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In this episode of #OnWhatMatters, Poonam Joshi, director of the Funders’ Initiative for Civil Society, speaks with Ford Foundation executive vice president of program Hilary Pennington about why protecting civic space is more important now than ever.
“We know that digital civic space is going to be fundamentally a part of the future of civic space and democracy. So what are the things that we could be funding right now? What are the things that civil society may not even be thinking about that we need for the future?” - Poonam Joshi
The Funders’ Initiative for Civil Society brings funders and civil society representatives together to work and collaborate on a wide range of issues from climate justice and racial justice to democracy, security, and technology.
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