<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">As waves of change and awareness continue to break into our sector, #Globaldev Communicators Connect is back this month to support you in </font></span><font color="#000000">changing<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><i style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">#globaldev </i><i style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">narratives.</i><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> This</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> is your</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> ‘</span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">brave space’ where you can talk openly about everyday dilemmas at work + reimagining communications in the aid and philanthropy sector.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">This month's special guest is </font><a href="https://conference.africanpf.org/speakers/moky-makura/" target="_blank" style=""><font color="#0000ff">Moky Makura</font></a><font color="#000000">, Executive Director of </font><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://africanofilter.org/" target="_blank" style="">Africa No Filte</a><a href="https://africanofilter.org/" target="_blank" style="">r</a></font><font color="#000000">, whose mantra is </font></span><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">'until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.'</i><font color="#000000"> Africa No Filter is a funder</font><font color="#00ff00"> </font><font color="#000000">collaborative which amplifies pan-African voices and challenges stereotypical narratives about and within the continent. </font></p><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:14.95px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">The details of our second connect are:</font></p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><blockquote style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>Date: 11 November 2020 (Wednesday)</b></font></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Time: 10 - 11am EST / </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-indent:35.4pt">4 - 5pm CEST / </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-indent:35.4pt">7:30 - 8:30pm IST</span></b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><b><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Register here: </font></font></b><a href="https://collective.healingsolidarity.org/events/globaldev-communicators-connect?instance_index=20201114T150000Z" target="_blank">https://collective.healingsolidarity.org/events/globaldev-communicators-connect?instance_index=20201114T150000Z</a>  (You will first be prompted to join the Healing Solidarity Collective if you are not already a member.)</div><div><br></div></blockquote></span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://collective.healingsolidarity.org/events/globaldev-communicators-connect?instance_index=20201014T140000Z" target="_blank">#GlobalDev Communicators Connect</a>' is a monthly meeting in the <a href="https://collective.healingsolidarity.org/feed" target="_blank">Healing Solidarity Collective</a>, co-hosted by</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/authwall?trk=bf&trkInfo=AQFnZUtyXyp3pgAAAXTlJPKw-iQjrB4Z4HkdTCdDoPRgDb8ToIUT5Zk6IBM7Ou_5gXASO6lgkV9yMFwkXi1gbhQWIuYM1ZbKyVqE0KJdF9z9JD_6inJOyelUxp_an1wrmzrDd8E=&originalReferer=&sessionRedirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fjenniferlentfer%2F" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Jennifer Lentfer</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">and</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-your-x-factor-job-seeker-pacers-pandemic-series-4-okitoi-heisig/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Joan Okitoi</a>, <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">to support people responsible for external communications AND other those working in programs in international aid and philanthropy to connect to each other and reconnect to the creativity needed for our work. </span><span style="line-height:1.5;font-family:arial,sans-serif">In case you missed our first conversation in October with <a href="https://youngfeministfund.org/people/deepa-ranganathan/" target="_blank">Deepa Ranganathan</a> and </span><a href="https://youngfeministfund.org/people/maame-akua-kyerewaa-marfo/" target="_blank" style="line-height:1.5">Maame Akua Kyerewaa Marfo</a><span style="line-height:1.5;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> of the </span><a href="https://youngfeministfund.org/" target="_blank" style="line-height:1.5">Frida Fund</a><span style="line-height:1.5;font-family:arial,sans-serif">, here is a <a href="https://collective.healingsolidarity.org/posts/recording-of-globaldev-communicators-connect-october" target="_blank">link </a>to that conversation. </span></div></span><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-m_-5673327620622401917gmail-m_-3433914387129634065gmail-m_2023216834260524196gmail-m_8853309133569703144gmail-m_2772765883584729280gmail-docs-internal-guid-b7aacede-7fff-647c-8500-3dbc982241a8"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(84,84,84);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p></span></div><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Where and when can we take more “risks” to ignite/invite change in how our organizations communicate about our work? Let’s invite the uneasy conversations. </font>We can more effectively speak up against and amidst injustices of "poverty porn" and misrepresentation when we can rely on a community to support us.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://collective.healingsolidarity.org/events/globaldev-communicators-connect?instance_index=20201114T150000Z" target="_blank">Will you join us?</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:14.95px">Warmly,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:14.95px">Joan</p></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0b5394">Joan Okitoi-Heisig</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0b5394">Freelance Communicator/Moderator<br></font><div><font color="#0b5394"><a href="mailto:jokitoi@gmail.com" target="_blank">jokitoi@gmail.com</a>, +41 76 290 69 03 </font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>