Tech billionaires are reshaping our world. While Elon Musk grabs headlines, Bill Gates laid the blueprint—normalizing billionaire control over public policy through his foundation. Since 2000, the Gates Foundation has used private wealth to influence global agendas in education, health, agriculture, and climate toward corporate-friendly, market-driven solutions.
Yet while Gates has successfully paved the way for corporate capture of public goods, many of his ventures have ended in failure, leaving communities worse off. Now Gates is doubling down—pledging $200 billion to “develop” Africa—raising urgent questions about consent, power, and whose future is being designed.
This webinar brings together movement leaders across education, public health, climate justice, and food sovereignty to critically examine Gates’ legacy—and strategize how to confront the power of billionaire philanthropy. The time for accountability is long overdue.
MODERATOR Tim Schwab Journalist & author of The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire
SPEAKERS Gabriel Manyangadze on African Food Sovereignty - The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI) Nicoletta Dentico on Public Health - Society for International Development Jesse Hagopian on Public Education - Black Lives Matter at School Anuradha Mittal on Climate - The Oakland Institute
Hosted by A Growing Culture, Community Alliance for Global Justice/AGRA Watch, US Right to Know