Connecting and Reflecting on FLAC’s values by Ishita Chaudhry https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0 en-us 2023-08-07 09:33:14 UTC 2023-09-29 16:37:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Balancing and analysing commitment https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658596890 imagining the commitment we are all required to have> effort, time, presence]]> 2023-08-09 08:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658596890 Passion is not enough/ what is what we need for you to come into the space? Set clear expectations for members, allowing some kind of flexibility https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658597734 2023-08-09 08:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658597734 Sharing Learning and knowledge making https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658599189 We have a strong approach to this value in the work we are doing to make sure people can actively have this. 

There is a lot of expertise and experience in the FLAC that we can tap on.]]> 2023-08-09 08:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658599189 Engage actively https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658599875 It is not just about putting resources in, but about engaging with the community. It is not just about the extractive of needing data and information, but on the contrary donors can feel part of a community that questions this. We are looking beyond funding.]]> 2023-08-09 08:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658599875 Opportunity of creating a matrix of a new kind of approach/ related to sharing power and intersectional-Imagine new models, to produce knowledge and inform other working groups/ this WG as central pillar https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658600063 Space to experiment/ co design team in their role as visionaries to be in each WG and inform each other and propose its working models.
Space for freedom and opportunity to be revolutionary comparing the old systems/ radical]]> 2023-08-09 08:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658600063 External vs internal relation to values https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658600213 How we talk about our values is this internal or externally ? There might be things here that can be used externally and others to be used internally. For some of us, we cannot advocate externally. But internally, we can set up a standard.

Also, our responsibility of making voices heard. Are we missing anything in making our work visible to the external world? ]]> 2023-08-09 08:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658600213 Shift and share power https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658601466 About the governance mechanism - what is a participatory mechanism for FLAC? A participatory mechanism can be different from one organization to the other. There are different limits in each organization.

Ex. Participatory grantmaking is to have grantees make decisions, but in other cases a participatory grantmaking can bring many other aspects is a whole system, not just activities. 

So, what is a participatory mechanism? Is this only in relation to governance or everything? For example, is this about involving everyone in the different places? We should define if we are having a participatory approach.

Participatory should be the whole system! Not only about the grantmaking. Participatory in ways to avoid tokenistik. Participatory processes, not only grantmaking. Participatory from the design conception. We should also document the confusion of what is participatory? Not only when it is up and ready.

Taking an approach to learning from what does participatory grantmaking means in the different models. Can we take a look at what is out there? See what works for us? What doesn’t? And decide what does participatory mean for FLAC? As a sector, what do these models look like right now? Both with the existing members and those who are not in this space? What is our toolkit looking like? Can it be expansive for funders members or others to relate to this and apply it? What are the uncertainties that partners have when designing participatory processes?

How do we provide security in participatory grantmaking processes because contexts are changing so much and risk is only growing in all the different territories.

Participatory has to be a comprehensive approach becase change will happen (internal or because of context) and we will need to adapt to change. Our systems have to remain flexible so that we can be responsive to context change, needs of activists, etc. We have to be in learning mode constantly. It is not only about delivering money, is about the system!

Participatory also means we have to put time to make it happen.  Also, it is very expensive.

Place of tension: due diligence if we are fiscal sponsored by someone else. Limitations of US requirements. How do we work out when there are actual limitations that do not allow us to do participatory/ support movements who are not officially registered / etc ?
- Can we do advocacy so that movements can receive money even if they are not registered?
- Can we think of collaborations in the FLAC ecosystem to move around the limitations philanthropy in moving resources where they need to land?









]]> 2023-08-09 08:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658601466 Model that handles the complexity that proposed, but also that provides easily how money should be redistributed/ governance model that is accesible. That is accessible for people we want to reach/ how simplified complexity/ it is a challenge but exciting challenge. https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658601720 A model that could be crosscutting (transversal)
Exploring different models/ examples of nature/ what we are referencing to? and look for different examples.
Simplifying> languages (including disability) and a way that everybody from different backgrounds can understand and we can share or have accessibility to the same language]]> 2023-08-09 08:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658601720 Simplicity, as we try to be efficient targeting the right audiences/ for the impact and change we want to achieve/ we want to shift power https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658602748 2023-08-09 08:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658602748 Internal and external https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658603667 There are internal components and there are external components.

For several funders they simply cannot fund in this intersection or support participatory grantmaking. So, FLAC has being focusing on supporting funders with covering their needs to advocate so that they can eventually advocate for this. What do you need to have these conversations in your fund; to talk to the people you need etc.

In the internal, is thinking about engagement of members of FLAC.]]> 2023-08-09 08:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658603667 Descentralized structure https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658603983 - Requires a hight degree of effective communication, that requires trust and time
If you have a commitment to these values, it is how you can build trust
- Are we thinking about what are the pros and cons/ how are we going to use the advice on calls? ]]> 2023-08-09 08:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658603983 What is the meaning behind concepts? https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658604104 Collaboration, convening can mean many things. Same as extractivist. The group is very diverse, what are we defining for these concepts? Both internally and externally?]]> 2023-08-09 08:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658604104 We maybe end up with multiple models in FLAC because there are different practices/ how we dismantle the power of the funders/ once we do that grantee partners/ activists are going to be more involved. https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658605093 Onboarding and how you share power as equals]]> 2023-08-09 08:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658605093 Humility or something similiar https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658607184 Should we have a value on humility in terms of how we approach to things that are new? Acknowledging that we might now do everything right? So aspiration is match with reality. It might take us a really much longer time than what we expected.]]> 2023-08-09 08:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658607184 Experimenting https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658607573 Bring experimentation as a value, openly acknowledge risk and bring a different attitude to failure. Experimenting is about interrogating practices and learning. ]]> 2023-08-09 08:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658607573 Resources and capacities https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658607844 2023-08-09 08:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658607844 There has to be a structure https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658608485 Space of responsibility and not power]]> 2023-08-09 09:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658608485 Accountabilitytaking the risk of collective responsibility and how this is perceived by others https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658608959 2023-08-09 09:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658608959 Nothing is static, change is constant https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658609173 We need to acknowledge that we might come up with something than in one or two years might not work.

Philanthropy should be more agile and flexible to really be able to adapt to the different contexts.]]> 2023-08-09 09:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658609173 How conflict is also face/ building a culture of care. That implies that decentralization is the model of working, that has to be channels of communication and accountability. Build this culture for FLAC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658609589 Due diligence process/ where how the decentralized model starts and ends]]> 2023-08-09 09:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658609589 Transforming power & disrupting https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658906732 The values should reflect the intention of transforming power. Be careful about the word inclusive, which suggests that power dynamics are not fundamentally changed. 
Be explicit about what transformation means for the FLAC: is it about being disruptive? Or creating a path to transforming philanthropy?]]> 2023-08-09 18:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658906732 Embedding practices of care https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658907615 The attention to care practices, through the community care facilitators, needs to be reflected in the values.]]> 2023-08-09 18:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658907615 Take the word "evaluation" out https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658907966 It is not about evaluation! It is about learning and the aspiration is to challenge status quo MEL practices in philanthropy.]]> 2023-08-09 18:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658907966 Important that the word 'Uncomfortable' is in the values https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658909628 If it is not uncomfortable, we are not doing it right.]]> 2023-08-09 18:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658909628 Name different forms of knowledge https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658910637 Embodied, creative and emotional knowledge.]]> 2023-08-09 18:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658910637 Learning alongside other people, and learning in different ways https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658912820 Acknowledging that many people are experimenting, and there is an opportunity to learn with. We will need to be agile. 
We could borrow different practices - while honoring where they come from -, mix them and be in conversation with other people who are experimenting. 
Learning needs resourcing and we need to account for different ways of learning (some people learn from reading, other from acting!). Using storytelling and disrupting language hegemony.]]> 2023-08-09 18:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658912820 Fostering cross-movement learning https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658917975 Should it be a requirement (making the grant conditional to interest in participating in cross-movement learning spaces)? Or what could FLAC offer to enable participation? Learning exhaustion is real. Movement members / groups have many requests for learning or reporting. 
Compensating time, sharing new tools that people can learn (something they can bring into their work), bringing dedicated facilitation who embeds care and is accountable to the community, facilitation that is curious! (and does not bring predetermine set of assumptions or indicators to gather)]]> 2023-08-09 18:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658917975 Unlearning what learning means https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658918688 Playing is learning! 
Creating a space for appreciation and celebration! A space to take stock, and appreciate / celebrate amazing ongoing work. Space to share, not just about learning, but about who we are. ]]> 2023-08-09 18:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658918688 Need dedicated resources https://padlet.com/IshitaChaudhry/4rrwd97cox0jokw0/wish/2658919711 Somebody will have to hold the learning portfolio in FLAC.
Learning will need dedicated facilitation, explicit funds for learning and language justice.
Participation in learning spaces and activities should be funded as part of grant-making. That would include paying for rest! Not only airfare and compensation, but extra day to see the place, engage, understand, let's things emerge. That would transform the way grantee partners engage in these spaces. And ultimately, that would transform the way that money works. 

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