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Pulling ropes at Day of the Dead Festival, Guatemala (Source: James Rodriguez/Panos Pictures)
Countering extreme right narratives: learning from the Hive community

Ocean Rebellion action in London, UK (Source: Crispin Hughes/Panos Pictures)
Civic Futures-funded report explores the growing securitization of the climate crisis

Indigenous activist group in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Source: Lianne Milton/Panos Pictures)
Conditions to Flourish: Understanding the Ecosystem for Narrative Power

Hands raised at protest in Jordan (Source: Ahmad Aburob/Shutterstock)
Building narrative power: introducing the Global Narrative Hive

Protestor holds flare at 'Kill the Bill' march in London, UK (Source: Alisdare Hickson/ Flickr)
New report calls for urgent action to defend UK’s democratic space

Demonstrators at slavery memorial march in Berlin, Germany (Source: Stefan Boness/Panos Pictures)
The Security Playbook 101

Climate Protestors in Stockholm, Sweden (Source: Liv Oeian/ Shutterstock)
New website launched for Civic Futures

Flags of UN & EU stand in European council Building, Belgium (Source: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock)
Counter-terrorism policies are cutting off civil society’s access to resources

Protestors push shields of riot police in Bangkok, Thailand (Source: 1000 Words/Shutterstock)
FICS report reveals proliferation of agencies influencing counter-terrorism

Black Lives Matter March in New York, USA (Source: Lynsey Weatherspoon/Shutterstock)
Trends impacting civic space: “anti-rights groups”

Aerial view of distribution center in Sady, Poland (Source: Marcin Jóźwiak/Shutterstock)
How can we defend and expand civic space?

Source: Youtube, Poonam Joshi, November 9, 2021
#OnWhatMatters: Hilary Pennington talks with Poonam Joshi

Young man with BLM banner in front of police officers, London, UK (Source: Sandor Szmutko/ Shutterstock)
FICS and partners on foreign policy and civic space


Progressive philanthropy should be bold about funding futures-thinking and visioning work.


Pushing back the proliferation of counter-terrorism laws and policies

Riot police in cloud of tear gas, Hong Kong (Source: Dave Coulson/Shutterstock)
A New Initiative on Civic Space and Security

Students gather in climate protest in Sydney, Australia (Source: Holli/Shutterstock)
Rethinking civic space in an age of intersectional crises: a briefing for funders

Ice sheet breaking up over Antarctica (Source: Matt Palmer/Unsplash)
Climate, civic space and philanthropy

'Anti-Trump' protest at Ocean Beach, San Francisco (Source: Tim Gouw/Unsplash)
What is closing space grantmaking?

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