To move towards building more equitable systems, we must also be willing to take a deep look at our history. The value of knowing your history is like a bow and arrow, you must pull back to be able to spring forward. We must pull back and really acknowledge the ways different groups of people have historically been (and continue to be) marginalized, in order to spring forward and build a future that centers the liberation of us all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> To paraphrase part of a conversation with Sudha Nandagopal (more below), writing a check will not be the silver bullet to save democracy. Democracy is bound up in our ability to be in relationship with one another. We need to be in communities of practice with each other.<\/span><\/p> To shift philanthropy we must be able to learn about and interrogate our pasts while learning with and from each other, and in that context power can grow. Because power is not born, it is bloomed. People just need the space and resources to grow it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Here are some additional shifts in both language and power, paraphrased from a few of our latest <\/span>It\u2019s Not Your Money<\/span><\/i> guests:<\/span><\/p> Shruti Jayaraman, Chicago Beyond, on trauma-informed funding<\/b><\/a>:<\/b><\/p> Allandra Bulger, Co.Act Detroit, on what Black and Brown leaders really want and need for capacity building<\/b><\/a>:<\/b><\/p> Dennis Quirin, Raikes Foundation, on developing the missing collective identity of philanthropy as financiers of social change work<\/b><\/a>:<\/b><\/p> Sudha Nandagopal, Social Venture Partners, on democratizing power<\/b><\/a>:<\/b><\/p> A huge thank you to all the guests who joined <\/span>It\u2019s Not Your Money\u2019s<\/span><\/i> first year, and who continue to speak truth to power courageously while working to shift it. To listen to future conversations, <\/span>follow Camelback Ventures on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p> \u2014<\/span><\/p> The Capital Collaborative<\/span><\/a> by Camelback Ventures works with white funders and social impact investors who want to deepen their individual and organizational commitment to racial and gender equity in philanthropy \u2014 but may not know how. <\/span>You can learn more about how to get involved by <\/b>submitting an interest form<\/span><\/a> for the Capital Collaborative\u2019s 2023 cohort or <\/b>signing up for the newsletter<\/span><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>","excerpt":"At the beginning of each of Capital Collaborative \u2019s It\u2019s Not Your Money interviews our guests are asked \u201cWhat shift in language do you think we need to make that might help diversify power?\u201d. Our series is titled It\u2019s Not Your Money for a reaso","byline":"By Krystal Kincaid, Associate of the <\/span>Capital Collaborative by Camelback Ventures<\/span><\/a>","author":"Camelback Ventures","author_bio":"Krystal has a passion for systems thinking and the redistribution of wealth. At Washington State University they explored these interests with a degree in Sociology & Anthropology graduating in 2019. In 2020 they became a Venture for America Fellow, a two-year fellowship program that gives recent college graduates firsthand startup experiences and helps them become leaders who make meaningful impact with their careers. They started their career and fellowship at SaaS company building out processes for a new sales and marketing team. Krystal had the fortune of working in many different sectors in New Orleans, including the non-profit, start-up, and hospitality industries.<\/span>\r\n\r\nKrystal aims to bring their passion for community building and creative problem solving along at Camelback Ventures. Krystal has served locally as a member of Fund 17\u2019s DEI and Programs Committee, a Health Line Manager for the Plan B NOLA Program at the Reproductive Justice Action Collective, and continues to organize with various mutual aid groups within New Orleans. In their free time, Krystal is found spending time with friends, reading, biking around the city, and tending to plants.<\/span>","author_img_url":"https:\/\/cdn.www.hbhuluo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/14102241\/KrystalKincaid_Headshot.png","publisher":"Camelback Ventures","type":"partner_post","image":"https:\/\/cdn.www.hbhuluo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/14102129\/Language-Shifts-in-Philanthropy-to-Diversify-Power-700x394.png","gc_medium_image":"https:\/\/cdn.www.hbhuluo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/14102129\/Language-Shifts-in-Philanthropy-to-Diversify-Power-400x225.png","has_featured_image":true,"img_alt":null,"img_caption":"","gc_selection":false,"url":"\/\/www.hbhuluo.com\/partners\/racial-equity-philanthropy\/language-shifts-in-philanthropy-to-diversify-power","is_gc_original":false,"is_evergreen":false,"footnotes":"","audio":false,"pdf":null,"video":false,"date_added":"Dec 14, 2022","date_modified":"Dec 14, 2022","categories":[{"id":46,"name":"Philanthropy","slug":"philantropy"},{"id":76,"name":"Human Rights","slug":"human-rights"},{"id":110,"name":"Region","slug":"region"},{"id":112,"name":"Impact Philanthropy","slug":"impact-philanthropy"},{"id":122,"name":"Global","slug":"global"},{"id":160,"name":"Race and Ethnicity","slug":"race-and-ethnicity"},{"id":259854,"name":"Democracy","slug":"democracy"},{"id":259865,"name":"Democracy (Other)","slug":"democracy-other"}],"_date_added":1670976000,"_date_modified":1670976000,"_categories":["philantropy","human-rights","region","impact-philanthropy","global","race-and-ethnicity","democracy","democracy-other"],"_tags":[]},{"id":213063,"title":"Key Takeaways for Funders from the 2022 Animal Grantmakers Conference Focused on Animal Sentience","summary":"","intro":"","content":"Philosophers from Aristotle and Aquinas to Descartes, Mill, Kant, and Schopenhauer have debated the moral status of animals for more than 2,000 years, with sentience being the most common denominator in animal ethics deliberations. If these theorists were alive today, they wouldn\u2019t have to ponder whether animals feel because evidence now demonstrates that mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish almost certainly do. Even bees and lobsters probably feel. And, for anyone who has seen the 2020 film My Octopus Teacher, it probably is hard to deny that these cephalopods feel, as well.Animal sentience \u2013 animals\u2019 capacity to experience positive and negative feelings that matter to them, such as pleasure, joy, pain, and distress \u2013 took center stage at Animal Grantmakers\u2019 23rd Annual Conference, held in Berkeley, Calif. Animal Grantmakers is the nation\u2019s only group of philanthropic funders focused on protecting and enabling the wellbeing of all animals. The conference brought together members, other funders, and animal and environmental advocates to discuss myriad issues \u2014 from the abuse of farmed animals and rise of alternative protein options to new, community-centric models to sheltering animals, and the movement toward racial justice in animal welfare and philanthropy. This year\u2019s conference was a partnership between Animal Grantmakers and Farmed Animal Funders.\u00a0Animal SentienceIn the opening keynote, Stevan Harnad, professor of cognitive science at the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, spoke about why protecting the feelings of animals \u2013 human and non-human \u2013 is so important. \u201cWe cannot see whether an organism can feel; we can only see its body and what it can do,\u201d Harnad said. \u201cFrom that, however, we can get a good idea. And for them, if they feel, nothing matters more than that we get it right.\u201dVicky Bond, president of The Humane League, Mikko Jarvenpaa, founder of Sentient Media, and David Pe\u00f1a-Guzman, associate professor at San Francisco State University, discussed the policy implications of the evidence of sentience for farmed mammals, birds, fish, and invertebrate species, including proof that animals dream \u2013 a sign of consciousness and artistic creation.If animals have moral standing, should they also have legal standing? Chris Berry, managing attorney at the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Joyce Tischler, professor of practice at Lewis & Clark Law School (and a trailblazer in the field of animal law for more than 40 years), and Monica Miller, senior consulting attorney for the NonHuman Rights Project, explained why animals are considered property and how that impacts their protection under the law. They also discussed some recent legal cases arguing for personhood for specific animals, such as the offspring of Pablo Escobar\u2019s hippos and \u201cHappy\u201d the elephant, who has lived in captivity at the Bronx Zoo for 45 years. In Happy\u2019s case, which the New York Court of Appeals rejected in June, legal personhood would have allowed her legal advocates to use habeas corpus to challenge her confinement. The speakers also reviewed the California Proposition 12 case, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in October, which could impact the ability of states to set standards about how farmed animals are treated.The Interconnected Welfare of Animals and PeopleThe interests and fates of animals and people are fundamentally intertwined \u2014 a point hammered home at the Animal Grantmakers conference. Leaders of three California animal shelters discussed the changes they implemented in response to COVID-19 and how those changes led to a new, community-centric, animal-sheltering model that better meets the needs of animals and people where they live. Dr. Jyothi V. Robertson, a veterinarian and owner and principal consultant of JVR Shelter Strategies, highlighted the intersection of animal protection and education reform, climate change, social justice, and other issues. And James Evans, Hakeem Ruiz, and Dr. Karlyn Emile of Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity focused on the importance of funding \u201cproximate leaders\u201d: people, especially those of color, who arise from the communities and issues they serve and bring authentic truth, data, storytelling, and impact to saving animals\u2019 lives but who have limited access to resources, influential relationships, and opportunities to support their work.\u00a0\u00a0Factory FarmingWhile the public health risks and environmental impacts of factory farming are relatively well known, the less-discussed connection between that practice and systemic racism was the subject of a keynote from lauren Ornelas, founder and president of the Food Empowerment Project. Catalina L\u00f3pez Salazar, director of the Aquatic Life Institute, and Andrianna Natsoulas, campaign director of Don\u2019t Cage Our Oceans, spoke about the impacts of aquafarming or aquaculture, land-based factory farming\u2019s underwater equivalent. Rachel Dreskin, CEO of the Plant Based Foods Association, and Amy Huang, university innovation manager at the Good F...","html_content":" Philosophers from Aristotle and Aquinas to Descartes, Mill, Kant, and Schopenhauer have debated the moral status of animals for more than 2,000 years, with sentience being the most common denominator in animal ethics deliberations. If these theorists were alive today, they wouldn\u2019t have to ponder whether animals feel because evidence now demonstrates that mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish almost certainly do. Even bees and lobsters probably feel. And, for anyone who has seen the 2020 film <\/span>My Octopus Teacher<\/span><\/a>, it probably is hard to deny that these cephalopods feel, as well.<\/span><\/p> Animal sentience \u2013 animals\u2019 capacity to experience positive and negative feelings that matter to them, such as pleasure, joy, pain, and distress \u2013 took center stage at Animal Grantmakers\u2019 23<\/span>rd<\/span> Annual Conference, held in Berkeley, Calif. <\/span>Animal Grantmakers<\/span><\/a> is the nation\u2019s only group of philanthropic funders focused on protecting and enabling the wellbeing of all animals. The conference brought together members, other funders, <\/span>and animal and environmental advocates <\/span>to discuss myriad issues \u2014 from the abuse of farmed animals and rise of alternative protein options to new, community-centric models to sheltering animals, and the movement toward racial justice in animal welfare and philanthropy. This year\u2019s conference was a partnership between Animal Grantmakers and <\/span>Farmed Animal Funders<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> In the opening keynote, Stevan Harnad, professor of cognitive science at the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, spoke about why protecting the feelings of animals \u2013 human and non-human \u2013 is so important. \u201cWe cannot see whether an organism can feel; we can only see its body and what it can do,\u201d Harnad said. \u201cFrom that, however, we can get a good idea. And for them, if they feel, nothing matters more than that we get it right.\u201d<\/span><\/p> Vicky Bond, president of <\/span>The Humane League<\/span><\/a>, Mikko Jarvenpaa, founder of <\/span>Sentient Media<\/span><\/i><\/a>, and <\/span>David Pe\u00f1a-Guzman<\/span><\/a>, associate professor at San Francisco State University, discussed the policy implications of the evidence of sentience for farmed mammals, birds, fish, and invertebrate species, including proof that animals dream \u2013 a sign of consciousness and artistic creation.<\/span><\/p> If animals have moral standing, should<\/span> they also have legal standing? Chris Berry, managing attorney at the <\/span>Animal Legal Defense Fund<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Joyce Tischler<\/span><\/a>, professor of practice at Lewis & Clark Law School (and a trailblazer in the field of animal law for more than 40 years), and Monica Miller, senior consulting attorney for the <\/span>NonHuman Rights Project<\/span><\/a>, explained why animals are considered property and how that impacts their protection under the law. They also discussed some recent legal cases arguing for personhood for specific animals, such as the offspring of Pablo Escobar\u2019s hippos and \u201cHappy\u201d the elephant, who has lived in captivity at the Bronx Zoo for 45 years. In Happy\u2019s case, which the New York Court of Appeals rejected in June, legal personhood would have allowed her legal advocates to use <\/span>habeas corpus<\/span><\/i> to challenge her confinement. The speakers also reviewed the California Proposition 12 case, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in October, which could impact the ability of states to set standards about how farmed animals are treated.<\/span><\/p> The interests and fates of animals and people are fundamentally intertwined \u2014 a point hammered home at the Animal Grantmakers conference. Leaders of three California animal shelters discussed the changes they implemented in response to COVID-19 and how those changes led to a new, community-centric, animal-sheltering model that better meets the needs of animals and people where they live. Dr. Jyothi V. Robertson, a veterinarian and owner and principal consultant of <\/span>JVR Shelter Strategies<\/span><\/a>, highlighted the intersection of animal protection and education reform, climate change, social justice, and other issues. And James Evans, Hakeem Ruiz, and Dr. Karlyn Emile of <\/span>Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity<\/span><\/a> focused on the importance of funding \u201cproximate leaders\u201d: people, especially those of color, who arise from the communities and issues they serve and bring authentic truth, data, storytelling, and impact to saving animals\u2019 lives but who have limited access to resources, influential relationships, and opportunities to support their work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p> While the public health risks and environmental impacts of factory farming are relatively well known, the less-discussed connection between that practice and systemic racism was the subject of a keynote from lauren Ornelas, founder and president of the <\/span>Food Empowerment Project<\/span><\/a>. Catalina L\u00f3pez Salazar, director of the <\/span>Aquatic Life Institute<\/span><\/a>, and Andrianna Natsoulas, campaign director of <\/span>Don\u2019t Cage Our Oceans<\/span><\/a>, spoke about the impacts of aquafarming or aquaculture, land-based factory farming\u2019s underwater equivalent. Rachel Dreskin, CEO of the <\/span>Plant Based Foods Association<\/span><\/a>, and Amy Huang, university innovation manager at the <\/span>Good Food Institute<\/span><\/a>, described the science and work behind cruelty-free protein and the new type of food market that is emerging as more and more alternative protein options make their way onto grocery store shelves. And Miyoko Schinner, CEO and founder of <\/span>Miyoko\u2019s Creamery<\/span><\/a>, delighted attendees with her personal story of innovation in the plant-based food world.<\/span><\/p> In a new series of TED-style talks at the <\/span>David Brower Center<\/span><\/a>, 10 experts shared their personal stories. For instance, Bobak Bakhtiari, an actor, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, described how and why he created <\/span>Hangry Planet<\/span><\/a>, North America\u2019s first 100% plant-based convenience store, in San Bruno, California. Dr. Aysha Akhtar, a board-certified neurologist and co-founder of the <\/span>Center for Contemporary Sciences<\/span><\/a>, talked about how her childhood dog, Sylvester, taught her about humanity. Miguel <\/span>Orde\u00f1ana<\/span>, senior manager for community science at the <\/span>Los Angeles County Natural History Museum<\/span><\/a>, told of his discovery of \u201cP-22,\u201d a mountain lion that inspired the construction of the world\u2019s largest wildlife crossing. Thomas Linzey, senior legal counsel for the <\/span>Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights<\/span><\/a>, who was named one of the top 400 environmentalists of the last 200 years, described the growing movement for the legal rights of nature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Also new this year was the Animal Grantmakers Melanie Anderson Lifetime Excellence in Animal Protection (LEAP) Award, which was presented to Sharon Negri, founder and director of <\/span>WildFutures<\/span><\/a> (a project of the Earth Island Institute) and co-founder and former director of the <\/span>Mountain Lion Foundation<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p> To learn more about Animal Grantmakers, visit <\/span>https:\/\/animalgrantmakers.org\/<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>","excerpt":"Philosophers from Aristotle and Aquinas to Descartes, Mill, Kant, and Schopenhauer have debated the moral status of animals for more than 2,000 years, with sentience being the most common denominator in animal ethics deliberations. If these theorists were","byline":"","author":"Animal Grantmakers","author_bio":"Conference Partners and Supporters<\/b>Animal Sentience<\/h4>
The Interconnected Welfare of Animals and People<\/h4>
Factory Farming<\/h4>
Plant-based Convenience Stores, P-22 the Mountain Lion, a Dog Named Sylvester, and More<\/h4>
\r\n\r\nSix local organizations working on animal issues hosted Animal Grantmakers\u2019 conference participants for field trips: <\/span>Cat Town<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Muttville<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>San Francisco Animal Care and Control<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Marine Mammal Center<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Eat Just<\/span><\/a> (maker of JUST Egg).<\/span>\r\n\r\nA record number of Animal Grantmakers members\u201411\u2014sponsored the conference this year: <\/span>