This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program and the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions gathered panelists for the Working in America Series to discuss how race plays a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Council on Foundations Career Pathways Program serves as a leadership tool to help philanthropists and senior foundation staff focus on equity. • Conferences like this are important…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This post from the India Development Review examines the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), which is trying to end open defecation in India through affordable toilet construction. One…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for News Deeply, Naipanoi Lepapa explains why the residents of a Kenyan village are protesting the loss of their land to the government. According to Lepapa, these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • After the suicide of a 9-year-old boy in Colorado who faced bullying after he came out, TIME analyzes the mental health challenges facing LGBTQ kids. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As the desire to change the world continues to increase, Medium speaks with Canadian actor, writer and producer Michael Coleman about his contributions to a Vancouver children’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researcher David Roodman found, even using the most favorable cost-benefit valuation for the “deterrence” hypothesis, that even if increasing incarceration rates leads to a decrease in crime,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Journalist Soledad O’ Brien implores companies to start diversifying their workforce by connecting graduating students to the right opportunities, especially students of color. • How can companies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Author Vu Le provides the varied ways that majority white nonprofit organizations can effectively collaborate and support organizations that are led by communities of color. • Why is it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Elizabeth Cousens at the United Nations Foundation argues for the importance of multilateralism (collaboration among nations to solve big problems), citing past successes and growing threats…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this op-ed for The Hechinger Report, the authors argue that civic education in school must go beyond rote memorization and engage with communities out in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • EdSurge discusses the tricky topic of racial inequities in the education system and how to address them by examining our own biases through growth mindset: Let…