Writer and activist dedicated to strengthening civil society.
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Michael Edwards retweeted
This week's #ThrowbackThursday article from 1999 is on 'NGOs in a global future: marrying local delivery to worldwide leverage' by @edwarmi , David Hulme (@OfficialUoM), and Tina Wallace discussing role of #NGOs as vehicles of international development.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Michael Edwards retweeted
1 Sep 2022
It was 20 years ago this month that I completed my term as a Program Associate at @FordFoundation. It was a privilege to work at this great institution! Thx to amazing filmmaker Marcia Smith of @firelightmedia & civil society scholar @edwarmi for giving me a chance.
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Michael Edwards retweeted
15 Aug 2022
Lovely piece. Five years later, how are you getting on with the chestnut weed?
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Michael Edwards retweeted
11 Dec 2017
My new piece for @oDTransform on why we all need need more manual labor in our lives: bit.ly/2kZ13EE
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Michael Edwards retweeted
14 Aug 2022
Please, please come amigos- I will be there too.
@resultsuk @yl4h @YL4HGhana @vasanthihari @edwarmi @CambsOpenMedia
12 Aug 2022
Join the small team attempting to transform children in Madurai from 'low confidence low skills' to 'high confidence high skills'. We need you in Madurai 10hrs a week. #volunteer for #children in #Madurai
@MaduraiEmerging @UpdatesMadurai @YmcaMadurai @malpani @krishnanns
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Michael Edwards retweeted
1 Aug 2022
“Not only captures essential questions of our time (populism, polarization, privatization, bureaucratization) but confronts issues that will be only more central & relevant throughout the 21st century.”
@PIDSjournal reviews @edwarmi *Civil Society* ↓ tinyurl.com/2w3ycvdc
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Michael Edwards retweeted
28 Jul 2022
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Michael Edwards retweeted
30 Jun 2022
The soft authority of knowledge is ever more important as a force for social change says @edwarmi. So we need to explore that intersection where know what meets knowhow through deliberation, consensus building and accountability.
opendemocracy.net/en/5050/kn…
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Michael Edwards retweeted
24 Jan 2018
“The Powers are good. The Powers are fallen. The Powers must be redeemed.” Ted Grimsrud on the continued significance of Walter Wink: bit.ly/2BnNZLi
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Michael Edwards retweeted
22 Apr 2022
. @edwarmi elaborates further on the subject of power and gives us insightful food for thought.
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Michael Edwards retweeted
22 Apr 2022
Joining us as a guest speaker was @edwarmi. As foundations do not publicly publish their breakdown of diversity staff/trustees, Michael suggested ways in which we could go further if they did.
#FPRReport2022
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Michael Edwards retweeted
27 Mar 2022
That's a foundational list on accountable & progressive philanthropy! It's concerning that many tech billionaire donors appear not to use such wisdom from experience.
I mention the problem of ego-affirmation & a need for #generativegiving here:
jembendell.com/2019/04/04/ch…
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Michael Edwards retweeted
22 Mar 2022
@edwarmi points to a central question that concerns all foundations: whether they form a control system or a support system for democratically-directed social change. #FPRReport2022
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Michael Edwards retweeted
23 Mar 2022
"What’s lacking is a sense that you don’t have to be any of those things, you just have to be useful for people who are doing the work. Sense of humility and permeating it all the way through the practice of foundations will be no bad thing." - @edwarmi
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Michael Edwards retweeted
22 Mar 2022
Foundations are ‘masters of low-grade corrective action’ and self-reflecting with lots of evaluation followed by inaction, as a result not much has changed in the last 30-40 years. @edwarmi
Lots of conversation not leading to action…
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Michael Edwards retweeted
17 Mar 2022
There are 5 days until the launch of the Foundation Practice Rating Report on Tue, March 22, 2022, 2PM – 4PM GMT. We will be joined by @irfan_fozia @edwarmi and @MaxRutherford_
eventbrite.com/e/foundation-…
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Michael Edwards retweeted
16 Mar 2022
While Granny saves the cat, our defenders save Granny.
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Michael Edwards retweeted
17 Jul 2017
"True steadfastness sparkles with flexibility."
-Gurumayi Chidvilasanda
From Future Positive by @edwarmi 1999, p220
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Michael Edwards retweeted
10 Jan 2022
“Engaging & enhanced iteration of the theoretical discussion & pragmatic concerns that have made this a must-read for scholars. There is no doubt that students of civil society will benefit from this book.”
@lj_ochoa in @NVSQuarterly reviews @edwarmi's ↓
tinyurl.com/2ajnrdar
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