This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Emily Cubilete explains how history lessons inspired her to rise above the bleak future painted by a field trip to jail. • How can funders work to develop…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women Give 2019: Gender and Giving Across Communities of Color is the first study to explore the intersection of race, giving and gender. The report finds that generosity is a value…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andre Perry argues that the privilege of wealthy students revealed by Operation Varsity Blues is an argument for affirmative action which aims to compensate for those advantages. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stephanie Wang reports that Indiana is lowering requirements for black students in order to close the racial equity gap. • How can states support students of color…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Diana Elliott and Steven Brown explain how the recent college admissions scandal highlights the myth of the American meritocracy. • How can funders make the education system more equitable? …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kim Eckart-Washington explains how schools that value diversity can improve the health outcomes of students of color. • How can funders work to help schools support the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Smithsonian, author Katie Nodjimbadem highlights Richard Rothstein’s argument that residential segregation in cities is the result of state-sanctioned racial discrimination. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In the wake of the recent college admissions scandal, YES Magazine! writes about white privilege in America and how it affects multiple aspects, higher education included. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Many students of color around the U.S. are leading climate strikes in their schools as part of a youth-led global movement. Noting that communities of color…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ken Shelton, writing for EdSurge, discusses how edtech conferences need to encompass discussions, speakers, and leadership that focus on equity and race in education. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hannah Oren at GuideStar highlights nonprofit organizations in the U.S. that are helping African American communities through arts, education, human services and social action. • Donors who are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social justice work is tiring, painful and unpopular, but there is nothing that is more important to me than this work. I am grateful that it is so integral to…