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Just Giving conference 2014: can we achieve a just transition without companies?
The second day of the conference plagued me with a constant, badgering question. How can we achieve a just transition if we do (not) involve companies in our efforts? The opening plenary for the day …
Just Giving conference 2014 Day 2: whose side will we choose to be on?
30 April was another day filled with moving philanthropic experiences shared by foundations here at the EDGE Funders Alliance conference in Berkeley, CA. The day started with at least three interesting performances – of three …
Just Giving conference 2014: valuable experiences no accident
I’ve been to tens of global meetings and I always find them energizing – both those that inspire and rejuvenate, and those that make be so angry I can’t help but act. I think I …
Just Giving conference 2014 Day 1: whose side will we choose to be on?
The 29 April 2014, was an important day for philanthropy worldwide as the second EDGE (Engaged Donors for Global Equity) Funders Alliance conference got under way here in Berkeley, CA. The facilitator opened the conference …
Just Giving conference 2014 Day 1: ‘What Side Are You On?’
The Just Giving conference started with an adapted version of the union organizing song ‘What Side Are You On?’ Little did I realize at the time how much that little ditty would affect me throughout …
Just Giving conference 2014 Day 1: and it got better …
By mid-morning on Day One of the EdgeFunders’ ‘Just Giving Global Social Change Philanthropy Conference’, I was already basking in gratitude. Hearing these folks talk about transformation of the global economy, dismantling of power structures …
Just Giving conference 2014 Day 1: An exciting conversation beginning …
A pre-conference meeting preceded the opening welcome panel, and already the contradictions and challenges of defining ‘community philanthropy’ have come to the fore. The organizers of Edge Funders’ Just Giving Conference in Berkeley, CA, to …
Use your freedom! Reflections from the EDGE Funders Alliance 2013 Just Giving Conference
The EDGE Funders Alliance Just Giving conference in Washington DC, 21-23 May, brought together some 250 donors, activists and allies on the theme of ‘What is to be done? And how do we do it?’ …
EDGE Funders poses the big questions
The EDGE Funders Alliance Just Giving conference asked the questions: what is to be done and how do we do it? Current trends in philanthropy that encourage more focus on investing philanthropic resources to maximize …
