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:
Chris Allan November 2010
Effects of Growthin Industrial Mining
Displacement of people, destruction of productive farm land
Chris Allan November 2010
Effects of Growthin Industrial Mining
Displacement of people, destruction of productive farm land
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Increased pollution
Effects of Growthin Industrial Mining
Displacement of people, destruction of productive farm land
Chris Allan November 2010
Increased pollutionSocial disruption
Elements of ResistanceHost communities pay the price - but don’t reap the benefits
Chris Allan November 2010
Elements of ResistanceHost communities pay the price - but don’t reap the benefits
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Government and Industry allied against communities
Elements of ResistanceHost communities pay the price - but don’t reap the benefits
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Indifference or hostility of the general public to the movement
Government and Industry allied against communities
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
Elements of ResistanceDivisions within host communities
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Criminalization of resistance
Increased violence –• surveillance of activists • beatings• murders
How can funders support movements – lessons from Peru and Ghana
Chris Allan November 2010
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
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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Chris Allanchris.allan49@gmail.c
om720-841-8277www.chrisallan.info
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