Recognizing a pioneering approach to community development, the Obama Foundation this week selected Spark MicroGrants’ Executive Director and co-founder Sasha Fisher to join the inaugural 2018 Fellows class. Sasha will join 20 Fellows selected from more than 20,000 applicants from 191 countries to participate in a two-year program that brings together leaders from around the world focused on creating transformational change in response to the world’s most pressing problems. The Obama Foundation selected Sasha Fisher to continue Spark MicroGrants’ work on using community organizing and catalyst grants to foster democratic and economic development in rural Africa and beyond. Read More

"In my role at the Imago Dei Fund, I look forward to contributing to the empowerment of individuals and organizations who are so invested in challenging and changing the systems in place, and creating a Read More

Meaningful engagement with men and boys is increasingly recognized as critical to gender equality and equity, necessary not only for women’s empowerment, but also for transforming the social and gender norms that reinforce patriarchy and inequality and harm both women and men. Read More