Alliance magazine: Social justice philanthropy revisited
In its September 2003 issue, and again in June 2005, Alliance put the spotlight on the subject of social justice philanthropy. Five and a half years later, we revisit the subject to find out what if anything has changed. Guest editor for this Alliance special feature is Christopher Harris, formerly of the Ford Foundation, who feels that some real progress has been made in the field and offers seven items worth special mention.
Alliance magazine
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December 2010
Social justice philanthropy revisited
In its September 2003 issue, and again in June 2005, Alliance put the spotlight on the subject of social justice philanthropy. Five and a half years later, we revisit the subject to find out what if anything has changed. Guest editor for this Alliance special feature is Christopher Harris, formerly of the Ford Foundation, who feels that some real progress has been made in the field and offers seven items worth special mention.
This special feature, while acknowledging that achieving lasting change in society is no easy task, will try to establish a set of necessary conditions for what philanthropy for social justice means. Albert Ruesga attempts a definition of what ‘social justice philanthropy’ is, Karen Zelermyer writes about what is needed to create real structural change, and Barry Knight suggests an approach to evaluating impact.
Contributions come from people working in the field around the world. Organizations featured include the Brazil Human Rights Fund, India’s Dalit Foundation, the Arab Human Rights Fund, TrustAfrica and the New Israel Fund. But social injustice is not just a problem for the developing world, as we see from reports from the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation in the USA and Community Foundation for Northern Ireland. The EU’s José Manuel Fresno writes about the long-term issue of Roma inclusion across Europe, and considers the factors behind the relative progress that has been made in Spain.
Also included in the December issue of Alliance: an interview with CNN founder Ted Turner and news of the Aga Khan Foundation’s new emphasis on community philanthropy. In the opinion section, Paul Shoemaker suggests a voluntary certification scheme for philanthropists and SoCap founder Kevin Jones writes about recent efforts to bridge the gap between philanthropy and social capital markets. The September issue’s special feature on philanthropy advice has become a hot topic. We report on the follow-up discussion at the first Alliance Breakfast Club meeting and publish several letters on the subject.
Plus more articles, book reviews, conference reports and updates on what’s new in global philanthropy.
For all this and more please visit http://www.alliancemagazine.org/en/content/december-2010