De-Centering Whiteness in Public Imagination
Jimmie BriggsSkoll Foundation
"What we do have in our favor is youth & creativity with young populations that are hungry for innovation," says Prof. Wendy Stevens (@WitsUniversity) when discussing how Africa's growing population can advance testing technology. Watch via @TEDxJoburg: https://t.co/GMXM2zWFsb
The Foundation stands in solidarity with our network & amplify the call to action from Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (@aapip) & Native Americans in Philanthropy (@NativeGiving) for our sector to use the power of our voice and funds to stop anti-Asian violence. https://t.co/4fPbGYIsEK
We condemn all acts of hate-based and anti-Asian violence, and we commit ourselves to continuing to fight for equity and belonging. https://t.co/cxOy5Z7CnT #StopAsianHate
I’d like to congratulate our friends at @Participant on their #OscarNoms for #JudasAndTheBlackMessiah and #CollectiveFilm. #JATBM is the first Best Picture nominee with all Black producers while Collective is Romania’s first Best International Feature Film nominee.
ICYMI: Our CEO @dongips sat down with @dasra for #DPW2021 to discuss the unique power of social entrepreneurship in advancing equity. Watch the Philanthropy Week chat and help with the mission of #ABillionThriving: https://t.co/jTFkffVqHv
Weak health systems & low access to electricity have made Indigenous communities in the Amazon particularly vulnerable in the #COVID19 pandemic. @AmazonTeamOrg + @MottFoundation are building up resilience with solar energy systems.
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“...wanting to have more impact...I’m ready now to think about systems change, apply my experience in this space and see how we can make change from a completely philanthropic lens" -- @Marla_Blow. @SkollFoundation Names President & COO: https://t.co/ZRgOSCW2tj
And we couldn't be more honored or more excited to embark on our next chapter together & get to work!!
@Marla_Blow @dongips @SkollFoundation https://t.co/o8gd6IPG8B
Skoll Foundation Announces Marla Blow as President and Chief Operating Officer - Skoll.org
Marla comes to the Foundation from the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, where she is Senior Vice President for Social Impact in North America.
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Politics affects the way public health responses & infrastructure are crafted, explained virologist Celestina Obiekea (@ceetynah001) in a recent chat w/@TEDxPHcity. Governments must make health care more equitable during the pandemic & beyond. https://t.co/wts62yziSO #LightBearer
Nearly six years ago, @ProjectECHO launched its HIV initiative in Namibia. Since then, the telementoring project has helped train dozens of nurses, doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare workers who treat patients in rural and underserved communities.
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The @MottFoundation has brought solar energy to over 5,500 rural and #indigenouspeoples in some of the Amazon’s most remote areas. ☀ We partnered together to install more than 1,200 #solarenergy systems, a crucial resource during the pandemic. 🌎
Renewable Energy and Community Resilience in Amazonia | Amazon Conservation Team
As part of a partnership with the C.S. Mott Foundation, which has brought solar energy to nearly 5,500 people in some of the Amazon’s most remot...
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We stand with our community in the wake of this tragedy especially for the victim’s families. While we don’t know if the shootings were racially motivated, we do know the impact is devastating @CAAsanfrancisco @StopAAPIHate #StopAAPIHate
Our goals to advance racial equity, support the #COVID19 recovery effort and protect democracy are all interconnected and demand new ways of thinking. We're confident we can make a bigger impact with a leader like @Marla_Blow as our President and COO.
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As Native people we know the power of prophecy. Envisioning a future is a sacred practice. As we celebrate the organizing that ushered in #DebForInterior, we radically imagine a future that is just and equitable for all people.
#landback #cliamtejustice #defenddevelopdecolonize
I couldn't be more excited to share this news - change is in the air! @SkollFoundation @dongips
Skoll Foundation Names Corporate Philanthropy Leader as President https://t.co/zIcJEKxZxF