All the pages introducing the different aspects of the project "Pilgrimage for Democracy and Social justice".
Our nascent project is still tiny, and it will achieve its goals by building up on the work of very large organizations.
We would be wasting our time if we were merely trying to replicate the excellent work already done by organizations of all kinds and which have much more financial and human resources than we do.
Yet, we notice many organizations which have identical aims, and which work separately from each other, in some cases even in competition with one another. We wish to acknowledge the immense contributions made by those organizations. Everywhere appropriate we shall refer their work to our readers.
We are connecting the dots, highlighting similarities in action and in purpose between organizations, between our work and theirs.
At the same time, we notice some lacking perspectives and missing elements. Our work aims to fill the gaps.
The following list only present the main organizations that we rely on. A full list of people and organizations on whose work we build our own could never be compiled.
The list below is presented in alphabetical order.
With its approx. 150 staff and it USD 50 million budget, Freedom House truly is a giant. Democracy being the core concern of both Freedom House and the Pilgrimage for Democracy and Social Justice, and the notion of "freedom" itself being a core feature of democracy, it is only natural for us to integrate as much as possible the work, data and information from Freedom House.
Within each country in the world that we cover, we already include the Freedom Index, the Internet Freedom Index as well as the country profile from Freedom House. We also take note of their policy recommendations, like for example on the topic of transnational authoritarianism.
Freedom House is a non-profit organization group in Washington, D.C. advocating democracy, political freedom, and human rights.
The size and the human resources of the Wikipedia project allow it to cover almost any topic in much more depth than we could ever wish to accomplish.
Many of our articles prominently link to relevant Wikipedia articles, so that it saves us the time to replicate the same work. This way, we can focus on our own analysis, editorializing and original research, all of which is forbidden to do on Wikipedia. See the article below for further discussion on the similarities and differences between Wikipedia and our project.
Discusses some differences and similarities between the Wikipedia project and the Pilgrimage for Democracy and Social Justice project.
In many ways the World Future Council, with its 27 members of staff [1], is already doing what we aspire to do, which is to compile a list of the best policies adopted by governments across the world. There is a definite overlap between the policy areas covered by the WFC and those of the Pilgrimage for Democracy and Social Justice aims to cover. Thus, our website integrates resources on public policy from the World Future Council, as can be seen for example on the articles about Costa Rica, the Philippines or about education.
The World Future Council (WFC) is a German non-profit foundation.. It works to pass on a healthy and sustainable planet with just and peaceful societies to future generations.
Millions upon millions of people and organisations are inspiring and worthy of our support. We could never list them all. For starters, have a look at the following listings.
Professional, leaders, activists, inspiring people... Millions upon millions purse the same goals as we do... Here are just a few.
Organisations whose missions are one way or another aligned with ours...
Compelling material to watch, to understand the issues at hand...
The phrase "standing on the shoulders of giants" is a metaphor which means "using the understanding gained by major thinkers who have gone before in order to make intellectual progress". It is a metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants and expresses the meaning of "discovering truth by building on previous discoveries". Famously, Issac Newton wrote in a 1675 letter: "if I have seen further [than others], it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."