This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kenneth Prewitt discusses how the potential for gerrymandering in our extremely polarized political climate threatens the validity of the 2020 census. • This year could set…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Liberia’s former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is launching an initiative that will empower women leaders and promote more diversity in democratic systems. • How can other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As femicide in Mexico increases, more women are protesting against gender-based violence and justice for female victims. • How are can donors help support youth-led movements…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ana-Marie Jones of Philanthropy California shares its organizational resilience-building approach that will advance equity and justice for the most vulnerable communities it serves. • Why is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • PACE Foundation shares five things it has learned about civic engagement and participation that will help advance democracy. • How can funders collaborate to promote civic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Blogging for Urban Institute, Elisabeth Jacobs shares some of her suggestions to modernize family and medical leave policies and better support American workers. • What is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At The Marshall Project, Keri Blakinger writes about the possible effects of a questionable Texas initiative to ban store-bought or homemade greeting cards in prisons. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Sierra Garcia reports that a new process has been discovered at Rice University that can transform garbage into graphene, a nanomaterial with great potential to cut carbon emissions. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our future, and that of Silicon Valley’s, will be determined by our community’s voter turnout in 2020. The quality of our schools, affordability of our housing, abundance of our open…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At The Conversation, Alka Kurian describes how women’s protests against new laws restricting citizenship rights in India are the latest actions in a global war against…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Iqbal Dhaliwal talks about his experience working with India’s state governments to reduce poverty through evidence-based policies. • Sometimes, governments are seen as barriers to effecting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Gurpreet Singh at Skoll says that we need coherent, integrated, and collaborative action when it comes to addressing the global environmental crisis. • How are you addressing environmental…