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The Case of the Environmental Justice Movement in Ghana and Peru

Supporting Movements with Grantmaking :. The Case of the Environmental Justice Movement in Ghana and Peru.  Effects of Growth in Industrial Mining. Displacement of people, destruction of productive farm land.  Effects of Growth in Industrial Mining.

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The Case of the Environmental Justice Movement in Ghana and Peru

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  1. Supporting Movements with Grantmaking: The Case of the Environmental Justice Movement in Ghana and Peru Chris Allan November 2010

  2. Chris Allan November 2010

  3.  Effects of Growthin Industrial Mining Displacement of people, destruction of productive farm land Chris Allan November 2010

  4.  Effects of Growthin Industrial Mining Displacement of people, destruction of productive farm land • Increased pollution Chris Allan November 2010

  5.  Effects of Growthin Industrial Mining Displacement of people, destruction of productive farm land • Increased pollution • Social disruption Chris Allan November 2010

  6. Elements of Resistance Host communities pay the price - but don’t reap the benefits Chris Allan November 2010

  7. Elements of Resistance Host communities pay the price - but don’t reap the benefits • Government and Industry • allied against communities Chris Allan November 2010

  8. Elements of Resistance Host communities pay the price - but don’t reap the benefits • Government and Industry • allied against communities • Indifference or hostility • of the general public to the movement Chris Allan November 2010

  9. Elements of Resistance Divisions within host communities Chris Allan November 2010

  10. Elements of Resistance • Increased violence – • surveillance of activists, • beatings, • murders Divisions within host communities Chris Allan November 2010

  11. Elements of Resistance • Increased violence – • surveillance of activists • beatings • murders Divisions within host communities • Criminalization of resistance Chris Allan November 2010

  12. How can funders support movements – lessons from Peru and Ghana Chris Allan November 2010

  13. How can funders support movements – lessons from Peru and Ghana Small grants are useful for defensive struggles Complementary Funding Chris Allan November 2010

  14. How can funders support movements – lessons from Peru and Ghana Small grants are useful for defensive struggles Large grants are better for offensive strategies Complementary Funding Chris Allan November 2010

  15. Fund all levels Or know who Is Chris Allan November 2010

  16. Fund all strategies (or know who is) Community organizing Organization building Networking Technical review Advocacy Legal action Media Other Chris Allan November 2010

  17. See yourself as part of the movement Strategize with activists Respect movement values participation trust openness Live with messiness Build bridges to other movements Chris Allan November 2010

  18. Fund political opportunities - a challenge for funder procedures Chris Allan November 2010

  19. Grant Monitoring – What Didn’t Work Diversity of movement organizations and the Big Picture Producers of monitoring information were not consumers Asked everything we wanted to know Varying skills across the movement make information uneven Chris Allan November 2010

  20. Grant Monitoring –What Works Better Think instead of what successful movements do – a digestible framework Ask what we need to know Prescriptive role of monitoring Does social change occur logically? Chris Allan November 2010

  21. Have a Conceptual Framework Build movement infrastructure and mobilize resources Reframe the debate Political Opportunities Chris Allan November 2010

  22. Chris Allan chris.allan49@gmail.com 720-841-8277 www.chrisallan.info Chris Allan November 2010

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