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Dear community, In the spirit of Panta Rhea, we’re reaching out to share several updates. Our foundation’s name is inspired by the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus and roughly translates to: “You never step into the same river twice” or “All things change, all things flow” — suggesting both inherent constancy and change as fundamental as life itself. Already, this year embodies that idea! At Panta Rhea we’ve been deepening global relationships with our sister foundation, Schoepflin Stiftung, and The Spore Initiative. Our board and staff engaged directly with our counterparts in Germany, and also met with current and potential partners in Mexico and Martinique. Together, we’re also exploring the potential to team up...

18 May, 2023

February 16, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm PST Co-hosted with Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement There are numerous ways that philanthropy can support civic engagement that strengthens democracy itself, and can lead to outcomes on specific issues to better serve the public interest. This webinar will showcase the range of activities foundations can embrace to advance civic engagement, and provide insights from funders about ways they have funded civic engagement in the context of food systems policy change.  Presenters: Kristen Cambell, CEO, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement Anna Lappé, Director of Food Sovereignty Fund, Panta Rhea Foundation Esperanza Pallana, Executive Director, Food and Farm Communications Fund This is a free, funder-only...

16 February, 2023

Along with partners at the Health and Environment Funders Network (HEFN) and Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders (SAFSF), Panta Rhea’s Anna Lappé developed and co-hosted a webinar for funders about the role of agrochemicals in the climate crisis and the global movement of civil society partners developing strategies to take on the agrochemicals industry at the intersections of food sovereignty, toxics, climate justice, and human rights. More than 100 funders tuned in to learn from and be the conversation with invited guests, including: Lili Fuhr, Deputy Director, Climate and Energy Program, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Marcia Ishii, Senior Scientist,...

16 November, 2022

Panta Rhea’s Anna Lappé co-hosted a webinar to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. More than 800 people registered to get inspired by advocates, farmers, scientists, and journalists. You can watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKYUbHO3ztc Art by: Maisie Richards, Round Water Design ...

10 October, 2022

In November 2021, Hans Schoepflin, my father and founder of the Panta Rhea Foundation, transitioned off the Foundation’s board. While it is a bittersweet moment in Panta Rhea’s evolution, it is also a moment to celebrate and honor his incredible legacy and to mark a years-long, intentional intergenerational leadership transition process. In honoring this transition, we wanted to share with our peers and colleagues some of our lessons learned in the hopes that it helps others in the field through the inevitable changes and evolutions in the work we do.  https://player.vimeo.com/video/691516768?h=78798dc375&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479 Under Hans’ leadership, Panta Rhea has supported work in environmental justice,...

17 March, 2022

Dear Community, At Panta Rhea, we continue to be guided by “all things change, all things flow,” the Greek meaning of our organization’s name. In December, Ann Dowley, who served as the director for the foundation’s Resilience & Renewal  program for more than ten years, sunsetted her staff role with us to focus on a counseling degree and expand her coaching practice. We are forever grateful to the groundwork she laid to ensure our grantee partners received transformative capacity-building support – and that we at the foundation benefitted from the same. Looking ahead, we’re searching for a creative, strategic, and adaptive social...

16 March, 2022

With climate chaos growing by the day, science and common sense dictate that the last thing our world can afford is more fossil fuel infrastructure. Yet U.S. oil and gas companies are still trying to break ground on new projects, whether pipelines or plants, frequently over the objections of the regions’ Indigenous communities and other neighbors. We're honored to join the Swift and Kataly Foundations in supporting grassroots efforts that are working towards a greener and more equitable planet. Learn more in this Inside Philanthropy article. ...

22 January, 2022

Panta Rhea’s Anna Lappé joins colleagues at the Global Alliance for the Future of Food for the launch of The Politics of Knowledge: Understanding the Evidence for Agroecology, Regenerative Approaches, and Indigenous Foodways. The new compendium tackles the dominant questions about evidence that are holding back food systems transformation. Authors unpack the narratives and legacies behind these questions and explore the many ways funders, researchers, and policymakers can take transformative action. Working with 17 contributing teams representing geographic, institutional, sectoral, gender, and racial diversity, the compendium explores the power and politics that shape and infuse understandings of evidence, what counts...

08 December, 2021

When California voters passed Propositions 11 and 20 to create the statewide independent redistricting commission a decade ago, there were concerns that such a panel would end up diluting the voting power of the state’s Asian, Latino and African American communities. The other commissioners and I felt the weight of that concern daily and took to heart our responsibility to serve all of our state’s diverse population. This must be kept in mind once again as the state prepares to redraw districts. Hear directly from Panta Rhea CEO Connie Archbold Robinson about the impact of her work with California’s redistricting commission...

21 October, 2021
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