The Case of the Environmental Justice Movement in Ghana and Peru
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The Case of the Environmental Justice Movement
in Ghana and Peru
Chris Allan November 2010
Supporting Movements with Grantmaking:
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Effects of Growthin Industrial Mining
Displacement of people, destruction of productive farm land
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Effects of Growthin Industrial Mining
Displacement of people, destruction of productive farm land
Chris Allan November 2010
Increased pollution
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Effects of Growthin Industrial Mining
Displacement of people, destruction of productive farm land
Chris Allan November 2010
Increased pollutionSocial disruption
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Elements of ResistanceHost communities pay the price - but don’t reap the benefits
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Elements of ResistanceHost communities pay the price - but don’t reap the benefits
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Government and Industry allied against communities
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Elements of ResistanceHost communities pay the price - but don’t reap the benefits
Chris Allan November 2010
Indifference or hostility of the general public to the movement
Government and Industry allied against communities
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Elements of ResistanceDivisions within host communities
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Elements of ResistanceDivisions within host communities
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Increased violence –• surveillance of activists, • beatings, • murders
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Elements of ResistanceDivisions within host communities
Chris Allan November 2010
Criminalization of resistance
Increased violence –• surveillance of activists • beatings• murders
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How can funders support movements – lessons from Peru and Ghana
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How can funders support movements – lessons from Peru and Ghana
Small grants are useful for defensive struggles
Complementary Funding
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How can funders support movements – lessons from Peru and Ghana
Small grants are useful for defensive struggles
Large grants are betterfor offensive strategies
Complementary Funding
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Community Based Organizations
Local NGOs
National NGOs, Academics, Media, Legal Help
National Networks
International NGOs, Academics, Media
International Networks
Fund all levels Or know who Is
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Fund all strategies (or know who is)
Community organizingOrganization buildingNetworkingTechnical reviewAdvocacyLegal actionMediaOther
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See yourself as part of the movement
Strategize with activistsRespect movement values• participation • trust • openness
Live with messinessBuild bridges to other
movements
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Fund political opportunities - a challenge for funder procedures
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Grant Monitoring – What Didn’t Work
Diversity of movement organizations and the Big PictureProducers of monitoring information were not consumersAsked everything we wanted to knowVarying skills across the movement make information uneven
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Grant Monitoring –What Works Better
Think instead of what successful movements do – a digestible frameworkAsk what we need to knowPrescriptive role of monitoringDoes social change occur logically?
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Have a Conceptual Framework
Build movement infrastructure and mobilize resourcesReframe the debatePolitical Opportunities
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