Registration opens for Philea Forum 2025
Registration is now open for the Philea Forum 2025 “Power and Equality: A Balancing Act” in Lisbon from 2-5 June, hosted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Recent global events have amplified awareness of systemic inequalities and historical injustices. These incidents have sparked a societal reckoning with racial, social and economic justice, placing philanthropic organisations themselves under scrutiny for their role in perpetuating or challenging existing power imbalances. A clear line has since been drawn connecting widening inequality and power imbalances to rising polarisation and challenges to democracy.
The Philea Forum 2025 will address these critical issues, exploring the intersection of inequalities, power imbalances and structures which are sustaining them (including within philanthropy) and the ways in which we can help create the more equitable and just society we want and need. We will explore what truly equitable societies might look like and identify steps to create them.
This Forum aims not only to address the current challenges but also to inspire collective imagination to envision the kind of future we want, one that works for people and planet. Through various approaches, we will explore what truly equitable societies might look like and identify actionable steps to reach that destination. Our discussions will focus on how philanthropy can fulfil its promise by being impatient optimists, boldly imagining and pursuing innovative, hope-based activities. We will explore new ways of thinking and acting, using our collective imagination to create a brighter, better future where equality is a lived reality.
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