The Non Profit Industrial Complex (NPIC) is the
ideological building force within US society that represents billions of
US public money funneled (stolen?) into philanthropic foundations. Since
the Civil Rights movement began, the NPIC exploded onto the scene in the
form of a professionalized and controlled movement that often mirrors the
business corporate model. CWA will begin a book club and forum to discuss
the groundbreaking book by INCITE! The Revolution will not be funded.
We hope the book club will help articulate the direction CWA wants to go
in terms of funding, collaboration with like minded orgs and the fight for
social justice. We also are planning some kind of event for the Democratic
National Convention (DNC) and linking it to themes
in the book.
Links
The Decline of Progressive Policy and the New Philanthropy, by Robert O.
Bothwell
Social Service or Social Change?
(reprinted from The Revolution Will Not
Be Funded: Beyond the Non-profit Industrial Complex, published by
South End Press.)
Center for Responsible Funding
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Reforming the US Philanthropic Center (pdf)
New Orleans, Public Housing and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex.
Do Capitalists Fund Revolutions?
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The
Non Profit Industrial Complex and Alternatives
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NPID |
Alternative Movements |
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Promotes non-collaboration, competition |
Collaboration and alliances regardless of issue;
issues overlap |
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Short-term benchmarks, packaged and produced
measurable outcomes, success stories |
Long-term, holistic framework |
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Goal is to secure profits, sustainability of
organization |
Goal is liberation, sustain movement |
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Funded by foundations whose wealth is/was
obtained by the oppression of POC thru genocide, slavery and
exploitation |
Funded by constituents |
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Maintain associations with affluent Whites to
secure philanthropic contributions |
Diversified funding through collaboration with
other orgs. |
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“shadow-state” provides services government no
longer providing, surrogate state |
POC orgs more marginalized than white orgs |
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Corollary to Prison Industrial Complex |
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Professionalized career, promise of mobility
(mirror of corporate model) |
Mass movement of unpaid volunteers, often
without formal education |
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Funds legal and policy reform |
Policy of radical change in social reform |
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Neo-colonialist, paternalistic |
Self Determination |
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Monitors social justice movements, works with CIA
abroad and within US |
Monitors Foundations and holds them accountable |
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Paradigm shaping political influence that
safeguards White supremist capitalism |
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Book Club
CWA will be coordinating a supportive group in which
women of color's voices will be centered. Our monthly meetings will focus
on themes from the book,
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-profit Industrial
Complex, written by
members of
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence. The forum will be
co-hosted by a panel of women of color INCITE! members.
We will be exploring the intersections between race,
gender, and class (as well as other intersectionalities) within a
capitalist framework. Many of the challenges that have arisen for women
of color in non-profits in general, and violence against women non-profits
in particular, will be specifically addressed during our monthly book club
meetings. (Book Club Flyer click here.)
We will begin meeting with like minded non-profits
March 7 at Blackberries,
600-730 pm. We plan to meet every 3rd Friday
there, beginning in April. Check the calendar for details. Books are available for purchase
for 20$ at the forum or online at
Southend Press.
FORUM SCHEDULE:
MARCH 7TH-Introduction: The Revolution Will Not Be Funded, by Andrea Smith
APRIL 18-Pusuing a
Radical Anti-Violence Agenda Inside/Outside a Non-Profit Structure , by
Alisa Biera,
Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA) (pg. 151- 164).
MAY 16- TBA
TABLE OF
CONTENTS:
Part One: The Rise of the
Non-Profit Industrial Complex
1. The Political Logic of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, by Dylan Rodríguez
2. In The Shadow of the Shadow State, by Ruth Wilson Gilmore
3. From Black Awakening in Capitalist America, by Robert L. Allen
4. Democratizing American Philanthropy, by Christine E. Ahn
Part Two: Non-Profits and
Global Organizing
5. The Filth on Philanthropy: Progressive Philanthropy’s Agenda to
Misdirect Social Justice Movements and the Just Redistribution of Wealth
and Power, by Tiffany Lethabo King and Ewuare Osayande
6. Between Radical Theory and Community Praxis: Reflections on Organizing
and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, by Amara H. Pérez, Sisters in
Action for Power
7. Native Organizing Before the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, by Madonna
Thunder Hawk
8. Fundraising Is Not a Dirty Word: Community-Based Economic Strategies
for the Long Haul, by Stephanie Guilloud and William Cordery, Project
South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide
9. “we were never meant to survive”: Fighting Violence Against Women and
the Fourth World War, by Ana Clarissa Rojas Durazo
10. Social Service or Social Change?, by Paul Kivel
11. Pursuing a Radical Anti-Violence Agenda Inside/Outside a Non-Profit
Structure, by Alisa Bierria, Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA)
12. The NGOization of the
Palestine
Liberation Movement: Interviews with Hatem Bazian, Noura Erekat, Atef
Said, and Zeina Zaatari, by Andrea Smith
Part Three: Reformulating
The Role of Non-Profits
13. Radical Social Change: Searching for a New Foundation, by Adjoa
Florência Jones de Almeida
14. Are the Cops in Our Heads and Hearts?, by Paula X. Rojas
15. Non-Profits and the Autonomous Grassroots, by Eric Tang
16. On Our Own Terms: Ten Years of Radical Community Building with Sista
II Sista, by Nicole Burrowes, Morgan Cousins, Paula X. Rojas, and Ije Ude
Book Review by
KamWilliams
here.
Weekly Standard
Review
here.
Book Review by
here.
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