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    Educators Experiment with Online and Offline Solutions to Distance Learning Around the World

    Global Washington Dec 19, 2020

    Globally, ministries of education and organizations are rolling out online curricula to keep children, particularly those in low- and lower-middle income countries, from dropping out. The pandemic’s impact on poverty…

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    Funding More Inclusive Immigration Policy After the Election

    GCIR Dec 19, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • GCIR’s report on immigration policy post-election guides donors towards a funding route that encourages inclusiveness for the next four years and beyond. • Why is it…

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    Mending the Holes in the U.S. Financial Safety Net

    Aspen Institute Dec 19, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A report from Aspen Institute offers a person-centered approach to improve equity and effectiveness within the U.S. financial safety net. • What makes the current financial…

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    Calling Ocean Philanthropies To Fight Against Ocean Plastic

    Forbes Dec 17, 2020

    We should all be encouraged by the financial commitments that political leaders and multinational companies are making with increasing frequency to address the world’s ocean plastic crisis. But these hundreds…

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    The Bail Project: Intended Impact and Theory of Change Case Study

    The Bridgespan Group Dec 16, 2020

    This case study shares an example of how a nonprofit organization with a mix of direct service and advocacy work approached developing its intended impact and theory of change. Many…

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    Improving Policies that Impact Black Boys and Men

    Brookings Dec 15, 2020

    Anything less than systemic change will allow the current system to continue to function as it was originally designed—to the detriment of Black men. To that end, the experts identified…

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    Key Findings from Proliferating Mini-grid Incentive Programs

    Brookings Dec 11, 2020

    Afew years ago, least-cost electrification models began pointing to an exciting possibility: solar and solar-diesel hybrid mini-grids could be the cheapest way to deliver reliable, on-demand electricity for hundreds of…

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    Eviction Moratoriums Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

    Urban Institute Dec 11, 2020

    In fewer than 30 days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) national eviction moratorium will expire. The Federal Housing Finance Agency has already extended the moratorium on federally backed…

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    How A New Alliance Is Reimagining a Just Georgia — and How You Can Help

    Giving Compass Dec 11, 2020

    Part One in a four-part series about the Georgia Systemic Change Alliance. Read Parts Two, Three, and Four. Faith, business, government, nonprofit, and philanthropy leaders in Georgia are hoping a…

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    How Native Nations Are Responding Effectively to the Pandemic

    YES! Magazine Dec 11, 2020

    As the months roll by, the pandemic continues to hit Indigenous nations hard. But this phenomenon is not new. Epidemics have been part of colonialism since settlers arrived. Health inequities…

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    The Problems with the National Flood Insurance Program

    Yale Environment 360 Dec 10, 2020

    Today, the NFIP is effectively bankrupt. It owes the U.S. Treasury nearly $25 billion – money it borrowed from federal taxpayers to cover its obligations in Sandy, Katrina (2005), and…

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    Oregon Just Decriminalized All Drugs – Here’s Why Voters Passed this Groundbreaking Reform

    The Conversation Dec 10, 2020

    Oregon became the first state in the United States to decriminalize the possession of all drugs on Nov. 3, 2020. Measure 110, a ballot initiative funded by the Drug Policy…

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