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    Nonprofits Ought To Keep Their Promise On Equity

    Candid Nov 21, 2021

    While nearly all foundation leaders reported making changes to their grantmaking efforts in 2020, not all are necessarily planning to sustain those changes, a report from the Center for Effective…

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    Philanthropy Must Combat Internal Ableism

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Nov 20, 2021

    What kind of funding are you looking for, and do you have a budget for this year?” a staff person from a foundation asked me. We were talking about the…

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    Endowments Have the Potential to Empower Black Nonprofits

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Nov 20, 2021

    In May 2021, Howard University, one of the United States’ leading historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), rolled out a major fundraising effort for a new facility and endowment for…

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    Human Rights Violations in Renewable Energy Sector

    Grist Nov 20, 2021

    Eleven years ago, a human rights violation complaint arrived at the Business and Human Rights Resources Centre, or BHRRC. The London-based nonprofit monitors the activities of more than 10,000 companies…

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    The Climate Conference Agenda

    The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Nov 20, 2021

    Over the next two weeks, world leaders are meeting in Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th annual UN Climate Conference (COP26). Against a backdrop of intensifying climate impacts — such as…

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    Climate Change Shifts Focus on Urban Infrastructure

    Shareable Nov 20, 2021

    The impact of hazard exposures such as stormwater runoff is rarely evenly felt across a community. Neighborhoods of color, particularly of low-wealth, will often face worse stormwater problems especially in…

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    The Difficulties for Poor Incarcerated Individuals to Access Resources

    Prison Policy Initiative Nov 19, 2021

    Many people in prison struggle to purchase basic hygiene supplies, stamps, and other necessities of incarcerated life—thanks in part to the low wages they made before entering prison and the mere pennies they earn…

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    Addressing Trauma From the U.S. Indigenous Boarding Schools

    Independent Sector Nov 19, 2021

    As many people in this country prepare to gather with loved ones and give thanks, some even continuing to pass down the story through generations, we stare squarely at an…

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    The Benefits of Emphasizing in Schools

    Pacific Standard

    It is well-known that African Americans suffer from higher rates of heart disease than their fellow citizens. There is significant, if not conclusive, evidence that racism-driven stress is a likely factor. Hopeful new research suggests schools can…

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    Addressing Childhood Vaccination Hesitancy

    ideas42 Nov 19, 2021

    Vaccines are one of the most powerful and cost-effective public health interventions in the history of medicine. Each year, vaccines save millions of lives and billions of dollars in indirect…

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    How to Approach Children’s Mental Health

    InsideSources Nov 19, 2021

    We are in a time of societal crisis that is strongly impacting our children and families. The degree of pathology child and adolescent psychiatrists are seeing at all levels of…

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    Uncertainty for Indigenous Leaders After COP26

    Grist Nov 18, 2021

    After two intense weeks in Glasgow, Scotland, Indigenous leaders attending the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference are finally returning home. As the dust settles, many of them have begun…

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