"Reimagining Philanthropy explores transformative and decolonialized approaches to philanthropy that can shift our sector from traditional top-down models toward more equitable, community-centered practices. In community, we explore how philanthropic organizations can share power authentically, center affected communities in decision-making, and build truly reciprocal relationships. "How can you think about creating civic spaces when those who fight for them are being threatened?" Funding, safety, democracy promotion, and community control in the Global South cannot be understood in isolation from one another."
"But having direct community control of philanthropy is important. Indeed, in Brazil, it has proven to be essential in enabling community activists to organize and respond to state violence-and to defend human rights. The Curiú Massacre In November 2015, in an act of retaliation for the death of a police officer, military police officers executed 11 people in about three hours in a peripheral area of the city of Fortaleza"
Transformative, decolonialized approaches to philanthropy shift the sector from traditional top-down models toward equitable, community-centered practices. Philanthropic organizations can share power authentically, center affected communities in decision-making, and build reciprocal relationships. Funding, safety, democracy promotion, and community control are interdependent in the Global South. Direct community control of philanthropic resources empowers activists to organize, respond to state violence, and defend human rights. In Brazil, community-controlled funding has been essential for enabling local human rights defense. High-profile police violence cases, such as the Curiú Massacre, have catalyzed legal accountability and underscored the importance of local organizing and funding.
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