CDA and LCPI Commit to a Joint Future: Modeling change for international cooperation
Global Majority leadership with Global Minority solidarity Read our learning case story: Focus on "the who" (July 2026)CDA Collaborative Learning and Local Capacities for Peace International are entering a strategic affiliation that commits the two long-time partners to a shared future as an integrated international organization.
Registered in the U.S. (CDA) and Kenya (LCPI), the affiliation brings together complementary strengths: LCPI’s locally rooted leadership and field practice, and CDA’s global convening, research, and learning role. More than a structural change, this affiliation is a deliberate effort to model power-shifting, mutual accountability, and values-led transformation within the international aid system.
Guided by a spirit of hope and grounded in trust, the partnership challenges transactional approaches to global collaboration and centers Global Majority leadership with Global Minority solidarity.
CDA and LCPI are already advancing joint programming, governance integration, and a public learning agenda to share lessons from this journey.
Read more about our joint plans and about our decades of collaboration.
This strategic affiliation has been made possible in part through the support of The Lodestar Foundation and the Godley Family Foundation, whose commitment to values-led systems change has enabled CDA and LCPI to invest the time, trust, and learning required for thoughtful organizational integration. CDA and LCPI also value our strategic collaboration with Accountability Lab and the Civic Strength Partners initiative, whose shared focus on accountability, civic agency, and power-aware practice strengthens our joint learning, programming, and influence.
