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
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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). ​
15:30 - 16:00
Break
16:00 - 17:30
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
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Confronting Power & Accountability in Philanthropy
Speakers: Myroslava 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
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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
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15:30 - 16:00
Break​
16:00 - 17:30
Parallel Participants-Led Sessions
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17:30 - 18:00
Reflection PODS​​
20:00 - 23:00
Party ​
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). ​
15:00 - 18:00