modern capitalist system, whose origins date back to European colonialism at the beginning of the 16th century. Throughout the colonial process, Europe positioned itself as the central point of civilization, most advanced in the development process, not only of politics and economics, but also of humanity itself.

November 10, 2022 No Comments

Knowledge Program

The metaverse of Philanthropy: building transformative realities based on social justice

By Marcelle Decote

You may have already heard or read something about the technological phenomenon of the moment: the existence of what we call the Metaverse. This is nothing more than the terminology used to indicate a type of virtual world that tries to replicate reality through digital devices. A reality shaped and controlled by a programmer, who operates through tools other possibilities for different worlds and meanings of good living.

November 10, 2022 No Comments

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The metaverse of philanthropy: Building transformative realities from social justice

You must have heard or read something about the technological phenomenon of the moment: the Metaverse. It is nothing more than the terminology used to indicate a type of virtual world that tries to replicate reality through digital devices. A reality shaped and controlled by a programmer, who operates through tools other possibilities of different worlds and senses of well-being.

Past September, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, the Brazilian Philanthropy Network for Social Justice – now Comuá Network, organized an international seminar that shed light on relational debates between democracy, community philanthropy, social justice and human rights, by black people, cis and trans women, by social organizations and community funds that operate significant transformations in communities. It is up to us to emphasize that in that week, our own metaverse of Social Philanthropy was created, where the reality shaped through our theory of change has at its center diversity, territory and an unbureaucratic way of doing things.

November 10, 2022 No Comments

Baixada Institute

Building horizontal spaces to share knowledge

By Diane Pereira Sousa

The title of this text is the first definition of Rede Comuá under my eyes. There are many ways to choose to define yourself as a network, but I will stick with the one that connects and expands. This text, which follows in a horizontal line, intends to talk to you about how knowledge is constructed based on decolonial community philanthropy. We are not designing recipes, in fact what we aim to do is build spaces with possibilities.

There are many ways to do philanthropy, few people recognize this. Here is our first frontier. When I refer to people, I am recognizing the existence of a system, mode, objective qualification about what philanthropy means for those who recognize it and not exactly for those who do it.

November 10, 2022 No Comments

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Building horizontal spaces to share knowledge

The title of this text is the first definition of the Comuá Network in my view. There are many ways to choose whether to define yourself as a network, but I will stick with the one that connects and extends. This text, that follows a horizontal line, intends to talk to you about how knowledge is constructed from a decolonial community philanthropy. We are not designing recipes, in fact what we aim is to build spaces with possibilities.

There are many ways to do philanthropy, and few people recognize this. Here is our first frontier. When I refer to people, I am aware of the existence of a system, an approach, an objective qualification about what philanthropy means for those who recognize it and not exactly for those who do it.

November 10, 2022 No Comments

Home Fund

Bringing philanthropy closer to the indigenous worldview

By Maíra P. Lacerda Krenak & Inimá P. Lacerda Krenak

For this article we heard from Ailton Krenak[i], an important indigenous leader recognized inside and outside Brazil, coordinator of the Indigenous Culture Center and advisor to the Casa Socio-Environmental Fund, about philanthropy for indigenous peoples. Perhaps your speech could provoke reflections on the topic.

November 9, 2021 No Comments

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What is the donor's true motivation?

A Brazil-based fund is pursuing an approach to funding Indigenous Peoples which is more attuned to their worldview

'In Brazil… we still rely on foreign help, much like a charity case, which is subordinating and disrespectful of the integrity of the beneficiary.' These are the words of Ailton Krenak, an Indigenous leader and coordinator of the Núcleo de Cultura Indígena (Indigenous Culture Center) and council member of the Casa Socio-Environmental Fund, a fund started by activists to fund grassroots environmental defenders, including Indigenous Peoples.

November 9, 2021 No Comments

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A Mirror for Our Field: My Five-Top Plan for the Future of Philanthropy

By Charles Keidan

At the end of last year, I had the privilege of speaking on a panel with philanthropic colleagues from around the world organized in the context of the GIFE Congress – an association of philanthropic foundations in Brazil[1].

The panel explored the future of philanthropy. Towards the end, our moderator Naila Farouky from the Arab Foundations Forum asked us to share our personal views on philanthropy – what we would like to see happen in our field.

November 9, 2021 No Comments