The Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx partnered with the Minneapolis Foundation to pursue justice, equity, and healing in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders and player…
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Click here for more.Changing the format of school board meetings may boost trust and engagement, especially among low-income groups and people of color, research finds. Schools in the United States are set to…
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Ten years ago, Wanda Johnson’s son, Oscar Grant, was fatally shot by a police officer at a BART station in Oakland, California. Since his tragic death, Wanda has been fighting…
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Our first-ever virtual Conversations with Chanda event guest was Vu Le, the creator of Nonprofit AF. Vu and Chanda talk about what community-centric philanthropy looks like, how philanthropy can be responsive…
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Click here for more.It’s entirely predictable, I suppose, but the backlash to last year’s reckoning on racism is definitely here, a year after George Floyd’s horrific murder–and now it’s visible within the little…
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Click here for more.People I meet always want to know how I survived the systems. Until recently, it was a question I dreaded to be asked. I wanted to avoid being retraumatized, looked…
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Click here for more.There is a common misconception that “reproductive rights” and “reproductive justice” are synonymous with each other and can be used interchangeably. They most definitely are not. The reproductive rights framework…
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Click here for more.After a year of increased violence and higher homicide rates in many U.S. cities, experts are now warning of a potentially violent summer to come. In the first three months of 2021 alone, the…
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Click here for more.When Angelina Spicer showed up to Kedren Community Health Center in South Los Angeles to get her COVID-19 vaccine in March, she was shocked to see hundreds of people waiting…
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Click here for more.This is a story about a relationship between a legal advocacy organization (ArchCity Defenders) and a philanthropic funder (the Amplify Fund) that is grounded in mutual trust. We came together…
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Click here for more.This Q&A is part of a series highlighting the work of Black education leaders in partnership with the 1954 Project. Adrian Mims didn’t set out to be a nonprofit leader.…
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Click here for more.If you’ve given to a fundraiser lately to help someone fill in the financial gaps between personal and governmental funding, you’ve participated in mutual aid. Mutual aid is a concept…