Members of Comuá met in person in the city of Rio de Janeiro, on June 20, to debate and build advocacy strategies and future paths. The meeting is part of the programming of the Philanthropy and Democracy Community of Practices, promoted by the Network within the scope of the Donate to Transform project.
Photo: Comua NetworkHaving completed ten years of operation in 2022, Rede Comuá, which has visibly grown and positioned itself, even more, as a political agent for socio-environmental justice philanthropy within the national and international philanthropic ecosystem, at the same time as advances in its formalization, it also does so in relation to new pacts and arrangements in its work towards the agenda of promoting access to rights, common to all its members, and the joint construction of an advocacy agenda.
The process started from a previous stage, listening to the Comuá Network with organizations that make up it, other actors in the ecosystem and financiers. The in-person meeting, led by Rafael Oliva and Luciana Martinelli, resulted in steps that will guide the Network's strategic planning and review of its theory of change, scheduled to be carried out in 2024.
The moment was also one of alignments in relation to the Transformative Month of Philanthropy, which will be carried out by Comuá and partners during the month of September this year. A diverse and multiple movement, dedicated to debating, making visible and promoting the practices of Community Philanthropy and Socio-Environmental Justice and demonstrating their contribution to social transformation, access to rights and strengthening civil society and democracy. And it should be a permanent event on the Brazilian philanthropy calendar.
