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Jun 3, 2025
Diversifying Funds and Mobilizing Communities for Justice and Progress: The Case of FEM Colombia

As International Funders and Donor Countries, including the U.S. are stepping away from global cooperation, dynamic community-led Global South organizations are showing us the way to inclusive and effective community development and resource mobilization. FEM in Colombia has been working with Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities for over a decade to reclaim their lands, pursue their dreams and build their communities. Join us to learn more about this model community-driven organization and its successful funding diversification model. This is an in-depth conversation with Ana Maria Gonzalez, FEM's Co-Founder. Translation in Spanish and French will be available.  


Speaker 

Ana Maria Gonzalez-Forero

Cofounder - FEM Colombia

www.femcolombia.org

Ana Maria is Colombian political scientist & mother of 2. Co-founded FEM (2007), securing land rights for 20,000 Afro-Colombians in 17 years via participatory models & social enterprises. Obama Scholar '18. Served Cartagena Gov't, tackling displacement & exploitation. Now with Voces Nuevas, advocating for Global South inclusion & a new world order. 

Community Development
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May 28, 2025
The Pledge Learning Series: AI and Authentic Storytelling instead of AI & Authentic Storytelling Learning Session

You are invited to join the next Pledge Learning Series: AI in NGO Fundraising & Communication

Date: 28 May 2025

Time: 9 AM ET / 2 PM Lisbon / 4 PM Nairobi / 2 PM WAT

The Pledge for Change Learning Series creates a space for strategic lesson-sharing and reflection on emerging issues within the Pledge community. In this session, we explore the opportunities, challenges, and ethical dilemmas of AI in NGO fundraising and communication, reflecting on potential bias in AI-generated imagery to authentic storytelling practices.

Facilitator: Isabella Jean

Featuring:

  • Tara Todras-Whitehill (CEO, TW Storytelling), expert in narratives shaping aid and a member of the Pledge for Change Authentic Storytelling Review Panel.
  • Laura Abad Guerrero (Fairpicture), advocate for ethical content production and local talent, and Pledge Supporter.
  • Arsenii Alenichev, researcher on bias in AI images and their humanitarian applications.

Whether you’re experimenting with AI or critiquing its implications, register for this event to share experiences, strategies and learn how this impacts authentic storytelling. 

NB: Facilitators of this event will remain online after the 1-hour recorded session for an additional 30 minutes (which will not be recorded) for any additional questions or feedback that participants wish to share. 


Artificial Intelligence
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