Criterion Institute Podcast: Finance & Social Change

#69: The Stories We Choose: Finding Meaning in the Broken Glass of 2025

Joy reflects on the past year and the importance of storytelling in shaping our future. She discusses the common practice of making New Year's resolutions and how they often fall short, advocating instead for a broader perspective that encompasses multiple narratives.

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#68: Clarity is Relational: Leadership in Complex Systems

Joy rants about clarity then shifts into a conversation with systems change leader Rachel Sinha, where the two explore communication as a relational and systemic practice.

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#67: Financing the Reduction of GBV: From Insights to Infrastructure

Joy Anderson discusses the intersection of finance and gender-based violence, emphasizing the need for transformative systems change. She reflects on the insights gained from Donella Meadows' work on leverage points in systems change and the importance of building infrastructure to support gender-based violence solutions.

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#66: Designing Finance for Context: A Conversation with Joanna Levitt Cea

Joy sits down with Joanna Levitt Cea, Founder and Principal of Valiente Capital Design and lead of the Gender Funders CoLab report Moving Beyond Grant Capital: Meeting the Moment with Innovative Finance.

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#65: Investing as if Hope Mattered: The Church, Finance, and the Imagination to Act

Joy reflects on the deep connections between faith, finance, and imagination.

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#64: Joy as an Act: Birthday reflections on what is in a name

Joy reflects on the meaning behind her name and what it represents in her life and work.

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#63: From Scarcity to Power: Reimagining Finance for Feminist Movements

Joy reflects on the crisis in funding for feminist and justice-focused non-profits, where traditional philanthropy has dramatically declined in recent years.

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#62: Pipelines of Trust: Rethinking Local Capital Mobilization in Africa

Joy chats with Elizabeth Howard about the transformative potential of finance in the context of African investments.

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#61: In Conversation: Building the Future of the Field from Convergence to Action

This episode dives into the creation of the new report: “Reimagining Gender Lens Investing Futures: Possibilities and Perspectives from the Field” and the pivotal role of the 2025 Convergence event.

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