HrFn
At the HRFN meeting, FRIDA participated in a number of panels with different partners including collective self care with Urgent Action Fund and participatory grantmaking with other participatory funders. As part of our goal to centre more activists in funder spaces, Hijas del Rap (FRIDA grantee partner from Mexico) performed and showed human rights donors some of their work with girls in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
FRIDA also launched its report on Girls’ Organising here.
Climate Justice Network
Following the success of the first Young Feminist for Climate Justice Storytelling project in 2017, FRIDA collaborated again with the Young Feminists for Climate Justice Network to launch the second volume of the zine: Rooted In Care: Sustaining Movements' Volume II Of The Young Feminists For Climate Justice Storytelling Project". The publication focused on the need for self and collective care as well as digital and physical security in the climate justice movement. The zine is a collection of fifteen young feminist perspectives coming from different regions
PlaN InTERnational
We attended Plan International’s Global Girl Summit in Brussels, Belgium where Plan announced its new strategy focused more on girl activism than previously. FRIDA also participated in the Summit to claim the visibility of FRIDA particularly in the NGO and government sectors that Plan has a lot of influence in. During the event FRIDA Girl Advisor, Khensani delivered a short talk shared her personal journey into activism and highlighted key findings of the Girl Research.
The EdGe ConFerENce
The Edge Conference held in New Orleans in April was especially a significant space to put care at the center of progressive philanthropy. FRIDA staff members, Ledys Sanjuan and Euge Olmos partnered with Urgent Action Fund-Latin America & Caribbean to introduce a plenary reflection on ‘POLITICS OF CARE’: A transformative practice in social movements and philanthropy. Ledys was subsequently asked to speak on a MobLab Live session - check out the video!
#MeToo
In July, FRIDA participated in a landmark summit in London that brought together leading activists, funders and philanthropists to discuss the intersections between the growing #MeToo movement and philanthropy. FRIDA Co-Executive Directors both spoke during the summit, alongside, activist and philanthropist, Emma Watson, about the pivotal role of movement building and feminist organizing in ending violence against girls and women, as well as the urgent need for many more funders and donors from across the philanthropic sector to trust movement leaders and provide long-term, flexible support to sustain their work. For more info, please see the website, accompanying video and a blog.
HeaLinG SolidArity
FRIDA was invited to be part of ‘Healing Solidarity’, an online conference designed to reimagine international development, organized by Mary Ann Clements. Team members Nadia Elboubkri, Ruby Johnson and Deepa Ranganathan spoke about funding grassroots initiatives, feminist approaches and self-care. Watch the trailer video!
HrFn
At the HRFN meeting, FRIDA participated in a number of panels with different partners including collective self care with Urgent Action Fund and participatory grantmaking with other participatory funders. As part of our goal to centre more activists in funder spaces, Hijas del Rap (FRIDA grantee partner from Mexico) performed and showed human rights donors some of their work with girls in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
FRIDA also launched its report on Girls’ Organising here.
Climate Justice Network
Following the success of the first Young Feminist for Climate Justice Storytelling project in 2017, FRIDA collaborated again with the Young Feminists for Climate Justice Network to launch the second volume of the zine: Rooted In Care: Sustaining Movements' Volume II Of The Young Feminists For Climate Justice Storytelling Project". The publication focused on the need for self and collective care as well as digital and physical security in the climate justice movement. The zine is a collection of fifteen young feminist perspectives coming from different regions
PlaN InTERnational
We attended Plan International’s Global Girl Summit in Brussels, Belgium where Plan announced its new strategy focused more on girl activism than previously. FRIDA also participated in the Summit to claim the visibility of FRIDA particularly in the NGO and government sectors that Plan has a lot of influence in. During the event FRIDA Girl Advisor, Khensani delivered a short talk shared her personal journey into activism and highlighted key findings of the Girl Research.
The EdGe ConFerENce
The Edge Conference held in New Orleans in April was especially a significant space to put care at the center of progressive philanthropy. FRIDA staff members, Ledys Sanjuan and Euge Olmos partnered with Urgent Action Fund-Latin America & Caribbean to introduce a plenary reflection on ‘POLITICS OF CARE’: A transformative practice in social movements and philanthropy. Ledys was subsequently asked to speak on a MobLab Live session - check out the video!
#MeToo
In July, FRIDA participated in a landmark summit in London that brought together leading activists, funders and philanthropists to discuss the intersections between the growing #MeToo movement and philanthropy. FRIDA Co-Executive Directors both spoke during the summit, alongside, activist and philanthropist, Emma Watson, about the pivotal role of movement building and feminist organizing in ending violence against girls and women, as well as the urgent need for many more funders and donors from across the philanthropic sector to trust movement leaders and provide long-term, flexible support to sustain their work. For more info, please see the website, accompanying video and a blog.
HeaLinG SolidArity
FRIDA was invited to be part of ‘Healing Solidarity’, an online conference designed to reimagine international development, organized by Mary Ann Clements. Team members Nadia Elboubkri, Ruby Johnson and Deepa Ranganathan spoke about funding grassroots initiatives, feminist approaches and self-care. Watch the trailer video!
HrFn
At the HRFN meeting, FRIDA participated in a number of panels with different partners including collective self care with Urgent Action Fund and participatory grantmaking with other participatory funders. As part of our goal to centre more activists in funder spaces, Hijas del Rap (FRIDA grantee partner from Mexico) performed and showed human rights donors some of their work with girls in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
FRIDA also launched its report on Girls’ Organising here.