Our Community

Why #GivingTuesday isn’t a big deal for Thousand Currents

We value our supporters as much as any other nonprofit. So why wouldn’t we make an effort on the biggest “giving holiday” of the year?

December 02, 2019

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Fighting for a healthy future in South Africa

Goldman Environmental Prize Winner, Desmond D’Sa urges funders to support communities fighting for climate justice.

November 14, 2019

Our Community

Ode to an organization I have loved and love still

Jennifer Lentfer shares a poem to celebrate her tenure as Thousand Currents’ Director of Communications.

September 10, 2019

Our Community

Daughter of storytellers, farmworkers, and genocide

Meet Gabriela Hylton Garza - a poet, storyteller, and our newest staff member

August 13, 2019

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We agree to pause

Why Thousand Currents takes a week off of regular work each year.

July 30, 2019

Alternative EconomiesGrassroots LeadershipLatin America

A new perception of property

How ISMUGUA is building a community center rooted in natural and holistic wellbeing.

June 03, 2019

AfricaGrassroots Leadership

Not just possible…inevitable.

How IYWD supports young women to envision the Zimbabwe they want to see

May 21, 2019

What We Do

2 new directors, 2 new stars in our constellation

Katherine Zavala is the new Director of Grassroots Partnerships and Gaithiri Siva is the new Buen Vivir Fund Director at Thousand Currents.

May 17, 2019

Asia

The dangerous women in our lives

And the important lessons we learn from them about challenging the status quo

May 10, 2019

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When it came to money, grandmother knew best

How can grassroots wisdom transform financial systems?

April 27, 2019