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Several scams in the form of email, phone, and text and social media message solicitations claiming to be from or associated with the Ford Foundation and/or Darren Walker are circulating.

Marielle Franco em agosto de 2016. Photo credit: Mídia NINJA
Equals Change Blog
“I am because we are”: 100 days without Marielle Franco
The Internet Business and New Technologies Fair "The Web Conference" took place during the Digital Summ'R in Lyon, France, on April 26, 2018. (Photo by Nicolas Liponne/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Equals Change Blog
Now is the time for social justice philanthropy to invest in emerging media
3d Future Network Technology
Equals Change Blog
A sci-fi fan’s journey into public interest tech
Public Interest Tech
Equals Change Blog
Four orgs ready to invest in #PublicInterestTech (Today!)
Rigorous evaluation is a key pillar of the BUILD approach.
Equals Change Blog
Five things to know about our evaluation of BUILD
Signage and American flags are displayed outside an American Legion Post on Election Day. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Equals Change Blog
Restoring voting rights in New York: An important step that resonates beyond state lines
Women hold signs during a protest against ongoing violence against women, in Gugulethu, on May 21, 2016, about 20 Km from the centre of Cape Town. Credit: RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images
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Social justice organizations are not squeaky clean, and we must do better
Programmers huddled at a table working on their laptops.
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A call for research on digital infrastructure
Speeches
Darren Walker delivers commencement address to Sarah Lawrence College
Speeches
Darren Walker delivers commencement address to Hamilton College
In the Colombian Amazon, indigenous women leaders came together to plan their participation in the assembly of the Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA).
Equals Change Blog
Off the beaten track, women leaders are on the rise