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The stories still hard to find: The local responses to Ebola
This morning when I googled “local response” + “ebola”, here’s some of the headlines I found: Christie activates statewide New Jersey Ebola preparedness plan Florida: County and hospitals prepare for...
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West Africans are not powerless against Ebola…and neither are we
A guest post by Alison Carlman Archie Gbessay, 28, is a fierce protector of his siblings, and a passionate young leader in a Liberian slum called West Point. After his mother died of cancer, Archie had...
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The one thing stopping Ebola requires
A guest post by Marc Maxmeister. Ebola is a threat, but not for the reasons you might have heard. It won’t wipe us all out. It won’t topple nations. And there are no actual zombies, despite early...
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How to reframe the #globaldev message: Local organizations telling their own...
A guest post by Judith Madigan, co-founder and director of BrandOutLoud. The development sector in The Netherlands has been captivated by ‘Reframing the Message’, an EU-funded cross-sectoral program...
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White supremacy, black liberation, and global development: The conversations...
Below all of the talk of “evidence-based approaches” and “taking interventions to scale,” there is an undercurrent of disquiet. It happens when “local partners’ capacity” is maligned. It happens when...
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Why I give
A version of this post originally appeared on Medium. *** I could see him becoming agitated as I started to cross the street. He was dressed all in black, dirty, ragged, with matted hair and beard....
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A new kind of donor: 4 things they do differently
We all know there are aid donors and international funding partners out there that want to change “business as usual,” to challenge the terms of global development. (Or at least people inside those...
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Why I wrote about “smart risks” in philanthropy and why I would frame it...
This coming Saturday on April 15, my first book, co-edited with Tanya Cothran, comes out. It is based on many of the things I’ve written about on how-matters.org over the years – funding for grassroots...
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Avoiding the Black Hole: What happens when funders focus less on themselves...
A guest post by Tori Dietel Hopps* and Andy Bryant** Tory: After 25 years of fundraising and playing leadership roles in a variety of nonprofit organizations, I was given an opportunity to work on the...
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What I missed
During my annual “no social media” break, there of course were twelve great articles, editorials and announcements that deserve a share. Here they are in no particular order: Articles by individuals...
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What’s so “risky” about funding at the grassroots level?
An excerpt from the introduction of the book Smart Risks: How small grants are helping to solve some of the world’s biggest problems, edited by myself and Tanya Cothran: Often called “community-based...
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You are needed
Sharing a letter I sent to family and friends earlier this week. *** Dear friends and family, If you’re like me (and we’re friends or family, so you likely are), you may be worried during this time....
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Celebrating 10 years of how-matters.org!
Wow! Whew! Woohoo! What a ride it’s been! Will you help me celebrate the 10th anniversary of how-matters.org? See which opportunities below strike your fancy: 1) Come celebrate with me at a 10th...
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