Yessenia

Yessenia Soto

Community engagement officer on civil society resourcing
CIVICUS

Yessenia Soto works with CIVICUS as a community engagement officer on civil society resourcing. CIVICUS is a global alliance of is a global network of activists and civil society organisations dedicated to strengthening civil society and citizen action around the world. Yessenia is a communications specialist and has worked in the international development sector for the last 14 years with organisations promoting sustainability, conservation, education, civil society and human rights.

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Youth activists with the grassroots group Youth4Parliament, in Zambia, after a local dialogue where they discussed their resourcing challenges and visions for change as part of the Grassroots Solidarity Revolution activities. The group is also organising

Are you a good grassroots ally? Think twice about it

22 June 2022
We are witnessing a widespread recognition of the importance to shift power to local communities. But does this mean that we are really becoming better allies of grassroots groups? Maybe not.