Catalytic Conversations
Conversations that aim to stretch our imagination and challenge us to co-create desirable futures, as we build, sustain and deepen connections and community across borders and time zones.
We invite you to review past conversations and continue to join us and add your voice and dreams to our community!
Upcoming Conversations
Creative practice Session
with Kayhan Irani
May 21, 9am-10:30am ET
Kayhan Irani is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural worker whose practice bridges storytelling, theater, and education for liberation. An Emmy Award-winning writer and 2016 White House Champion of Change, she specializes in creating participatory art experiences that foster community healing and transformation. The Creative Pause is a way to practice using and exploring our inherent creativity and creative thinking despite conditions of ever-present loss and constant change.
Library of past Catalytic Conversations
with: Anasuya Sengupta and Timnit Gebru
March, 2026
with: Lame Olebile and Maie Panaga
February, 2026
with: Monica Roa
November, 2025
with: Thays Prado
October, 2025
with: Norma Wong
September, 2025
with: Nana Afidzinu - WACSI
July, 2025
with: María Alejandra Escalante and Maytik Avirama Pabon
June, 2025
with: Hanna Thomas Uose and Sepi Noohi (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
May, 2025
with: Naila Farouki
April, 2025
with: Iris Garcia from Kataly Foundation
March 2025
with: Fanta Toure, Purity Kagwiria, Kadiatu Konate, Maman Awa Diop
February 2025
with: Anasuya Sengupta, élysse marcellin, and Cassie Denbow at Whose Knowledge?
September 2024
with: Thays Prado
July 2024
with: Francoise Moudouthe & Terry de Vries
June 2024
With: Halima Mohamed and Nicolette Naylor
May 2024
African and feminist visions for liberation and transnational solidarity: what role for philanthropy? - Part 2
With: Halima Mohamed and Nicolette Naylor
May 2024
Envisioning and Building Pan-African and Feminist Economic and Funding Futures
With: Crystal Simeoni and and Fatimah Kelleher
April 2024
Centering Visions for Disability Justice in the Feminist Philanthropic Ecosystem
With:Catalina Devandas Aguilar
February 2024