Learning Festivals Spread Grassroots Multi-Faith Organizing Across Ghana
The FAITH in Ghana Alliance held two learning festivals in Southern and Northern Ghana in November 2023 to advance multi-faith community organizing as a strategy for transforming Ghana.…
EL SALVADOR: Preparing for elections.
Democracy will be on the ballot in El Salvador when voters go to the polls in February. Although barred by the Constitution, President Nayib Bukele is running for…
HUNGARY: Tenants Unite to Improve Public Housing in Budapest
Budapest’s Józsefváros district, a multi-racial community with a large Roma population, has 134 public housing buildings with 4,000 apartments. Many are in poor condition. With support from Mandak…
GUATEMALA: Democracy is hanging by a thread
With democracy hanging by a thread, indigenous communities are leading nation-wide protests to allow President-elect Bernardo Arévalo to take office on January 14. The Root Causes Initiative, grassroots…
GHANA: Overcoming the challenges to development.
Photo: In the densely populated community of Chockor, Accra, people are pressing the government to remove garbage which is overwhelming their community. Muslim and Christian leaders have an…
A.I. Could Prove Disastrous for Democracy. How Can Philanthropy Prepare?
The widespread use of A.I. threatens to decrease trust and people’s sense of agency. In response, donors should fund face-to-face organizing and other programs that rely on human…
Local churches pitch in to support organizing in Rwanda
Peace Lutheran Church in Grass Valley, CA, hosted Pastor John Rutsindintwarane to learn about his work supporting grassroots organizing in Rwanda and across Africa. More than 100 people…
Sanction bad guys, not poor people
"If President Biden is serious about addressing the root causes driving so many people to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, he should change his administration’s upside-down approach to sanctions…
Faith groups call for tougher response from President Biden to Guatemala election interference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2023 Washington, DC – Tens of thousands of Guatemalans from all walks of life are engaged in large-scale, peaceful, pro-democracy protests demanding the…
Haiti: Haitian Diaspora Leaders Push Congress to Support Haitian-led Solutions
Seventy-five people from a dozen Haitian diaspora and faith-based organizations, including Faith in Florida, Faith in New Jersey, Faith in New York, Massachusetts Communities Action Network, Family Action…
Haiti: Farmers Begin to Harvest First Seed Bank Crops
When OPODNE listened to more than 4,000 local farmers in Northeast Haiti, they heard repeatedly that farmers needed high-quality seeds and access to credit. One of the best…
El Salvador: National Policy Campaigns Deliver Investment in the Most Neglected Communities
On September, 26 homeowners in Jujutla, El Salvador, finally received titles to their properties 28 years after paying for them. The pace of progress in fixing El Salvador's…