This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Simone Weichselbaum and Nicole Lewis call for a concrete redistribution plan for defunding the police, citing its previous failures to end racist violence. • What can you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Destiny Thomas expresses how quickly sprung, pandemic-induced street designs harm Black members of their communities who had no voice in their development. • How can we…
Giving Compass’ Take: · Neil Jeffery identifies five myths that have prevented expanded access to clean water and sanitation to citizens living in urban areas around the world. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Eleanor Allen, CEO of Water For People, explains how water and sanitation are key components in building the foundation for sustainable development. · How can you support efforts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Equitable Growth Policy Director Amanda Fischer talks with Mehrsa Baradaran, professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, about the persistence of the racial wealth…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As part of the Liberate Philanthropy blog series (curated by Justice Funders), The Whitman Institute’s Pia Infante discusses how a trust-based approach can break through barriers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are some key takeaways from Southern California Grantmaker’s Policy Summit which covered how philanthropy needs to protect and strengthen democratic resilience during COVID-19. • Donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alexi Jones and Wendy Sawyer share data that reveals that U.S. police kill dramatically more civilians than police in similarly wealthy countries. • These instances of police…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brentin Mock reveals how cities allocate millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money towards the legal cost of police violence as opposed to improving marginalized communities. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • EdSurge’s Jeffrey R. Young discusses the compounding difficulties of police brutality, protest, and pandemic during many college students’ finals week. • How might these added stressors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers from the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington found that many school districts aren’t offering summer classes. • Some school districts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The head of infectious diseases at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo answers key questions about how to protest safely…