Wallace Global Fund

🎉 Congratulations to the Libra Foundation and Supriya Lopez Pillai, the foundation's new president! Supriya is a dynamic movement leader who we look forward to partnering with as we all work toward a more sustainable future. Read the full announcement to learn more about Supriya: https://lnkd.in/e_5_YwCE

Join us on Monday, July 22 for the first annual Henry A. Wallace Symposium "Countering American Fascism: Lessons from Organizing in the U.S. Heartland," presented by WGF with our partners the Institute for Policy Studies and The Nation. The symposium will feature John Nichols, correspondent for The Nation, Sulma Arias of People’s Action, a Tennessee UAW member, and Institute for Policy Studies Executive Director Tope Folarin, to discuss the challenges confronting American democracy in the face of rising fascism. Attend via Zoom or in person at Busboys & Poets on 14th St NW in D.C. RSVP and learn more: https://lnkd.in/evyescvt

GOOD NEWS: The National Assembly of The Gambia is upholding their ban on #FGM! This is a crucial victory for FGM activists like Safe Hands for Girls, The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, and Africa Women’s Rights Advocates who have worked fiercely to uphold the rights of women and girls in the region. Together, we can #EndFGM. Get the details: https://lnkd.in/envb_DFB

Our partner Majority Action has been encouraging investors to hold #Exxon’s directors accountable for the company’s egregious actions to undermine its own shareholders—in addition to their ongoing failure to manage their contributions to #climate risk. This cannot stand: https://lnkd.in/g7U9ZM8V

After 17 yrs of litigation, #Chiquita Brands International has been found liable for financing a paramilitary death squad that murdered innocent civilians. Chiquita gave more than $1.5 million to the death squads that killed thousands of people. The jury awarded $38 million to 8 plaintiffs, but many more have yet to go to trial. This is just the beginning. "This verdict sends a powerful message to corporations everywhere: profiting from human rights abuses will not go unpunished," says Marco Simons, General Counsel for WGF partner EarthRights International. Get the details: https://lnkd.in/eTcq8sTu

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, June 29. Moral March on D.C. with The Poor People’s Campaign to uplift the needs of 135+ million poor and low-wage people and workers across the country. Sign up to join the march, register a bus, volunteer, or become a mobilization partner: https://lnkd.in/dhcsgFFR

NEW REPORT from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) ➡️ Upcharge: Hidden Costs of Electric Utility Monopoly Power. The report is a deep dive into the private monopolies that control electric utilities, how they're ultimately destructive, and how we can (and should!) make structural reforms to restore competition and equilibrium to the sector. Read the report here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ejeHMeWz

Our partner the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is keeping an eye on large-scale mining operations across the globe! Their new Transition Minerals Tracker focuses on #HumanRights abuses. More than 2/3 of all allegations were linked to just 20 companies and the majority of abuse allegations came from Indigenous Peoples who disproportionately bear the brunt of harmful impacts from transition minerals mining. #EndFossilFuels Check it out: https://lnkd.in/ebY86JTQ

This is BIG! Vermont has become the first state to sign into law that oil companies be held financially responsible for damage caused by climate-driven floods, fires, & heat waves. Other states are considering similar laws—stay tuned. #FossilFuel companies must be held accountable for the climate emergency they’re largely responsible for. We must #EndFossilFuels. Read the latest: https://lnkd.in/egjWrmp9.

What if we told you over £1 trillion from UK pensions could be invested into climate solutions by 2035? 🌍 Learn more and take action to green your pension: https://lnkd.in/ezCCi-_N  Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/e-xxNtrh