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Mark Bradford in Conversation with Laurene Powell Jobs
Mark Bradford
December 09, 2022
Solomé Lemma is the executive director at Thousand Currents, where she works to bolster funding and support for organizations led by women, youth, and Indigenous people working to advance food sovereignty, climate justice, and economic empowerment in the Global South—and to make philanthropy more equitable along the way. Lemma and her team help harness the power of grassroots groups and community-led movements to effect social change, while understanding that philanthropic giving is not just about the allocation of funds; it is about mutual accountability, transparency, justice, and solidarity.
Previously, Lemma worked with Africans in the Diaspora (AiD), Global Fund for Children, and Human Rights Watch in New York. She received a master’s in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a bachelor’s in international relations from Stanford University. Her work and writings have been featured in Forbes, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Inside Philanthropy, among others, and she has been a guest on NPR, BBC, and Al Jazeera.
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