From July 10 to 13, KK Verdade is representing the ELAS Fund at the Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) Conference in New York, USA. The event, which will take place at the New York University School of Law, will bring together representatives of funds and funders to discuss the context of the struggle for human rights and its funding and social justice philanthropy.
The Conference will have three moments: mapping, resisting and supporting. The mapping section will set the stage by helping funders understand regional trends, catalysts and case studies of repressive societies. The Resist section will explore tactics used at the grassroots to expand civil society space and action. The Support section will delve into grantmaking practice and philanthropic models that can support human rights movements in the current context. The event will close by identifying future opportunities for collaboration.
KK Verdade participates in a panel discussion on the current Brazilian crisis and the need for responses to human rights violations. "Together with partners Maria Amalia Souza, from the CASA Socio-Environmental Fund, and Ana Valeria Araujo, from the Brazil Human Rights Fund, I will present some of the serious rights violations that have been happening in Brazil, such as the genocide of black youth, the record number of murders of human rights defenders in the country and the growing violence against black women".
The agenda also includes sessions such as Supporting Human Rights and Socio-Environmental Activism: A Global Dialogue, A Brazilian Conversation, hosted by the Philanthropy Network for Social Justice and Building Resilient Women's Movements: The Critical Dynamic Between Movements, Philanthropy, and Government: The Critical Dynamic Between Movements, Philanthropy, and Governments, offered by the Global Fund for Women, Mama Cash, and MATCH International Women's Fund.
Find out more about the event here.
About Human Rights Funders Network
This is HRFN's first conference under this name - the previous one was International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG). The change is due to the growth of the group, which now has around 1500 individual members from 52 countries, into a large and diverse network. HRFN remains a global network of donors and funders committed to advancing human rights worldwide through effective philanthropy. Some of its objectives are to enhance the strategic effectiveness of human rights funding, expand collaboration among human rights funders around the world, and increase global funding for human rights.
