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Wildfire Winter Camp
In November of 2016, 100 movement leaders came together with the support of Bertha Foundation. Wildfire Winter Camp brought together a wide group of leaders from across the country – from the...
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Bertha Justice Convening 2017
Bertha Justice Convening 2017 participants gather in Tulbagh, South Africa In April 2017, the latest cohort of Bertha Justice Fellows came together in South Africa to share experiences and learn from...
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Birth of the Black Workers Forum
In this blog, Palesa Madi, Bertha Justice Alumna at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, summarizes the historic rise of the Black Workers Forum (BWF), and their hopes and aspirations a year on from...
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The Road Home
Tens of thousands of destitute South Africans live in the Johannesburg Central Business District’s (CBD’s) abandoned high-rises and industrial buildings, making a home for themselves and their...
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Collaborative Approaches to Documentary
The Magnum Foundation is a non-profit organization expanding creativity and diversity in documentary photography. Through production grants, intensive mentorship programs, and labs for experimenting...
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Encounters Documentary Festival 2017
The Encounters South African International Documentary Festival (Encounters) is the oldest festival on the African continent solely dedicated to the genre. The core objectives of the festival are to...
View ArticleBertha Justice Network to Harry Roque: Don’t be Duterte Spokesman
The Bertha Justice Network has urged Philippine Congressman, Harry Roque, to reconsider taking up the position of President Duterte’s spokesman. Prior to his election to the House of Representatives in...
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Resistance is Fertile: Lessons from South Africa
“For the ordinary citizens of this country, it is time for your voices to be heard. This is not a time for petty differences amongst us to divide us. Our sworn enemies – and we all have our little...
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The Watershed Center: A Home for Movements
It was 2012, and the Occupy Movement had just collapsed. It had been a whirlwind for organizers in New York City and elsewhere – rushing to meet the opportunity presented by the most radical...
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Seeking Justice for the Malaya Lolas
During the Bertha-supported Women’s Working Group gathering in the Philippines in September 2017, women from the Bertha Justice Network traveled to Pampanga to meet and express solidarity with the...
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The Women’s Working Group in Manila
In this blog, Women’s Working Group (WWG) Coordinator and Bertha Justice Alumna Ethel Avisado writes about her reflections from the 2017 WWG gathering in Manila, Philippines and why she feels the WWG...
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Bertha Justice Network: Statement on the Situation in Palestine
We, the members of the Bertha Justice Network, a global network of human rights and movement lawyering organizations working in pursuit of social justice, are observing with the greatest concern the...
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Honoring and Remembering Zharmai Garcia, Bertha Justice Alumnx
Zharmai Garcia 1988 – 2018 We are saddened to announce that the Bertha Justice Network has lost a cherished friend this week. Zharmai Garcia was thoughtful, talented and inspiring. She was a Bertha...
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BERTHA JUSTICE NETWORK: OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT DUTERTE
Dear President Duterte: The undersigned Partners of the Bertha Justice Network are writing to express our outrage at the killings of thirty-four lawyers during your Administration, in the context of...
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Bertha Justice Network Welcomes New Partners
Over the last year, we have been working to expand the Bertha Justice Network, particularly in areas where the need for radical social justice lawyers is greatest but opportunities for newly graduated...
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Where are Bertha Justice Alumnx today?
In partnership with 20 of the best social justice law centers around the world, Bertha Foundation is training the next generation of radical lawyers through the Bertha Justice Fellowship Program. Our...
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Bertha Challenge
FELLOWS SELECTION Bertha Foundation supports activists, storytellers and lawyers working to bring about social and economic justice and human rights for all. A few months ago, Bertha Foundation...
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Fighting for Justice for Gazan Families
Through its Impact Opportunity Fund, Bertha Foundation enabled an event in September 2018 that brought together lawyers, activists and storytellers to publicly announce legal action that has been taken...
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Launching the second Bertha Challenge
OUR NEXT BERTHA CHALLENGE: THE CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL CRISES Bertha Foundation supports activists, storytellers and lawyers working to bring about social and economic justice and human rights for all....
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Bertha Challenge
2020-21 FELLOWS Bertha Foundation supports activists, storytellers and lawyers working to bring about social and economic justice and human rights for all. Bertha Foundation is delighted to introduce...
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