Putting Out Fires Till We Burn Out
“Putting Out Fires Till We Burn Out: Feminist Funding Lessons for Supporting Collective Care from the South Caucasus and Western Balkans” examines how feminist and LGBTQI+ organizers in the South Caucasus and Western Balkans practice collective care under conditions of war, authoritarianism, economic precarity, and shrinking civic space. Based on dozens of interviews alongside ethnographic observation and grant analysis, this report demonstrates that collective care is essential infrastructure for movement sustainability and serves as a case study for why and how crisis response should center care.
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Tested By Fire: Why Feminist Movements Are Defending Democracy—and Why the World Must Back Them
For decades, feminist organizers have been the first to feel the tightening grip of authoritarianism. They are targeted early and aggressively because they defend those most marginalized by political, economic, and patriarchal power. They challenge the status quo. They build alternative futures. And in doing so, they become the testing ground for repression and the blueprint for resistance.
Lessons from Feminist Philanthropy on Resourcing Collective Care During Crisis
Why collective care while the world is on fire? Earlier this year, we sat with our colleagues at Dalan Fund and FRIDA: Young Feminist Fund to discuss our learnings from resourcing collective care and how they can illuminate the path for philanthropy in a moment of heightened crisis and precarity around the world. Here are some of the key lessons from that conversation.
