This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Grassroots organizations in St. Louis are successfully campaigning for criminal justice reform and are garnering community support to achieve their goals. • This approach is effective because these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jessica knows a thing or two about being brave. Finding herself a single mom after leaving an unhealthy marriage, Jessica quickly discovered the overwhelming challenge of balancing motherhood, and working…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Cities often turn to distant solutions when looking to grow their economies and create new jobs, but they forget about the opportunities right at home. The Brookings Institution…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · News Deeply talks with Arif Husain, chief economist at the World Food Programme, about the use of hunger as a tool of war and a new resolution aimed to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Segenet Kelemu shares how she overcame sexism to become one of the top scientists in Kenya, acting as an example for the next generation. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jackie Marchildon explains how Ismail Al-Hariri and his family were able to find a new home in Canada after a group of Canadians raised funds to bring them over…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors highlight the importance of equity over equality when building a diverse workforce as well as examine the role of corporate social responsibility initiatives that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rohini Dey founded the Women in Culinary Leadership program in 2012 in partnership with the James Beard Foundation in order to empower women chefs to be entrepreneurs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author provides information about six influential African youth activists that are fighting injustices and stigmas that directly affect young people living in Africa. • Many of these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Women4Women is an initiative that brings together female carpenters building tiny homes for women who are experiencing homelessness. • Volunteers from Women4Women are additionally running mentorship programs to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Governing Magazine explains how the CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams) program is training thousands of individuals around the county to be volunteer responders for natural disasters. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here’s what we’re reading: The state of America’s student-teacher racial gap: Our public school system has been majority-minority for years, but 80 percent of teachers are still white “Although America…