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The Spring team warmly invites you to join us for a free three-part webinar series designed to support you in navigating this moment by gaining deeper insights into today’s challenges and exploring alternative approaches to securing financial and organizational resilience.
Civil society groups across the world have historically confronted a multitude of pressures to defend human rights and civil liberties. Armed conflicts, economic volatility, technological disruption, plus the erosion of democracy and human rights by far-right forces are putting intense pressure on groups’ resources, time and energy. Shockwaves from the unprecedented scale and pace of cuts to foreign aid from USAID and European funders are reverberating through social and climate justice organizations. And leaders around the world are grappling with painful choices. As these intersecting challenges unfold, so do our efforts of collective sensemaking and strategizing.
The way forward may not be immediately clear, but history—and experience—tells us that pausing to share insights and learn from one another strengthens our capacity to act with wisdom and clarity. By gathering diverse perspectives, making sense of global shifts together, and uncovering creative possibilities, we can find opportunities even in crisis.
In this three-part interactive webinar series, you’ll hear from Spring experts and social and climate leaders globally about:
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how they’re interpreting the seismic shifts in geopolitics and financial flows;
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dynamic ways to adapt operations and approach funding diversification; and
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what generative ways of working can help sustain our missions in the long-run.
Join us to get inspired and energized by stories of alternative operating models, innovative approaches to reducing dependency on grants, and collaborative approaches to the leadership and care needed to move through crises resiliently.
DETAILS + RESOURCES
SESSION 1: Reckoning with changing funding realities
🗓️ April 22
⏰ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm ET (UTC-4) Convert to your time zone
💡 Explore how funding flows and geopolitical landscapes are changing—and what that means for resourcing rights and justice organizations and movements worldwide. We’ll be joined by Dr. Kellea Miller of Human Rights Funders Network and Ikal Angelei of Friends of Lake Turkana. Kellea sits at the table with hundreds of funders and has the inside scoop on how philanthropy is responding to this moment, while Ikal, as an Indigenous leader, brings experiences and perspectives from her work on the frontlines of climate change. Kellea and Ikal will each bring powerful lenses for understanding the past and present to help imagine the future of funding for rights and justice work globally.
This session will focus on:
- The state of funding for rights and justice work—understanding the recent funding shifts in foreign aid and responses from philanthropy.
- The role of philanthropy—exploring how philanthropy can provide strategic support to civil society now, including by remembering what has worked in the past and taking more collaborative approaches to movement support.
- Resilience beyond grants—rethinking the relationship between “making money” and advancing justice so that we can be unapologetically creative about our finances.
SESSION 2: Exploring alternative funding models: what are the possibilities beyond grants?
🗓️ May 8
⏰ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm ET (UTC-4) Convert to your time zone
💡 Dynamic approaches to operating and diversifying funding support
SESSION 3: Thriving together: Collaborating with care and creativity
🗓️ May 22
⏰ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm ET (UTC-4) Convert to your time zone
💡 Nurturing generative ways of working together to sustain their missions in the long-run
🌎 The webinars will be held in English, with simultaneous interpretation available in Spanish, Portuguese and French
Español
Reimaginando la Resiliencia: Sosteniendo nuestra misión en un mundo que cambia rápidamente
En un momento de crisis entrecruzadas y profunda incertidumbre, ¿cómo sostenemos nuestras misiones y movimientos? ¿Cómo podemos dar sentido a los rápidos cambios que nos rodean mientras nos mantenemos arraigados y con recursos para el largo plazo?
El equipo de Spring te invita cordialmente a participar en una serie gratuita de tres conversaciones virtuales pensadas para ayudarte a navegar este momento, profundizando en los desafíos actuales y explorando enfoques innovadores para fortalecer la resiliencia financiera y organizacional.
Históricamente los grupos organizados de la sociedad civil en todo el mundo han enfrentado múltiples presiones al defender los derechos humanos y las libertades civiles. Los conflictos armados, la volatilidad económica, la disrupción tecnológica, además de la erosión de la democracia y los derechos humanos por fuerzas de extrema derecha están ejerciendo una intensa presión sobre los recursos, el tiempo y la energía de los grupos. Las ondas de choque, escala sin precedentes y el ritmo de los recortes a la ayuda oficial de USAID y de donantes europeos están reverberando a través de las organizaciones de justicia social y climática. Y los líderes de todo el mundo están lidiando con dolorosas decisiones. Mientras estos desafíos entrecruzados se desarrollan, también lo hacen nuestros esfuerzos de comprensión y estrategia colectiva.
El camino a seguir puede no ser inmediatamente claro, pero la historia y la experiencia nos dicen que detenerse a compartir ideas y aprender unos de otros fortalece nuestra capacidad de actuar con sabiduría y claridad. Al reunir perspectivas diversas, dar sentido juntos a los cambios globales y descubrir posibilidades creativas, podemos encontrar oportunidades incluso en la crisis.
En esta serie de tres sesiones, explorarás junto con expertas de Spring y líderes sociales y climáticos de todo el mundo:
- Cómo se están interpretando los cambios sísmicos en la geopolítica y los flujos financieros;
- Formas dinámicas de operar nuestras organizaciones y abordar la diversificación de fondos, y;
- Otras formas generativas de trabajo que pueden ayudar a sostener nuestras misiones a largo plazo.
Participa para inspirarte y motivarte con historias de modelos operativos creativos, estrategias innovadoras para reducir la dependencia de subvenciones y formas colaborativas de liderazgo que te ayudarán a superar las crisis de manera resiliente.
Detalles + Recursos
Sesión 1: Afrontando los cambios en el panorama de financiamiento
🗓 22 de abril de 2025 Consulta tu zona horaria aquí
⏰ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET (UTC-4)
💡 Explora cómo está cambiando el panorama de financiamiento y geopolítico, y lo que esto significa para las organizaciones y movimientos por los derechos y la justicia en todo el mundo.
Nos acompañarán Kellea Miller, de Human Rights Funders Network, e Ikal Angelei, de Friends of Lake Turkana. Kellea comparte mesa con cientos de donantes y tiene la primicia de cómo está respondiendo la filantropía a este momento, mientras que Ikal, como líder indígena, aporta experiencias y perspectivas de su trabajo en primera línea del cambio climático. Kellea e Ikal compartirán sus puntos de vista para comprender el pasado y el presente y ayudarnos a imaginar el futuro de la financiación para el trabajo por los derechos y la justicia en todo el mundo.
Esta sesión se centrará en:
- El estado del financiamiento para el trabajo por los derechos y la justicia: abordaremos los recientes cambios en la financiación de la ayuda exterior y las respuestas del sector filantrópico.
- El papel de la filantropía: analizaremos cómo la filantropía puede proporcionar apoyo estratégico a la sociedad civil en la actualidad, recordando lo que ha funcionado en el pasado y adoptando enfoques más colaborativos para el apoyo a los movimientos.
- Resiliencia más allá de las subvenciones: reflexionaremos sobre la relación entre «ganar dinero» y promover la justicia, de modo que podamos ser creativos sin complejos sobre nuestras finanzas.
Sesión 2: Explorando modelos alternativos de financiamiento: ¿qué posibilidades existen más allá de las subvenciones?
🗓 8 de mayo de 2025 Consulta tu zona horaria aquí
⏰ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET (UTC-4)
💡 Enfoques dinámicos para operar y diversificar
Sesión 3: Prosperando juntos: Colaborar con esmero y creatividad
🗓 22 de mayo de 2025 Consulta tu zona horaria aquí
⏰ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET (UTC-4)
💡 Cultivando formas generativas de trabajar juntas para sostener nuestras misiones a largo plazo
🌎 Las conversaciones se realizarán en inglés, con interpretación simultánea disponible en español, portugués y francés
Português
Reimaginando a Resiliência: Sustentando sua missão em um mundo em rápida mudança
Em um momento de crises interconectadas e incerteza profunda, como podemos sustentar nossas missões e movimentos? Como dar sentido às rápidas mudanças ao nosso redor, mantendo-nos enraizados e com recursos de longo prazo?
A equipe da Spring convida você a participar de uma série gratuita de três diálogos virtuais desenhados para ajudá-lo(a) a navegar por este momento, aprofundar insights sobre os desafios atuais e explorar abordagens alternativas para garantir a resiliência financeira e organizacional.
Grupos da sociedade civil em todo o mundo historicamente enfrentam múltiplas pressões para defender os direitos humanos e as liberdades civis. Conflitos armados, volatilidade econômica, disrupção tecnológica, além do enfraquecimento da democracia e dos direitos humanos por conta de forças de extrema direita exercendo intensa pressão sobre os recursos, tempo e energia dos grupos. Os cortes na ajuda externa da USAID e de doadores europeus estão gerando impacto sem precedentes e se espalhando nas organizações de justiça social e climática. Lideranças em todo o mundo estão lidando com escolhas dolorosas.
À medida que esses desafios interconectados se desenrolam, nossos esforços de compreensão coletiva e formulação de estratégias também se desenvolvem.
O caminho pode parecer incerto, mas a história e a experiência nos dizem que fazer uma pausa para trocar insights e aprender uns com os outros fortalece nossa capacidade de agir com sabedoria e clareza. Ao reunir perspectivas diversas, interpretar juntos às mudanças globais e buscar soluções criativas, podemos encontrar oportunidades mesmo em tempos de crise.
Nesta série de três diálogos interativos, você ouvirá especialistas da Spring e lideranças sociais e climáticas de todo o mundo compartilhando:
- como estão interpretando as mudanças significativas na geopolítica e nos fluxos financeiros;
- estratégias dinâmicas para adaptar operações e diversificar fontes de financiamento; e
- abordagens inovadoras de trabalho que podem ajudar a sustentar nossas missões a longo prazo.
Junte-se a nós para se inspirar e se energizar com histórias de modelos operacionais alternativos, abordagens inovadoras para reduzir a dependência de subvenções e abordagens colaborativas de liderança e cuidado necessárias para atravessar crises de forma resiliente.
Informações das sessões + materiales
Sessão 1: Reconhecendo as mudanças no panorama do financiamento
🗓 22 de abril de 2025 Converta para o seu fuso horário
⏰ 10:30 - 12:00 ET (UTC-4) Seu fuso horário
💡 Explore como os fluxos de financiamento e os cenários geopolíticos estão mudando - e o que isso significa para as organizações e movimentos de direitos e justiça em todo o mundo.
Teremos a participação da Dra. Kellea Miller, da Human Rights Funders Network, e de Ikal Angelei, da Friends of Lake Turkana. Kellea tem relação direta com centenas de financiadores e tem informações privilegiadas sobre como a filantropia está respondendo a este momento, enquanto Ikal, como líder indígena, traz experiências e perspectivas de seu trabalho na linha de frente das mudanças climáticas. Kellea e Ikal trarão lentes poderosas para entender o passado e o presente e ajudar a imaginar o futuro do financiamento do trabalho de direitos e justiça em nível global.
Esta sessão abordará:
- A situação do financiamento para o trabalho de direitos e justiça - compreender as recentes mudanças no financiamento da ajuda externa e as respostas da filantropia.
- O papel da filantropia - explorar como a filantropia pode fornecer apoio estratégico à sociedade civil agora, inclusive lembrando o que funcionou no passado e adotando abordagens mais colaborativas para o apoio ao movimento.
- Resiliência para além das doações - repensar a relação entre “ganhar dinheiro” e promover a justiça para que possamos ser criativos sem remorso em relação às nossas finanças.
Sessão 2: Explorando modelos alternativos de financiamento: Quais são as possibilidades além dos subsídios?
🗓 8 de maio de 2025 Converta para o seu fuso horário
⏰ 10:30 - 12:00 ET (UTC-4) Seu fuso horário
💡 Estratégias dinâmicas para operar e diversificar o apoio financeiro
Sessão 3: Prosperando juntos: Colaborando com cuidado e criatividade
🗓 22 de maio de 2025 Converta para o seu fuso horário
⏰ 10:30 - 12:00 ET (UTC-4) Seu fuso horário
💡 Desenvolvendo formas inovadoras de colaboração para sustentar sua missão a longo prazo
🌎 Os diálogos virtuais serão realizados em inglês, com interpretação simultânea disponível em espanhol, português e francês
Français
Repenser la Résilience : Soutenir notre mission dans un monde en mutation rapide
Dans un contexte de crises entrecroisées et d'incertitude profonde, comment pouvons-nous soutenir nos missions et nos mouvements ? Comment pouvons-nous donner un sens aux changements rapides qui nous entourent tout en restant ancrés et ressourcés pour le long terme ?
L'équipe de Spring vous invite chaleureusement à participer à une série gratuite de trois conversations conçues pour vous aider à naviguer en ce moment et gagner des perspectives plus approfondies sur les défis actuels tout en explorant des approches alternatives pour assurer la résilience financière et organisationnelle.
Historiquement, les groupes organisés de la société civile à travers le monde ont confronté de multiples pressions pour défendre les droits humains et les libertés civiles. Les conflits armés, la volatilité économique, la disruption technologique ainsi que l'érosion de la démocratie et des droits humains par les forces d'extrême droite exercent une pression intense sur les ressources, le temps et l'énergie des groupes. Les ondes de choc provenant de l'échelle sans précédent et du rythme des coupes dans l'aide officielle au développement de l'USAID et des bailleurs européens résonnent à travers les organisations de justice sociale et climatique. Et les leaders du monde entier font face à des choix douloureux. Alors que ces défis entrecroisés se déploient, nos efforts de compréhension collective et de stratégie progressent également.
La voie à suivre peut ne pas être immédiatement claire, mais l'histoire et l'expérience nous disent que faire une pause pour partager des apprentissages des uns et des autres renforce notre capacité à agir avec sagesse et clarté. En rassemblant des perspectives diverses, en donnant du sens collectif aux changements mondiaux et en découvrant des possibilités créatives, nous pouvons trouver des opportunités même dans la crise.
Dans cette série de webinaires interactifs en trois parties, vous entendrez des experts de Spring et des leaders sociaux et climatiques du monde entier parler de :
- comment interpréter les changements sismiques dans la géopolitique et les flux financiers ;
- moyens dynamiques d'adapter les opérations et d'aborder la diversification du financement ; et
- façons génératives pour travailler qui peuvent aider à soutenir nos missions sur le long terme.
Rejoignez-nous pour vous inspirer et vous énergiser grâce à des histoires de modèles de fonctionnement alternatifs, des approches innovantes pour réduire la dépendance des subventions et des approches collaboratives du leadership et du soin nécessaires pour traverser les crises de manière résiliente.
Détails + Ressources
Session 1: Faire face à l'évolution des réalités du financement
🗓️ 22 avril 2025
⏰ 10h30 - 12h00 HE (UTC-4) Convertissez votre fuseau horaire
💡 Découvrez comment les flux de financement et les paysages géopolitiques évoluent et ce que cela signifie pour les organisations et les mouvements de défense des droits et de la justice dans le monde entier.
Kellea Miller, du Human Rights Funders Network, et Ikal Angelei, de Friends of Lake Turkana, se joindront à nous. Kellea est assise à la table de centaines de bailleurs de fonds et sait comment la philanthropie réagit à ce moment, tandis qu'Ikal, en tant que leader autochtone, apporte les expériences et les perspectives de son travail en première ligne du changement climatique. Kellea et Ikal apporteront chacune des lentilles puissantes pour comprendre le passé et le présent afin d'aider à imaginer l'avenir du financement du travail pour les droits et la justice au niveau mondial.
Cette session se concentrera sur :
- L'état du financement du travail en faveur des droits et de la justice - comprendre les changements dans l'aide étrangère et les réponses de la philanthropie.
- Le rôle de la philanthropie - explorer comment la philanthropie peut fournir un soutien stratégique à la société civile aujourd'hui, y compris en rappelant ce qui a fonctionné dans le passé et en adoptant des approches plus collaboratives pour soutenir les mouvements.
- La résilience au-delà des subventions - repenser la relation entre « gagner de l'argent » et faire avancer la justice afin que nous puissions faire preuve d'une créativité sans faille en ce qui concerne nos finances.
Session 2: Explorer des modèles de financement alternatifs : Quelles sont les possibilités au-delà des subventions ?
🗓️ 8 mai 2025
⏰ 10h30 - 12h00 HE (UTC-4) Convertissez votre fuseau horaire
💡 Approches dynamiques pour opérer et diversifier le soutien financier
Session 3: Prospérer ensemble : Collaborer avec soin et créativité
🗓️ 22 mai 2025
⏰ 10h30 - 12h00 HE (UTC-4) Convertissez votre fuseau horaire
💡 Cultiver des façons génératives de travailler ensemble pour soutenir nos missions sur le long terme
🌎 Les conversations se dérouleront en anglais, avec une interprétation simultanée disponible en espagnol, portugais et français
Amany Alhadka
Amany Alhadka has over 20 years of experience working in the areas of operations, finance, and organization management. Throughout her career, she supported many organizations and field operations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. She specializes in building and strengthening the operational capacity of start-ups and organizations that are growing and scaling.
Before joining Prospera – International Network of Women’s Funds as Senior Advisor Operations Excellence, she was the Vice President for Business Transformation of the Equality Fund and the Vice President for Finance and Operations of the MATCH International Women’s Fund, both in Canada. She also worked at CARE International in Egypt, the USA, and Canada, and MEK Foundation in Egypt.
Amany holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Accounting and Auditing from Cairo University. She obtained her Public Accountant Certification from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and has certificates in the training of trainers and meeting facilitation. She is based in Ottawa, Canada.
Archana Deshpande
Archana is a multilingual, creative rights advocate, strategist, facilitator and Integral Master Coach™ . Born in Lusaka, Zambia, with roots in Western India, she is the Co-CEO of Spring, where she leads the design and implementation of virtual and in-person financial resilience, facilitation and leadership development programs. In recent years, she has lead and successfully deliver capacity-strengthening programs for hundreds of social and climate justice leaders and organizations, networks and leaders in the Global South.
Previously, Archana led the creation and expansion of OpenGlobalRights — a multilingual, global forum that explores human rights policies and strategies as well as managed and conducted research on human rights organizations and public perceptions of human rights in India, Mexico, and Morocco. She has co-authored various publications on the resource mobilization challenges and opportunities for human rights groups in the Global South and is passionate about finding innovative ways to sustain and expand social and climate justice initiatives.
Ellen Sprenger
Ellen Sprenger founded Spring in 2004 and is committed to making space for more complexity and humanity in collaborations for social and climate justice. She is a believer — especially in human potential and our collective ability to address the problems of our time. Her areas of expertise include multi-actor conference facilitation, future-scenario development, financial innovation and resilience for justice organizations globally, and executive coaching.
Previously she held several management positions at Oxfam-Novib and was the Executive Director of Mama Cash, a feminist foundation based in Amsterdam. Ellen holds a master's degree in Development Studies, an MBA from Erasmus University, and is an Integral Master Coach™ and Certified Integral Facilitator™. She is a member of the Board of 350.org, a movement working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all.
Currently based in Toronto, Ellen is from the Netherlands and Canada and has lived in Tanzania, South Africa, and the United States. She is a curious and creative optimist, an espresso enthusiast, and an avid meditator.
Lucía Carrasco Scherer
Lucía is a Mexican independent consultant and human rights practitioner with 15 years of experience with a focus on gender, philanthropy, research, project management, stakeholder coordination, and resource mobilization. In recent years, she has worked with corporate foundations to inform their philanthropic strategies in East and Southeast Asia.
Currently, Lucía is the treasurer on the board of FERN, an organization working to achieve environmental and social justice with a focus on forests and forest peoples’ rights in the policies and practices of the European Union. She was the Director of Programs at the Prospera – International Network of Women’s Funds, supporting the growth of dozens of women’s funds worldwide, and has also served on the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) Advisory Committee for Advancing Human Rights: Knowledge Tools for Funders initiative.
Lucia holds a master’s degree in International Law and Gender from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona speaks Spanish, French, and English, and is a seriously dedicated Korean learner for life. She’s based between North America, Central Europe, and East Asia. You can usually find her on the potter’s wheel, collecting textiles from all over the world and seeking warmer climates.
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