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    Volunteerism and What It Means For Civil Society

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 7, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Volunteerism in the U.S. is unfortunately on the decline, but individuals in both the public and private sector can play a critical role in increasing volunteer…

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    Big Indicators Can Help Solve Big World Problems

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 5, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses the rise of Big Indicators — essentially a detailed pulse-taking on global systems — and how they will influence the way…

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    Why Understanding the Meaning of the Diversity Matters

    The Conversation Sep 4, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Jennifer Mercieca explains the importance of enthymemes and how words can hold different meanings for various communities of people. She goes on to examine how people in…

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    Investigating Extreme Poverty in the UK

    Global Citizen Sep 4, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Around the world, 769 million people are living in extreme poverty. With the definition differing among countries, Global Citizen reports that a UN investigator will be investigating…

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    How South Africa’s Biggest Hip-Hop Star Is Becoming a Civil Rights Leader

    Global Citizen Sep 4, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Cassper Nyovest is a thoroughly South African artist with undeniable global influences and is using his music to push the civil rights movement in South Africa. Music has…

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    Citizenship as a Classroom Priority: Challenges in Preparing Student Activists

    The 74 Sep 3, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Superintendents responding to a Gallup poll say that it is challenging to prepare students to be engaged citizens, and shared other attitudes regarding student engagement and…

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    Mandela’s Legacy Lives on in South Africa Through Its Young People

    Global Citizen Sep 3, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Nelson Mandela’s legacy lives on in the youth of South Africa as young people are starting to believe they can fight the inequalities that plague the…

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    What Happened Since the 2017 Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg?

    Global Citizen Sep 2, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This article looks back at the 2017 Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg and takes a look to see if any headway has been made on the…

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    Half the World’s Schools Lack Clean Water and Safe Toilets

    Global Citizen Sep 1, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Global Citizen, millions of children are at a high risk of contracting diseases due to the lack of clean water and sanitation in over…

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    England Aims to End Homelessness by 2027

    Global Citizen Aug 31, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite the UN’s Global Goal aiming to ensure access to affordable and safe housing for everyone, England’s homelessness population has increased in the past several years.…

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    The Call for More Refugees

    Global Citizen Aug 31, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • According to Global Citizen, U.S. officials have written a letter to the White House requesting the admittance of 75,000 refugees come the next fiscal year. The…

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    What a Research Project Taught Us About Swachh Bharat Mission

    India Development Review Aug 30, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This post from the India Development Review examines the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), which is trying to end open defecation in India through affordable toilet construction. One…

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