Entre os dias 2 e 8 de julho, estive em Bali, na Indonésia, para participar do encontro da Comunidade de Práticas Medir o que Importa, como parte do Movimento #ShiftThePower (#PoderParaAsComunidades).

Graciela Hopstein, diretora executiva da Comuá, se prepara para deixar a Rede no mês de setembro, após uma gestão de sete anos. De 2017 até 2024 foram muitas as conquistas e avanços. Ao longo desse período, a Rede se consolidou como ator político estratégico junto aos ecossistemas filantrópicos nacional e internacional, mas também muitos foram os desafios enfrentados.

The strengthening of local journalism and community communication initiatives is an important, crucial step towards the development of communities and the defense of democracy.

In recent years, especially at the COPs (Conferences of the Parties of the United Nations Organization) and at a number of domestic and international climate debate forums, much has been said about the importance of getting resources to the communities and territories that are most affected by the extreme effects of climate change. However, the biggest challenge is to make sure that they reach the grassroots groups, movements, and territories.

Social justice, with all of its many nuances, is not just a term, but a beacon for the tireless work of the social movements and community-based associations. These organizations, movements and collectives work daily for the assurance of rights, very often basic rights, such as housing, food security, land and territory; obviously, their daily struggles are constantly crossed by the markers that push the people comprising these organizations to fight. Although they are at the forefront of defending, protecting and/or developing their territories, they are sometimes excluded, sometimes removed from a series of debates that center on power, one of which is philanthropy in Brazil.