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Influencing Corporations and Finance, Engaging Communities to Protect Wildlife

Nonhuman apes are under threat everywhere they live. As people around the world consume more and more products relying on resources that come out of their tropical forest homes, bonobos, chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, and orangutans are increasingly vulnerable to habitat degradation and destruction.

Community Leaders and Coalitions Work to Advance Social Justice

From southern Africa to the southern United States, grassroots organizations are building a world in which all LGBTQ people can live with dignity, safety, and opportunity. Amid the many challenges of the past year, we have also witnessed sea changes in the direction of social justice as coalitions and movements shift culture and impact policy.

Glo Ross Joins Arcus as U.S. Social Justice Program Officer

NEW YORK, NY; CAMBRIDGE, UK – The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, is pleased to announce the appointment of Glo Ross (preferred gender pronouns: she/her/he/him/they/them) to the Social Justice Program as U. S.

Engaging Communities in Africa and Southeast Asia to Conserve Great Apes and Gibbons

Throughout tropical Africa and Southeast Asia, gibbons, gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, and chimpanzees are in danger. Their habitats are threatened by mining, infrastructure development, and cocoa production and other agriculture.

Protecting the Marginalized and Building Movements for LGBTQI Justice in the Face of a Pandemic

Communities that were marginalized before COVID-19 are hit even harder now as the pandemic continues. Taking stock of this new reality, Arcus’ latest round of Social Justice Program grants helps to strengthen grassroots movements for justice and advance legal protections for some of the most marginalized LGBTQ people, including trans women of color, migrant workers, asylum seekers, and others throughout Africa and the Americas.

Alison White Joins Arcus’ Great Apes & Gibbons Program as Research, Learning and Evaluation Program Officer

NEW YORK, NY; CAMBRIDGE, UK – The Arcus Foundation, a global foundation promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alison White (preferred gender pronouns: she/her) to the Great Apes & Gibbons Program as Research, Learning and Evaluation Program Officer. In her new role, Alison will focus on ensuring that learning from the field and broader society inform the foundation's strategic conservation grantmaking, and that knowledge emerging from Arcus’ field engagement in turn informs the sector and beyond.

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Influencing Corporations and Finance, Engaging Communities to Protect Wildlife

Community Leaders and Coalitions Work to Advance Social Justice

Glo Ross Joins Arcus as U.S. Social Justice Program Officer

Engaging Communities in Africa and Southeast Asia to Conserve Great Apes and Gibbons

Protecting the Marginalized and Building Movements for LGBTQI Justice in the Face of a Pandemic

Alison White Joins Arcus’ Great Apes & Gibbons Program as Research, Learning and Evaluation Program Officer

Arcus Foundation
Push Boundaries.
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U.S. Office

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U.K. Office

Social Justice Program

Great Apes & Gibbons Program

Influencing Corporations and Finance, Engaging Communities to Protect Wildlife

Community Leaders and Coalitions Work to Advance Social Justice

Glo Ross Joins Arcus as U.S. Social Justice Program Officer

Engaging Communities in Africa and Southeast Asia to Conserve Great Apes and Gibbons

Protecting the Marginalized and Building Movements for LGBTQI Justice in the Face of a Pandemic

Alison White Joins Arcus’ Great Apes & Gibbons Program as Research, Learning and Evaluation Program Officer

Arcus Foundation Push Boundaries. Make Change.

U.S. Office

Sign Up To Receive Arcus Publications and Email Notifications

U.K. Office

Social Justice Program

Great Apes & Gibbons Program

Arcus Foundation
Push Boundaries.
Make Change.