This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just before Independence Day, scores of land defenders gathered at the national memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota as President Trump took the stage for a rally. They…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This has to be the year that pushes newsrooms to make progress on diversity and inclusion. As the Covid-19 crisis exposed glaring racial health disparities in the U.S., and as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you care deeply about both environmental and racial justice, the way food is produced in the U.S. is far, far from ideal. To begin with, industrial farming has negative environmental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless others this year underscore systemic racism’s detrimental role in our criminal justice system. And consistent with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last summer, as the Monterey Peninsula district in California planned to go back to school, homeless students quickly became a major focus. Superintendent PK Diffenbaugh worried about the 200 students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While charitable foundations regularly leverage grantmaking to advance their missions, the potential impact of their investments is not always similarly scrutinized. To begin exploring your foundation’s effect on Black, Indigenous…
In this conversation, Aaron Walker, Founder and CEO of Camelback Ventures, and Afi Tengue, VP of Philanthropy and Impact at Giving Compass, examine and debunk the myths that plague the social sector and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Millions of tons of hazardous wastes have been produced in the United States in the last 100 years and have been dispersed into the air, water, as well as on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When deciding to co-host a panel discussion on culturally responsive grantmaking and evaluation last year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin we had to confront some ugly truths. Too often grantmakers, decision-makers, and…
Philanthropy, like other sectors facing a moral reckoning on racial equity, continues to have a vital role to play in creating an America that lives up to the promise of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research suggests that U.S. foundations trust Black-led organizations enough to give them money, but not enough to give them control. A recent analysis by Bridgespan and Echoing Green looked at a set of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It may have taken the triple pandemic of a lethal virus, sharp economic downturn, and the national awakening to the injustices of systemic racism for many to finally realize it’s…