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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Thanks to the incredible work on the Conference Planning Committee, we have an exciting program planned. As always, we invited participants to actively participate in shaping the agenda and received many session ideas. Attendees will be able to shape their daily agendas with conversations that are most important to them and their work.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

 Day 1: Monday, April 28, 2025

9:00 - 10:00

Optional Networking Breakfast

10:00 - 12:00 

  •  Movements - intro Session​

 Speakers: Jennifer Kamau, Nichola Scherer. Facilitator: Alejandro Jaimes Bahamón.

Open to Movements participating at the Conference

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  •   Members - only Session​

 Speakers: Micheal Kourabas, W'qaas Ali Khan, Rajiv Khanna and EDGE staff.

Open to EDGE Members

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  •  Getting to know EDGE, Facilitated Networking​

 Facilitator: Amanda Gigler.​​​

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12:00 - 14:00

Rest, Lunch and Disconnect

14:00 - 15:30

Opening Ceremony and Plenary Conversation Showing Mirror: Shifting the paradigm of accountability in philanthropy

Speakers: Edgar Villanueva (Decolonizing Wealth Project), Lori Robinson (VidaAfroLatina), Jess Simón Castaño Cuadro (Posá Suto).  Moderator: W'qaas A.Khan (Guerrilla Foundation). â€‹

15:30 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 17:30

Parallel Participants-Led Sessions

Check the details here.

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17:30 - 18:00

Reflection PODS​

Speakers: CPC

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 Day 2: Tuesday, April 29, 2025

9:00 - 10:30

Stories of Change: Accountability in Practice

 Speakers: Rosalee Gonzales (Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas), Sofia AYOO Ogutu (World March of women Kenya), Jo And - Fig (People Support Foundation), Magda Pocheć (FemFund). Moderator: Alexandra Lamb Guevara (AWID).

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10:30 - 11:00 

Break

11:00 - 12:30

  • Confronting Power & Accountability in Philanthropy 

SpeakersMyroslava Tataryn (Disability Rights Fund), Amalia Brindis Delgado (Panta Rhea Foundation),  Auro Fraser (OSF), Erix Cortez (Urgent Action Fund / Latin America).  Moderators: W’qaas A. Khan,  (Guerrilla Foundation), Sebastian Frias (W.K. Kellogg).

Dedicated to grant makers and philanthropic practitioner

  •  Movements -Only Session 

Facilitators: ​Erica Njuguna (ANGRY ALLIANCE), Simón Castaño Cuadro (Posá Suto), Sarah McMains (International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)), Tonya Haynes
(Institute for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit, The UWI Cave Hill).

For movement leaders participating at the conference

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30

Parallel Participants-Led Sessions

Check the details here.

15:30 - 16:00

Break​

16:00 - 17:30

Parallel Participants-Led Sessions

Check the details here.

17:30 - 18:00

Reflection PODS​​

20:00 - 23:00

Party â€‹

 Day 3: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

9:00 - 10:30

Three separate workshops for grantmakers and philanthropic practitioners focused on funder organizing and accountability

Facilitators: Bridget Brehen (GGJ Alliance),  Charles Long (M4BL), Cuong Hoang, Arianne Shaffer (The Kindle Project), Grassroots International and ThousandCurrents. 

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9:30 - 10:30 

Parallel Movement - only Session

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:30

Collaborative 'Fruit' Session

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Closing Panel : New Directions in Philanthropy

Speakers: Rajiv Khanna (ThousandCurrents), Hilda Vega (Hispanics in Philanthropy), Nino
Ugrekhelidze (Dalan Fund). Moderator: Asad Rehman (War or Want). 
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15:00 - 18:00

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

 Day 1: Monday, April 28, 2025

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