Land, Spirit, Money, Power :
Reflections from an experiment in Radical Wealth Redistribution
with Iris Garcia
How we can think about the power of resourcing / philanthropy differently?
How do we re-orient towards circulating and regenerating wealth to support self determination, sovereignty and power vs. wealth hoarding and control?
In this conversation, Iris Garcia from Kataly Foundation, shares some learnings from their spend out approach to funding. It's anchoring in both the regenerative economies framework and the just transitions framework to move towards social and environmental wellbeing, sovereignty, self determination and power-building.
The conversation delves into: investing approaches through a justice lens, a re-orientation of risk that centers the importance of movement and community work, crypto currency and the perils of it, and the different examples of how Kataly Foundation is supporting their partners.
Resources:
Just Transitions Framework, developed by Movement Generation
Restorative Economics: A Values Based Roadmap to a Just Economy
From Black Power to Broken Windows: Liberal Philanthropy and the Carceral State
Blockchain Ideology is Rooted in Exclusion. A Feminist Lens Shows Why
Resources for funders
Funders committed to spend down
“Philanthropic wealth comes from the extraction of people and land. So giving 5% in philanthropy to repair the harms is insufficient. Circulating & regenerating wealth in support of self-determination, sovereignty and power is what will move us towards the world we want to build.”
“Private philanthropy is in a position to leverage their power to support their partners. It requires moral courage to stay grounded in times of manufactured chaos”