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NGO Soul + Strategy088. When You Have to Wind Down Your Nonprofit: How to do It Well, with Amy Miller-TaylorSummaryWhat does it take to lead an organization through a responsible and strategic closure? In this episode, I speak with Amy Miller-Taylor, former Executive Director of Global Integrity, about her experience navigating the complex decision to wind down an organization while ensuring its legacy, people, and resources were safeguarded. We explore the financial and strategic challenges that led to this decision, the leadership lessons Amy learned, and how organizations can approach closure as an intentional and thoughtful process rather than a last resort.Amy's BioFormer Executive Director of...2025-03-1046 min
Resilient ConversationsFrom Grassroots to Global: The Role of Local Communities in Development Agenda2024-10-211h 09Resilient ConversationsReligion and Resilience: The Role of Religious Leaders in Addressing Rising Polarization in the United States2024-07-2456 min
Angry PlanetThe Origins of Haiti’s Gangs and What Comes NextViolence thrives in countries where political solutions to conflict have failed. On this episode of Angry Planet, Jeffsky Poincy comes on the show to walk us through the origins of Haiti’s gang problems and lay out the complicated history that gave rise to them.Poincy, who is Haitian, is a program manager at PartnersGlobal, an NGO that helps foster democratic conflict resolution. Poincy’s perspective on the violence in Haiti is that it will require complicated and lengthy political solutions. The gangs thrive, he says, because of their place in a complicated transnational criminal network. It’s...2024-04-1044 min
Critical Conversations for Social WorkS2 Episode 1 (Part B): Lightening the Load: Learning from People Seeking AsylumDisclaimer: This episode discusses difficult topics related to racism, suicide, themes of displacement, and domestic and family violence. Listener discretion is advised.
Crew members Ruth and Jean unpack the previous episode whereby Laila and Deepa explore the challenges and creative practices used when working with people seeking asylum. They discuss the impacts of dominant social forces, such as neoliberalism and nationalism, the impact of the media, and the expectations linked to gratefulness discourses which are often experienced by people seeking asylum in Australia. Ruth adopts a feminist lens when deconstructing the part A episode. Ruth also speaks from her experience...2023-10-1137 min
Global in the Granite StateCoup are You? Niger's FateIn this episode, we delve into the recent coup in Niger, analyzing its implications and underscoring its significance on the global stage. On July 26th, the Presidential Guard took a daring step by placing President Mohamed Bazoum under house arrest, sealing the borders, imposing airspace restrictions, and boldly proclaiming the seizure of power. The world was caught off guard by this unforeseen upheaval, prompting a wave of sanctions and international condemnations.To provide deeper insights into this complex situation, we were privileged to speak with two distinguished individuals: Kamissa Camara, former Minister of Foreign Affairs...2023-08-1637 minResilient ConversationsThe Connection between Art and Resilience, Part FourWelcome to episode 12 of season one of Resilient Conversations, a podcast by PartnersGlobal that explores different facets of civic space resiliency. In this podcast, PartnersGlobal co-executive director, Roselie Vasquez-Yetter speaks with cellist, Tanya Anisimova, in the fourth in a series of vignettes on the artist collective who collaborated with PartnersGlobal and the International Human Rights Arts Festival.Cellist, composer, arranger Tanya Anisimova is a unique artist whose performances encompass standard repertoire, original compositions, and otherworldly improvisations with her own vocal accompaniment. Tanya has appeared on the stages of...2023-03-0655 minResilient ConversationsThe Connection between Art and Resilience, Part ThreeWelcome to episode 11 of season one of Resilient Conversations, a podcast by PartnersGlobal that explores different facets of civic space resiliency. In this podcast, PartnersGlobal co-executive director, Kyra Buchko speaks with Shedrick Pelt, a photographer, designer, and creative director committed to culture and community. Shedrick Pelt is a D.C. creative primarily focused on photojournalism and portrait, music, and commercial photography. Shedrick's work has covered local and nationwide news and he often highlights grassroots organizations and their work within the community. Shedrick’s photo book, We Keep Us Safe, released in 2020, doc...2023-02-0838 minResilient ConversationsResilient Funding PracticesWelcome to episode 10 of season one of Resilient Conversations, a podcast by PartnersGlobal that explores different facets of civic space resiliency. In this podcast, PartnersGlobal co-executive director, Roselie Vasquez-Yetter talks with Erin McCarthy, Senior Civil Society Advisor for U.S. Agency for International Development’s Europe and Eurasia Bureau, based in Washington, DC. Erin joins Resilient Conversations to discuss resilient funding practices at USAID. Their discussion explores how donors are adjusting policies and practices around grantmaking, reporting and monitoring processes. Their talk also offers a look into USAID’s adaptive approach to addre...2023-01-2453 minResilient ConversationsThe Connection between Art and Resilience, Part TwoWelcome to episode nine of season one of Resilient Conversations, a podcast by PartnersGlobal that explores different facets of civic space resiliency. In this podcast, PartnersGlobal co-executive director, Roselie Vasquez-Yetter speaks with Anne Labovitz, a visual artist, author and activist from St. Paul Minnesota, who creates work about how political, social, and cultural platforms can be turned into personal acts of care. Anne Labovitz is Artist Founder and Producer at 122 Conversations and Artist Founder and Managing Director at I Love You Institute. She is a contemporary artist whose work addresses themes...2022-12-1558 minResilient ConversationsThe Connection between Art and Resilience, Part OneWelcome to episode eight of season one of Resilient Conversations, a podcast by PartnersGlobal that explores different facets of civic space resiliency. In this podcast, PartnersGlobal co-executive director, Roselie Vasquez-Yetter talks with Tom Block - playwright, author, and visual artist who has spent three decades using art to explore the intersection of mysticism and society. Tom is the Founding Producer of New York City’s International Human Rights Art Festival (2017-present), producer of the first Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival (2010, Washington DC), creator of the Human Rights Painting Pr...2022-12-1545 minResilient ConversationsResilient Conversations Season 1 Midway Recap 1Welcome to Resilient Conversations, a podcast by PartnersGlobal that explores different facets of civic space resiliency. If you're new to this podcast, here's a recap of our first six episodes led by podcast producer, Aly Lyons.PartnersGlobal is a nonprofit based in Washington, DC that advances resilient civic space throughout the world by focusing on authentic partnership, locally-led solutions, inclusive processes, and conflict sensitivity to bring about more peaceful, secure, just, and accountable societies. Partners envisions a world where civil society thrives, change is managed peacefully, rights are protected, and democracy...2022-10-2808 minResilient ConversationsTrauma and the Integration of a Trauma-Informed Approach for Civil Society ResiliencyWelcome to episode six of season one of Resilient Conversations, a podcast by PartnersGlobal that explores different facets of civic space resiliency. Today’s conversation is about trauma sensitivity and what a trauma-informed framework for civil society resiliency looks like. I had the opportunity to chat with Alexa Brand - my colleague and manager of resiliency programs at PartnersGlobal. Alexa is an expert on the topic of trauma-informed care and civic space issues. Throughout her career, Alexa has been designing and leading trainings pertaining to social inclusion, gender equality, trauma-informed care, an...2022-09-0837 minResilient ConversationsAccess to Justice and Civic Space in NigeriaToday’s episode features a thought provoking conversation between Deborah Mancini Griffoli - the Director of the Africa Program at PartnersGlobal - and Odi Lagi - Program Director at the Network of University Legal Aid Institutions (NULAI) in Nigeria. NULAI is a network of clinical programs promoting access to justice, legal aid and public interest lawyering. Their conversation explores several topics ranging from legal hurdles and efforts by civil society to improve the situation for pretrial detainees in Nigeria to the security landscape and its impact on civic space resiliency. As a development professional and...2022-08-0929 minResilient ConversationsAnti-Corruption Efforts, Civil Society Legitimacy, and Collective ImpactWelcome to episode four of season one of Resilient Conversations, a podcast by PartnersGlobal that explores different facets of individual, organizational, sectoral, and systemic resiliency as it relates to civil society. Today’s episode features my colleague Jeffsky Poincy, a Program Manager at PartnersGlobal. We talked about Partners’ collaborative approach to fighting systemic corruption, the impact of legitimacy on civil society’s ability to fight corruption, and how corruption impacts civil society’s efforts. Originally from Haiti, Jeffsky’s current portfolio at Partners focuses on good governance, anti-corruption, and civil society resiliency in West Afric...2022-07-0830 min