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Reflecting on our first year as Luminate
It’s been an exciting first year for Luminate as we’ve worked to establish our organisation, map out our future direction, and partner with inspiring groups around the world.
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Comedy for social change
CMSI is an innovation lab and research centre that creates, studies, and showcases media for social impact.
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Unite Us named digital health startup to watch
Congratulations to Unite Us for being named the Digital Health Startup to Watch by Rock Health, Fenwick & West, Goldman Sachs, and Pacific Western Bank in the Top 50 in Digital Health.
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Building inclusion and participatory democracy in cities and urban spaces
Q&A with Richard Gevers, Director at Open Cities Lab, about the challenges and successes of the organisation‘s efforts to make city government work better for people.
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Redefining employment opportunities in international journalism
How can we help catalyse media that is representative of the populations that engage with it – and amplify untold narratives and voices globally?
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How to Define American? Reshaping America’s immigration narrative
Without broad changes in the ways that the news and entertainment media in the US portray immigrants, policy advocacy for more humane immigration policies remains an uphill battle.
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Ten Latin American News Startups Get Grants and Consulting to Help Boost…
Velocidad, an accelerator designed to help independent news media in Latin America become sustainable, has selected 10 digital startups to receive investments and specialized consulting services.
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Betting on the most promising news organisations in Latin America
At a moment in which Latin American democracy is under threat, the region needs to support a vibrant free press that will inform citizens and hold the powerful to account.
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Pursuing equal, full citizenship rights for all Kenyans
Namati is a legal empowerment organisation dedicated to advancing justice by equipping people to know, use, and shape the laws that affect them.
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Investing in Pop Culture Collaborative and the Promise of American Pluralism
The Pop Culture Collaborative is a philanthropic resource and funder learning community that uses grantmaking, convening, narrative strategy, and research to transform the narrative around historically marginalized groups.
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Helping governments and people make the most of their natural resources
Natural Resource Governance Institute aims to help resource-rich countries reap the benefits of natural resources to support sustainable development through domestic resource mobilization and accountable policy-making.
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Helping communities defend their rights
Accountability Counsel supports people harmed by development projects with community-driven and policy-level strategies to ensure that financial flows do no harm, support local development, and do not undermine human rights.
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Protecting our rights in the digital environment
The rights and freedoms of individuals and communities in the digital age are increasingly under threat. Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) and European Digital Rights (EDRi) are using complementary strategies to safeguard the…
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Tackling cyber-harassment and empowering female journalists
The IWMF seeking to elevate the voices and status of female journalists globally in news media. It hosts a range of programmes targeted at helping women journalists develop practical solutions to the obstacles faced in their…
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