Tag: advocacy
The encounter
“‘Steve’ continued his diatribe. I felt my blood pressure rising. And my heart sinking.” A guest post by Rajasvini Bhansali.
Beyond the celebrity
The story I’d rather hear about Madonna in Malawi – not as sexy, but WAY more important.
Bigger than Kony: Livetweeting an Open Discussion
My storify-ed livetweets from panel discussion on foreign policy & humanitarian aid efforts in Uganda & the Congo in response to the international media attention garnered by Invisible Children’s KONY 2012 campaign. With Maurice Carney of Friends of the Congo, Milton Allimadi of Black Star News, and Nicole C. Lee of TransAfrica Forum.
Bad guys, good guys, and the people in between
On Invisible Children’s latest Kony2012 campaign: What does “the founder’s inability to just ‘stay’ with Jacob in that dark, low moment” [when he talks about how much he misses his slain brother] say about the organization’s approach?
Can allies help Palestinians to reform aid? How?
Nora Lester Murad of the Dalia Association, Palestine’s first and only community foundation, shares their progress in a current advocacy campaign to reform international aid in Palestine and poses questions to how-matters.org readers.
Trocaire: 10 things INGOs need to do
Excerpt from Trocaire’s report, Leading Edge 2020: Critical Thinking on the Future of International Development.