This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen shares stories of grassroots activists in Nigeria and Kenya, whose efforts to halt rising sexual violence during COVID-19 need increased support. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • After three months of COVID-19 lockdown, there was a 40 percent monthly increase in teen pregnancies in Kenya. • What are some underlying reasons for this…
Giving Compass’ Take: • André Chapman and Noha Aboaleta discuss how the COVID-19 BLACK initiative aims to fight systemic disparities in health systems in Silicone Valley. • How can funders ensure…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Douglass Wood, in an article for The Aspen Institute, highlights one activist’s unprecedented role in creating opportunities for education in prison. • What will it take…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Samiha Khanna shares research that reveals bias against natural hairstyles keeps Black women from being seen as “professional,” reducing their job opportunities. • Identifying biases is an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • PACE’s report, “Youth Civic Engagement for Health Equity and Community Safety,” examines the prominent effect of youth voice and how youth civic engagement can create healthier communities. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here is a list of seven advocates that have stood up for our planet this year in various ways, pushing environmental activism forward. • How is…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael Gordon Voss interviews Tyrone Freeman at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University and Stasia Washington at First Foundation Advisors, about the landscape of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has taken many steps to build an effective approach to responding to COVID-19, through rapid testing and contact tracing. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jessica Calarco, writing for Business Insider, explores the critiques of pod-style learning models during COVID-19 and offers alternative, equitable solutions to key issues. • The suggested…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are four philanthropic disability-inclusive approaches to COVID-19 that can help inform foundations’ responses to the pandemic. • How can individual donors build disability-inclusive responses or…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from The National Urban League reveals that some progress was made toward equity leading up to COVID-19 but the pandemic reveals the gaps that Black,…