This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Launched in 2014 with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Ford Foundation, and Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund works to foster a culture of civic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 1. Talk to women and girls A fundamental reason we have not yet achieved gender equality in every realm is that women and girls’ voices are too often excluded from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More About This Organization: Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos aims to promote multicultural social justice, nonviolence and economic equity through cultural healing, civic leadership and youth & community development.
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Robin F. Bachin is the Assistant Provost for Civic and Community Engagement and the Charlton W. Tebeau Associate Professor of History at the University of Miami. Connecting the academy and the public has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the preface to his new book, A More Perfect Reunion: Race, Integration, and the Future of America, Calvin Baker argues that full racial integration is the most radical—and unrealized—idea in…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Logan Koepke et al. describe how tools used American law enforcement agencies can provide extensive and invasive insights into private citizens’ lives, and suggest recommendations to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the months leading up to the Nov. 3 election, many of us were warning that, even if the face of a clear Biden victory, Trump and the Republicans might attempt…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Months ago, Rashad Robinson, president of the civil rights organization Color Of Change, wrote, “We don’t get racial justice out of a true democracy. We get a true democracy out of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Civil society responses to COVID-19 in South Africa have shown remarkable agility, scope, and impact in the last nine months, especially in responding to the most-pressing problem in many vulnerable…
In this episode we unpick the complex relationship between philanthropy and democracy. Does philanthropy undermine democracy, or strengthen it? Do we need to make philanthropy itself more democratic? And if…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If all had gone according to plan, the Constitution pipeline would be carrying fracked gas 124 miles from the shale gas fields of Pennsylvania through streams, wetlands, and backyards across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2021 will be an opportunity to leverage the hard lessons of the past year and work in solidarity to accelerate the much-needed progress to achieve our shared goals. The year…