Pre-Symposium papers and blogs
A number of papers and blogs were published in the run-up to the Symposium, to frame the event and spark discussions, including:
- Change is in the air – but transformation in the development sector will require radically new ways of working together by Mary Ann Clements, Healing Solidarity
- From billions to millions: How community philanthropy is helping to finance the SDGs by Jonathan Glennie, with accompanying blog Hiding in plain sight: Community philanthropy is an essential part of financing for development
- Systems to #ShiftThePower by Barry Knight, with accompany blog Multiple means to reach a single goal
Weaving conversations
Prior to the Pathways to Power Symposium, a range of “weaving conversations” were organized, bringing together individuals from diverse organizations, in different parts of the world, to discuss topics of mutual interest and to get “warmed up” for the Symposium (some topics included: re-imagining INGOs, changing the narrative, accountability and governance, building compassionate organizations etc.). A few of these conversations will be continuing post-Symposium. Some groups got creative and produced resources to share their conversations more widely:
- 45° Change webinars with accompanying blog From Cacophony to symphony: Pulling together around the 45° line from Neal Lawson, Compass
- Can INGOs get better at shifting the power? convened by Deborah Doane, Rights CoLab
- Care and compassion podcast convened by Mary Ann Clements, Healing Solidarity
- Pathways to Power Podcast Series convened by Terry Gibson, Inventing Futures
- Webinar series on “changing the narrative” convened by Jennifer Lentfer, How Matters
From the event
- We’ve put together a collection of video highlights as well as a photo stream from the Symposium
- Solutions, actions and temporary tattoos – my time volunteering at the Pathways to Power Symposium – a view from a volunteer at the event, Lewis Goode
- The Haiti Community Foundation: The impossible made possible – a copy of the remarks made by Marie-Rose Romain-Murphy on Day 2 of the Symposium
Other media sources
Alliance magazine, the GFCF’s media partner for the Symposium, asked a number of participants to blog about what they saw and heard at the event. Alliance produced a special feature on the event, with specific blogs including:
- #ShiftThePower: A movement not an industry by Barbara Nöst, Zambian Governance Foundation
- Beyond professional begging by Marija Jakovljevic & Galina Maksimovic, Reconstruction Women’s Fund
- Breaking the dichotomy of north and south by Melanie Thomas, Community Foundations of Canada
- Having difficult discussions to #ShiftThePower by Mariana Sandoval Ulloa, Comunalia
- Pathways to power: Is activism within philanthropy possible? by Dumiso Gatsha, Success Capital NGO
- Pathways to Power Symposium: Reflections on #ShiftThePower by Stefan Cibian, Făgăraș Research Institute
- Please, walk your talk this time by Florencia Roitstein, ELLAS – Mujeres y Filantropía
- Power, powerful, empowerment: Pathways to power by Ela Bălan, ARC Romania
- Shifting power is relevant for so much of the international aid jigsaw, especially “localisation” by Lizz Harrison, Christian Aid
Open Democracy published several blogs related to the Symposium:
- #ShiftThePower: From hash-tag to reality by Jenny Hodgson and Barry Knight
- Are INGOs ready to give up power? by Deborah Doane
Finally, a blog (and poem!) also appears on How Matters:
- Swimming in the Sea of Conundrum by Jennifer Lentfer
