This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Disability intersects with other factors such as race, class, gender, and sexuality, to magnify degrees of marginalization and increase the risk of violence. When the media ignores or mishandles a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sierra Health Foundation launched the Positive Youth Justice Initiative (PYJI) in 2012 with the goal of supporting California counties to change the way they approach and work with justice-involved youth.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In response to the civil war in Syria that began in 2011 and has resulted in the displacement of more than 11 million people within and beyond the country’s borders,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Casey Billieson was fighting against the world. Hers was a charge carried by many mothers: moving mountains to make the best future for her two sons. But the mountains she…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Shondel Church was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri, last July, accused of stealing a generator and a tool box from his stepmother. He sat in Lafayette County Jail for six…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Diverse groups of people bring to organizations more and different ways of seeing a problem and, thus, faster/better ways of solving it.” We want to let you in on an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Feminist donors and social justice funders who apply a gender lens undoubtedly share as many differences as similarities. What they do have in common is a passion for gender equality…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is not good to be color-blind. There’s been plenty written on why. Psychology Today calls it a form of racism. Everyday Feminism details how colorblindness perpetuates injustice (the article…
In 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates took a walk on the beach and made a big decision: to give their Microsoft wealth back to society. In conversation with Chris Anderson,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How aligned are “socially responsible” funds with the missions, values and goals of their investors? What screening tools are these funds using? What should they be using? In partnership with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The lack of adequate support services for individuals with mental health needs is at a crisis level in our society. This is something that confronts so many of us each…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. WHAT: Nacido de Neuvo, an extremely timely short film about a border patrol agent and an illegal immigrant. WHO: Los Angeles-based director Evan Kaufmann. WHY WE CARE: “This whole situation…