This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Breanna Draxler, writing for YES! Magazine, provides an overview of the COVID-19 responses from Germany, New Zealand, Brazil, and Nicaragua to highlight what the United States…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Generation Citizen is working with schools to promote and coordinate action civics projects for students to foster agency and student leadership. • According to Tufts University’s Tisch…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Timothy Bartik explains that place-based policies are needed to drive employment to reduce regional inequality. • How can funders work to create effective place-based policies to drive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Weihua Li and Humera Lodhi break down how states are tackling (or not tackling) police reform in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. • What role…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Quentin E. Hodgson and Jennifer Kavanagh discuss what is needed to ensure that the 2020 election is secure and that American voters can participate without compromising their health. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Indigenous organizer and tribal attorney, Tara Houska, and two social justice funders, Edgar Villanueva and Jason Franklin, discuss funding Indigenous resistance, activism, and organizing. • According to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society released the Doing Good Index 2020 to highlight the role of the social sector in Asia and the potential for greater impact. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Urban Institute, Rayanne Hawkins, Heather Hahn, and Alena Stern pinpoint how marginalized communities would benefit from making SNAP benefits accessible online during COVID-19. • How has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lindsay F. Wiley and Samuel R. Bagenstos expose discriminatory impacts of public health policy failures, which place disproportionate burdens on marginalized communities. • How have rigid public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In an excerpt from Dan Heath’s book Upstream, the author explains the “push for zero,” a strategy for change-makers to eliminate issues entirely, starting at the micro level.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tyina Steptoe talks with Kyle Mittan about how Juneteenth has progressed in recent years, culminating in 2020 as a centerpiece for activism. • How has Juneteenth progressed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Reliable access to clean water and sanitation may seem like a given in the U.S., but for many communities of color — already disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 — a lack…