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    How States Can Help Students Receive Food Assistance

    Urban Institute Feb 18, 2022

    Millions of students may not receive the food assistance they need this summer. Summer has long been recognized as a period of heightened food hardship for families with children who receive free…

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    Practices To Increase Equitable Funding for Diverse Business Founders

    Forbes Feb 18, 2022

    Building a successful business is all about bringing an idea that resonates with a target audience and venture capitalists to life. However, the reality of business is that every budding…

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    The Importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practices in Nonprofits

    Charity Navigator Feb 17, 2022

    In March 2022, Charity Navigator will release its first ratings evaluating the extent to which nonprofits are implementing policies and practices that contribute to inclusive workplaces and more equitable outcomes…

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    The Struggle for Gender Equality and Land Rights in Liberia

    Global Washington Feb 17, 2022

    Liberia in the 1990s was a place of turmoil, host to a brutal civil war that would kill at least 250,000 people and leave many thousands more displaced. The war…

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    The Link Between Air Pollution and Poor Childhood Development

    Global Citizen

    One of the most effective ways to promote children’s health is to reduce air pollution, according to a meta-analysis of 45 studies exploring the link between air pollution and stunting. The researchers…

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    Overcoming Barriers to People Experiencing Homelessness Getting Vaccinated

    Ending Homelessness Feb 17, 2022

    People experiencing homelessness may face a multitude of barriers to getting vaccinated. Challenges can range from inability to stay in one place for a long time to medical stigma against homelessness. The…

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    How CDFIs Leverage Collaboration for Racial Equity

    Medium Feb 16, 2022

    CDFIs have been around since the 1960s and they have a long history of investing in local institutions, providing financing to marginalized communities, and slowly changing the systems that have…

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    How We Creatively Used the Law to Protect Women’s and Girls’ Rights

    Global Washington Feb 16, 2022

    At Women’s Link, we have been using the law creatively to achieve justice for women and girls for more than 20 years. We are convinced that it is a valuable tool to bring them closer to…

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    Best Practices for Advancing Diversity in the Nonprofit Sector

    PEAK Grantmaking

    You make the observation in your book that diversity training in a corporate context isn’t effective despite major investments of time and money. In what ways do you see this…

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    The Impact of Climate Change on Incarcerated Populations

    EcoWatch Feb 16, 2022

    Climate change, on top of a long list of societal inequities, disproportionately harms incarcerated people in the U.S., a multi-part Intercept investigation reveals. California, Texas, and Florida have the highest…

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    Laws That Limit Carbon Emissions Have Extensive Benefits

    Grist

    The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, affectionately known as RGGI (pronounced “Reggie”), is becoming the coolest climate club on the East Coast. The program, which went into effect in 2009, places…

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    Increasing Prison Populations is a Public Health Issue

    Prison Policy Initiative Feb 15, 2022

    The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, particularly inside prisons and jails. The death rate from COVID-19 in prisons is more than double that of the general U.S. population. As cases and hospitalizations…

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