Arcus Foundation 2017 Annual Report: Standing Up to Social and Environmental Injustices

Описание: Arcus' 2017 annual report video looks back on some of the significant milestones of 2017, summarizing achievements and challenges from a year of collaborative efforts within the LGBTQ and ape conservation movements. In 2017, Arcus made grants of over $28 million and partnered with more than 200 organizations working around the globe. The video highlights stories about the impact of the work of the foundation's grantee partners, from Africa and Asia to the United States, working on a range of projects and on the frontlines of social justice and conservation.

The video features grantees from the foundation's Great Apes & Gibbons Program, which aims to achieve conservation and respect for bonobos, chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, and orangutans by ensuring that resilient populations of these species are protected from extinction and living in habitats that are governed in a sustainable, just, and holistic manner; and that apes in captivity are cared for in accredited sanctuaries and are not exploited for entertainment or invasive research. Among others, you'll be introduced to Whitley Award winner Panut Hadisiswoyo, director of the Orangutan Information Centre in Sumatra, Indonesia, who says: "The threats have never been so severe for the last place on Earth where orangutans, rhinos, tigers, and elephants still live together in the wild."

Also featured in this video are stories of grantees from Arcus' Social Justice Program, which envisions a world in which all LGBTQ people live with dignity, safety, and opportunity in inclusive communities and societies. You'll hear about Jholerina Timbo of Wings to Transcend in Windhoek, Namibia, and Daroneshia Duncan of Transgender Advocates Knowledgeable Empowering in Birmingham, Alabama—both mobilizing resources to ensure an end to transphobic bullying, violence, and discrimination.

Guiding both programs is the belief that humans can live in harmony with one another and the natural world, and that respect for diversity among peoples and in nature is essential to a positive future for the planet and all its inhabitants.

🔗Read Arcus' full 2017 annual report: https://www.arcusfoundation.org/publi...

🔗Learn more about Arcus' Great Apes & Gibbons Program: https://www.arcusfoundation.org/our-s...

🔗Learn more about Arcus' Social Justice Program: https://www.arcusfoundation.org/our-s...

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