This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Emily Pontecorvo explains that hurricanes disproportionately harm communities of color, but a lack of media coverage on the subject means that the public isn’t informed. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tiffany Smith explains how policymakers and nonprofits are working to improve maternal health outcomes for Black women, who disproportionately die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Futurity, legal experts Ron Tyler and Suzanne Luban discuss the lack of police accountability for excessive violence and how we can work toward reform. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • CityLab’s Laura Bliss details the “People’s Budget,” a movement in Los Angeles aimed at dramatically relocating police funds to public health and community services. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • EdSurge’s Jeffrey R. Young discusses the compounding difficulties of police brutality, protest, and pandemic during many college students’ finals week. • How might these added stressors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Maggie Koerth and Jamiles Lartey, at The Marshall Project, talk about why we need revised police tactics at protests to avoid escalation and unnecessary violence. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Isidoro Hazbun, with the Amazon Conservation Team, talks with Skoll about supporting remote communities with limited resources across the Amazon during coronavirus. • How does this reflect the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jim Giles, writing for GreenBiz, discusses discrimination in the food system and how systemic disparities in the food chain are severely impacting communities of color. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Finally, we are having the difficult, candid conversations about racism in America, but why is murder the forcing function? The unjust killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Protests around the world are highlighting the worth of urban parks and public spaces for civic engagement. However, city budgets are in danger of being cut,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Catherine Crystal Foster, writing for Medium, discusses how this moment can bring about positive change if we can share resources, listen to each other, and donate thoughtfully. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kathleen Enright, writing for Council on Foundations, discusses how philanthropy should work to fix a broken system that alienates people of color and disproportionately strikes these…