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State of Assembly
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Perspective
Let’s Integrate Participatory Budgeting and Citizens’ Assemblies
The two most important democratic innovations of the last 30 years have developed in parallel but not in unison
Nick Vlahos
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Feature
A Vision for Philanthropy in the Shadow of Russia
The Dalan Fund is shifting power in grantmaking to Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central and North Asia
Ben Wrobel
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
Melinda French Gates speaks about participation
Yes, we read that op-ed. Melinda French Gates wrote about her vision to “play offense” on womens’ and reproductive rights.
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
Silencing proximate leaders on Palestine
We made a roundup of news and updates on Palestine from the field of grassroots grantmaking
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
Conference Confidential: Resistance in the air in Tbilisi
I traveled to Tbilisi, Georgia for a gathering of the Human Rights Funders Network.
Proximate
Beyond Elections
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Q&A
Humanqind's Vision: Children Co-Designing Safer Streets
Ruchi Varma has a vision for designing safer school zones that involves asking children as young as nine what they should look like
Proximate
Proximate Samip
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Proximate Samip; June 2024
Welcome to Proximate Samip समीप, a new project aimed at showcasing emergent models for participatory problem-solving across India.
Proximate
Proximate Investing
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Newsletter
Winter Newsletter: Love Resistance, and Community Capital
Sonia Sarkar
Repairing Development
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Analysis
What the UN's Loss & Damage Fund Can Learn from Scotland’s Prototype
Our series Loss & Damage explores what it would look like to localize climate funding
Jessica Newfield
Proximate Brasil
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Q&A
Depois da ruptura da barragem, Fundo Brumadinho está repensando a filantropia
Um fundo liderado pela comunidade tem um modelo baseado em confiança único para doações que pode ser um exemplo para o Rio Grande do Sul
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Proximate Brasil
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Q&A
Baixada Institute’s Model of Localized Philanthropy
We spoke with the founder of Baixada Institute about the need to hold honest conversations between donors and communities
Ben Wrobel
Proximate Brasil
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Perspective
O campo filantrópico precisa confiar nos verdadeiros especialistas
A reação à filantropia baseada na confiança veio à tona. É hora de os líderes doadores de base comunitária responderem.
Cynthia M. Gibson, Lisa Pilar Cowan, Jocelynne Rainey & Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Proximate Brasil
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Perspective
The Canoes of Community Philanthropy in Brazil
Canoes working together are better than boats with just one captain; so too with philanthropy
Diane Pereira Sousa
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Perspective
From self-assessment tools to resources on how to do the inner work, there's a lot of help out there
What I Learned from Reading 175 Participatory Grantmaking Resources
Kelley Buhles
Proximate Investing
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Q&A
Five Questions for Real People's Fund
We spoke with Jessie Nguyen, from the REAL People’s Fund, on why solidarity is necessary for democratizing capital
Sonia Sarkar
Proximate Brasil
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Q&A
The Rise of Community Philanthropy in Brazil
An interview about community philanthropy with the leaders of Rede Comuá
Tarisai Jangara
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Feature
The Revolutionary Art of the Sex Worker’s Opera
The opera grew from a community arts project into an international sellout show - and resisted opportunities to sell out along the way
Chloe Marshall
Nuts & Bolts
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Q&A
Village Capital’s Model for Peer Due Diligence
Deepak Menon on using a unique model to support social enterprises in India, from civic tech to climate innovation
Kevin McClendon
Proximate Brasil
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Perspective
Investindo em pessoas que transformam realidades
Canoas trabalhando juntas são melhores do que um barco com apenas um capitão; assim também é a filantropia
Diane Pereira Sousa
Proximate Brasil
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Publisher's Note
Nossa visão para a Proximate Brasil
Uma investigação sobre a abordagem participativa ao buscar soluções para desafios do Brasil, por brasileiros
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Proximate Brasil
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Publisher's Note
Our Vision for Proximate Brasil
An exploration of participatory problem-solving in Brazil, by Brazilians
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Proximate Brasil
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Q&A
After the Dam Broke, Fundo Brumadinho Is Rethinking Philanthropy
A community-led fund has a unique, trust-based model for distributing grants can be an example for Rio Grande do Sul
Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Repairing Development
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Column
The Story of the Half-Built Road
Three lessons from a human-based approach to development
Isabelle Clérié
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Q&A
Marlene Engelhorn is paying 50 strangers to give away her fortune
Guter Rat is an experiment that merges participatory grantmaking and citizens assemblies
Proximate
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Feature
Five Memorable Films by Sex Workers
Grab some popcorn and check out these films that screened at Whorehouse Cinema and the Red Umbrella Film Festival
Chloe Marshall
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Feature
Musical Theatre as Artistic Activism
An excerpt from Dr. Imogen Flower's academic study of the Sex Worker's Opera
Imogen Flower
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Q&A
What Does It Take for Government to Reform Philanthropy? Yonis Hassan Found Out
Justice Fund Toronto pushed a law that's forcing Canadian millionaires to give away more of their money
Kevin McClendon
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Analysis
The Young Donors Driving Participatory Philanthropy
With $68 trillion on the line, young donors at Resource Generation and elsewhere are pushing grassroots models
Abigail Higgins and Ben Wrobel
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Q&A
The Youth Climate Justice Fund Is Building Power for Young Leaders in the Global South
Forty grantees have been chosen through a unique participatory process
Ben Wrobel
Rethinking Resources
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Q&A
Justice Funds is Bridging the Information Gap for Global South Activists
Paz Romero and Julia Chacur on the importance of sharing global grant opportunities
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
Beyond Letting Go: Recentering Grassroots Leaders
This double issue takes two approaches to the question of how to shift power to the grassroots
Ben Wrobel and Meg Massey
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Perspective
Philanthropy Needs to Trust the Real Experts — The People It Supports
Backlash to trust-based philanthropy has come out into the open; it's time for grassroots grantmaking leaders to respond
Cynthia M. Gibson, Lisa Pilar Cowan & Jocelynne Rainey
Community Philanthropy
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Analysis
Is This Community Philanthropy’s Moment?
The second Shift The Power Summit gave voice to the community philanthropy movement. Will donors listen?
Ledys Sanjuan Mejía
Repairing Development
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Column
Introducing: Repairing Development by Isabelle Clérié
A new column for Proximate on community philanthropy and asset-based community development
Isabelle Clérié
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Field Note
What's Next for the Decolonizing Wealth Project?
We spoke with Amber Banks about DWP's participatory model and their work in the Global South
Proximate
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Proximate In Person
Building Food Sovereignty: Collaborative Efforts for Cultural and Environmental Resilience
Climate leaders in SF and Detroit are cultivating their own sustainable food systems
Kevin McClendon
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Perspective
Four PIeces of Advice for Participatory Grantmakers In Aotearoa New Zealand
Be prepared to bend your own rules – and be prepared for transformation
Lani Evans and Christina Howard
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Feature
How Puerto Ricans are Collectively Designing their Just Recovery
A women-led participatory design agency is helping redesign community water systems, urban gardens and parks
Carlos Berríos Polanco
Community-Driven Journalism
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Perspective
How The Seventh Wave Curates Our Calls For Submissions
The Seattle literary magazine uses a participatory process to set editorial strategy
Joyce Chen and Bretty Rawson
Proximate Investing
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Feature
Community Land Banks: An Alternative to Displacement in Puerto Rico?
A new approach seeks to combat the growing lack of affordable housing across the archipelago
Carlos Berríos Polanco
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Feature
Cómo los puertorriqueños diseñan su recuperación justa colectivamente
Una organización de diseño participativo liderada por mujeres ayuda a comunidades a diseñar infraestructura de agua, huertos urbanos y parques.
Carlos Berríos Polanco
Community-Driven Journalism
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Analysis
Is a £100 million participatory fund the solution to UK's journalism’s crisis?
A more democratic media will require alternative funding models – and more
Kelly Bewers
Community-Driven Journalism
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Column
BIPOC Media Leaders Welcome Press Forward – With Caution
Publishers ask: how does equity fit into the goal of "saving the news"?
Sherrell Dorsey
Proximate Investing
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Feature
Bancos de tierras comunitarias: ¿una alternativa al desplazamiento?
Estrategias emergentes buscan combatir la creciente escasez de viviendas asequibles en el archipiélago.
Carlos Berríos Polanco
Nuts & Bolts
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Q&A
BuildPalestine Is Betting on Social Innovation as a Tool for Liberation
The Palestinian social entrepreneur hub was deplatformed – but has doubled down on its commitment to community investment
Proximate
Community-Driven Journalism
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Perspective
Excerpt: Our Brave Foremothers in Community-Driven Journalism
A look at three women in American history who paved the way for people-powered media
Rozella Kennedy
Proximate Investing
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Feature
What Happens When Artists Invest in Other Artists?
A democratically-controlled production company launched amid the writers and actors strike
Ben Wrobel
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Publisher's Note
A Year of Movement
A guide on how to read this issue
Proximate
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Q&A
Soheir Asaad on Philanthropy, Palestine, and the Danger of Fragile Solidarity
Rawa Fund is holding donors accountable for cutting funds to the grassroots
Ben Wrobel
Proximate Investing
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Analysis
Can We Democratize the Energy Transition?
One by one, cooperatives and crowdfunding projects are taking back control of our energy system.
Anna Gorman
Grassroots Grantmaking
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Q&A
A New Tool To Push Foundations Beyond Participatory Grantmaking
Katy Love and Diana Samarasan on the launch of a new self-assessment tool
Alía Tall-Khatib
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