What now? Beyond the #OxfamScandal
Why we need to focus now on addressing power imbalances between the Global South and the Global North in the international aid and philanthropy sector
Why we need to focus now on addressing power imbalances between the Global South and the Global North in the international aid and philanthropy sector
How the lack of diversity in the humanitarian and development sector undermines the most vulnerable among us.
“If there was ever a time
to pay attention to the non-shock of
the people of color around you
this is it.”
A poem by Bianca Vazquez
What is so “risky” about placing relatively small amounts of money in the hands of people addressing challenges in their own communities?
Do “we” need to help “them” understand the political and economic systems that have marginalized them?
Welcome to the uncomfortable, yet hopeful conversation inside my head.
Do dominant white culture behaviors create barriers in the social good space?
What’s the difference between approaches to global development versus global solidarity?
What will it take to dismantle the power structures that perpetuate inequality and bigotry in aid, philanthropy, social enterprise, and impact investing? (Plus, a sampling of resources/conversations on solidarity.)
Once people decide to be outward facing, concerned about the suffering in the world and wanting to express their sense of responsibility to others, how can we invite and support them to also transform themselves?
“They’re all a bunch of neocolonialists anyway.”
An uncomfortable silence fell upon the car.
What does racial justice have to do with the international “do-gooder” industry?
Guest blogger Barongo ba Kafuuzi Ateenyi argues that aid’s failures should not be blamed on the initiators of the projects—the foreigners—but the very home country systems that compromise its people.