🕸️ When funding cuts threaten long-nurtured, trust-based relationships with and between governance champions, a thorough project closeout can tie and strengthen loose ends.

Last year's USAID cuts abruptly ended democracy, rights and governance programs, threatening the kinds of ...trust-based relationships that had been built for real behavioural and systems change.

Accountability Lab Zimbabwe responded by embarking on a four-month long journey of exit meetings with communities and alumni that they had worked with for almost five years. The team connected community activists, cohorts of filmmakers, artists and young changemakers, state actors, and civil society – gathering and sharing learning, and solidifying relationships between governance champions that might otherwise not have met.

Loose ends that might have frayed and unraveled almost five years of deep relationships and trust, were tied and strengthened to sustain past the life cycle of a project.

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🎊 We’re excited to share the Democratizing Philanthropy Research Initiative (DPRI) Position Paper.

Co-created by a global network of scholars, practitioners, and community leaders, this paper brings together diverse perspectives committed to rethinking philanthropy as a space where ...power, knowledge, and resources can be transformed.

We’re especially proud that our Co-CEO, @Blair Glencorse, contributed to this collective effort.

At its core, the paper sets out a shared vision for shifting power in philanthropy that is grounded in collaboration, lived experience, and evidence-based research.

The paper calls for a future where philanthropy

📝 Connects research with practice
📝 Centers community knowledge and lived experience
📝 Advances more just and equitable ways of giving

This publication is an open invitation to read, question, and build alongside a growing movement working to reimagine the sector.

🔗 Read the full paper and join the conversation: https://bit.ly/48etgvT

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Democratizing Philanthropy Research Initiative

Co-creating actionable, evidence-based research for a more just and equitable world.

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We’re excited to share that The UN SDG Action Campaign has launched the 2026 the #HeroesofTomorrow: UN #SDGAwards .

The world is full of people taking bold actions to build a sustainable, just and peaceful future. These awards are a global call to recognize them and honor their ...initiatives.

Do you know someone doing powerful, meaningful work? This is the moment to bring them forward.

The awards honor changemakers across three categories:

🏆 The Changemaker Award: Individuals leading collective action towards justice, equality, and peace.
🏆 The Creativity Award: Initiatives that inspire hope and action through visual expression, art, innovation and more.
🏆 The Resilience Award: Initiatives building resilience in the face of conflicts, inequalities, or climate change.

Let’s make sure that every changemaker is seen and supported to continue their work.

🗓️ Apply or nominate by 17 May 2026: https://bit.ly/4tSN8h7