BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Nairobi BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:EAT TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260615T225620Z - 98350@e37c72951f07 DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Nairobi:20250625T190000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Nairobi:20250625T201500 CREATED:20260615T225620Z DESCRIPTION:Community-led Responses to Colonialism and Racism in Philanthropy in L atin America \nAcross Latin America\, thousands of local\, grassroots\ , peasant\, and Indigenous organizations continue to be excluded from majo r philanthropic initiatives and international funding. Underlying causes i nclude racism\, classism\, the rural–urban divide\, and internal and sub regional colonialism\, among other factors. In this webinar\, Red Comunida des Rurales (member of the Alianza de Fondos del Sur)\, Fondo Emerger (mem ber of the Alianza de Fondos del Sur)\, and Instituto Procomum (member of Rede Comuá and the Alianza Territorial) will share their experiences deve loping collaborative\, participatory\, and community-based responses to ch allenge systemic racism\, colonialism\, and discrimination in philanthropy . We will address topics such as: Structural discrimination in access to i nternational cooperation resources for local organizations\, rural communi ties\, peasant families\, and Indigenous peoples\; Alternative philanthrop ic experiences and practices\, such as participatory grantmaking platforms \, community savings groups\, and alternative methodologies for grant appl ication and evaluation\; Resource decentralization\, the valuing of commun ity knowledge\, and trust-based shared governance\; Strengthening capaciti es within communities so that organizations can identify their own resourc es\, and enhance their resilience to the barriers imposed by the internati onal cooperation system. Speakers Facundo Ibarlucía – Coordinator of In formation and Knowledge Management\, Red Comunidades Rurales / Alianza de Fondos del Sur Political scientist specialized in technology service manag ement and the design\, monitoring\, and evaluation of socio-environmental projects. Since 2012\, he has worked with Red Comunidades Rurales and the Global Environment Facility (GEF)\, where he served as Director of the Rur al Community Project Bank and Coordinator of the Research and Knowledge Ma nagement Area. He has led [...] DTSTAMP:20260615T225620Z LOCATION:Kuja\, Kenya SUMMARY:Community-led Responses to Colonialism and Racism in Philanthropy i n Latin America END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR