The Global Fight to Preserve Meaning, Truth, and Shared Reality

In a moment when AI-generated photos & videos are eroding trust in visual evidence, more than technology is at stake. 2025 CFK Global Fellow Koketso Moeti highlights why protecting authenticity is also about protecting justice, democracy, and shared reality in this new #ResilienceResistance article.

Meaningful Solidarity Starts by Embracing Complex Realities True solidarity grows when complexity is welcomed. This article highlights the strength of Venezuelan civil society and calls for listening, humility, and global partnerships that genuinely support democracy.

A new article from #ResilienceResistance explores a more effective approach to solidarity for Venezuelans enduring years of crisis, calling for listening, humility, and global partnerships that genuinely support democracy. bit.ly/4m0CLV6

Carrying the Weight of Being a Witness This moving account of the ongoing crisis in Venezuela explores the emotional toll of witnessing from afar and the quiet acts of solidarity that help people endure unimaginable uncertainty.

New from #ResilienceResistance, this reflection on Venezuela’s ongoing crisis captures the fear and instability so many carry, while also showing how small acts of solidarity can bring strength, comfort, and a sense of connection: bit.ly/4lOpD5q

A new article from #ResilienceResistance argues that sanctions and other outside interventions should instead be replaced with global support for nonviolent, society‑led democratic change. https://bit.ly/3P6jk0L

From Stereotypes to Storytellers: The Narrative Power of Young Artists from Colombia’s Chocó Region In many conflict-affected places, young people are spoken about far more than they are listened to. Colombia’s Pacific region of Chocó is no exception. In 2025, the Institute for Integrated Transition...

For #ResilienceResistance, Mariana Valderrama Arriola and María Alejandra Fonseca share how 20 creatives used the Institute for Integrated Transitions’ narrative peacebuilding approach to highlight stories of leadership, creativity, and civic agency.

Leveraging Gender to Advance Authoritarianism, Part One As communities continue to push back against anti-democratic measures and group-targeted violence, it is more critical than ever to understand the narratives and policies driving and seeking to justif...

Around the world, attacks on gender equality are tied to efforts to divide communities.

The latest #ResilienceResistance article explores how gender is weaponized by authoritarian leaders and why understanding these dynamics is essential to defending rights and freedom for all.

Beyond a Unifying Story: Enriching Narratives for Inclusive Democracy In divided contexts, the narrative landscape is usually dominated by just a few stories that simplify complex realities and portray one group as heroes and others as villains. Such limited accounts cr...

Read the latest from #ResilienceResistance: bit.ly/45CZbov

Solidarity Without Borders: Civil Society Must Coordinate Internationally to Protect Democracy and Rights Across every continent, marginalized communities face systematic, escalating threats wherever democracy comes under attack. As dire as these circumstances may be, there are steps that civil society or...

Authoritarianism isn’t confined by borders, and collective action can’t be either.

Drawing on his senior level experience in US diplomacy, Darius Edgerton makes the case for coordinated global solidarity to protect freedom and human rights in #ResilienceResistance: https://bit.ly/49SvGjW

From Latin America to the global stage, this moment of crisis is also a moment of possibility.

Read how shifting narratives can help build a more just, democratic future in our latest #ResilienceResistance blog from the Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI): https://bit.ly/3LsnNt7

This is what it looks like to lead with values, even when no one is watching.

In this #ResilienceResistance piece, Accountability Lab’s Naseera Noor-Mahomed honors public servants who choose integrity every day.

Cheers to the 2025 Integrity Icon Award winners 🥂 https://bit.ly/4nkokLW

Around the Table: Where Democracy Begins Sometimes democracy begins around a table. Sometimes it begins in a gathering with whānau (extended family) where kai (a meal) is shared, stories are told, and courage is quietly born in conversation....

New in #ResilienceResistance: Phoebe Davis, activist for Māori rights and education in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and former KF international fellow, shares how whānau (extended family) gatherings help turn local elections into a living practice of belonging, representation, and self-determination.

In this powerful new #ResilienceResistance blog, scholar and sociologist Ferenc Hammer examines what happens when societies choose to stay silent. When we opt for silence instead of speaking up, we risk losing our voice entirely: https://bit.ly/3KEqB6c

Teaching Without Fear In Colombia, threats to academic freedom are often immediate—violence, censorship, intimidation. In Canada, the risks are more subtle in that they are embedded in laws, bureaucratic rules, or administ...

Academic freedom protects our ability to ask hard questions and explore complex ideas.

Catalina Arango Patiño shows how that freedom is under strain across the Americas, whether through violence or policies that silence dissent in our latest #ResilienceResistance post: https://bit.ly/4arATRq

Democracy 2.0 Requires a Commitment to the Common Good From the sustained community organizing that followed Mozambique’s 2024 elections to the student-led civic protests in Serbia, the world is full of reminders that the future of democracy is ours to sh...

Explore why collective well-being is essential to a thriving, inclusive future in our latest #ResilienceResistance blog by CFK Global Fellow Koketso Moeti: bit.ly/4r9xsoz

Beyond the Binary: Feminist Frameworks for Transformative Peacebuilding Justice and peace cannot be achieved if women’s lives remain confined to false separations between “public” and “private” or if the pain endured in our bodies and homes is dismissed as apolitical. Wom...

Read the latest from Mozn Hassan in our #ResilienceResistance series from #DemocracyAroundTheGlobe: bit.ly/43p0eqU

We Are Called to Build Civil society is facing a decisive moment. Civil society organizations (CSOs) that protect rights, strengthen communities, and open doors for those left out are under pressure like never before. Acros...

Civil society is people working together to protect freedoms, strengthen communities, and imagine new possibilities. The choice before us is clear: let it weaken or build it stronger, more resilient, and inclusive.

Read Guillermo Correa’s call to action in #ResilienceResistance: bit.ly/48JZfFg

What are we called to build for civil society? 🌍 #ResilienceResistance

“The struggle for freedom and rights never abates.”

In our latest #ResilienceResistance blog, KF Global Fellow Ivan Vejvoda reflects on what it means to defend democracy in times of uncertainty.

What happens in a democracy when women’s rights are rolled back? In the latest installment of #ResilienceResistance, Natalia Gherardi traces Argentina’s feminist movement from Ni Una Menos—“Not one (woman) less”—to today’s challenges under Argentine president Javier Milei.

Seven Crucial Reasons Academic Freedom Is Essential to Democracy Imposing political agendas on academic institutions and forcing them to conform to an administration’s values to secure their financial survival will result in universities losing both their credibili...

Silencing students & scholars means silencing democracy. New in #ResilienceResistance, Catalina Arango Patiño lays out 7 urgent reasons why defending academic freedom is non-negotiable. Arango urges us to defend truth, challenge repression, and protect the right to learn. https://bit.ly/3HPl0bN

The Struggle for a New World Is Here. How Will We Respond? Many elites, corporations, and hate-fueled provocateurs would benefit from us believing that we have no power. But the opposite is true. We are powerful; I should know.

In the latest installment of #ResilienceResistance, #KetteringFoundation Global Fellow Koketso Moeti reminds us: The struggle for a new world is here. And we are far from powerless. kettering.org/the-struggle...

New in #ResilienceResistance: Former #KetteringFoundation International Fellow Phoebe Davis shares how Paraikete Whero—a movement rooted in Māori ceremony and collective resistance—is reclaiming democracy in Aotearoa, also known as New Zealand, and inspiring action across the globe.

Building Pro-Democracy Coalitions: Lessons from Brazil Across the globe, democracy is in retreat. From Hungary to India, the United States to the Philippines, elected leaders have used the tools of democracy to slowly dismantle its foundations from within...

🇧🇷 How do we build strong, pro-democracy coalitions in polarized times? New in #ResilienceResistance from the #KetteringFoundation, CFK Global Fellow Flávia Pellegrino draws lessons from Brazil’s democratic struggles—and offers insights for democracies everywhere. bit.ly/4meaUja

Why Democracy Keeps Losing to Illiberalism—and How to Fight Back Trump and his allies are masters of destruction.

🌍 Why does democracy keep losing to illiberalism?

In the latest in #ResilienceResistance, CFK Global Fellow Gábor Scheiring makes a bold case: the rise of illiberalism is about the failure of democratic systems to deliver security, dignity, and real political voice.

📰 Read more: bit.ly/40jG3t9

The Age of the Billionaire and Corporate Takeover

Billionaires are bending democracy to their will.

✍️ New in #ResilienceResistance, #KetteringFoundation Global Fellow Koketso Moeti connects the increasing influence of money in US politics to South Africa’s history of state capture—warning of a global pattern we can’t ignore. bit.ly/44kOkPR

The Urgency of Now: Inclusive Narratives in Africa Growing up, I saw the immense disparity between the narratives portrayed in mainstream media and the lived realities of LGBTQ+ individuals in Africa. In conventional narratives, we were either invisib...

In our latest #ResilienceResistance blog, Chris Muriithi, founder of #BoldNetworkAfrica and a 2025 CFK Global Fellow, shares why inclusive narratives aren't just about visibility. They're about survival, justice, and power. kettering.org/the-urgency-...

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Democracy’s Stress Test: Combating Disinformation and External Influence in Romania’s Electoral Process The strength of Romania’s democracy depends not only on successfully countering disinformation but also on rebuilding trust in democratic institutions and electoral processes.

In our latest blog, Matei Vrabie exposes how digital manipulation nearly broke a democracy, and what it takes to fight back.

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As authoritarian actors align across borders, democratic defenders must do the same. #ResilienceResistance