This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Melony Edwards is a first-generation farmer currently working as Farm Manager at Willowood Farm of Ebey’s Prairie on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle. Food Tank spoke with Edwards about her ongoing efforts to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hispanics In Philanthropy (HIP)’s President Ana Marie Argilagos released the following statement in honor of International Women’s Day: The contributions that women and girls make every day build economies, strengthen…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On February 7 and 8, over 120 funders, policy makers, advocates, and homeless housing and service providers from around the United States met in Seattle for what is believe to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New Communities, other nonprofits and historically black colleges across the South fought for the creation of the 2501 program in 1990, a farm bill initiative designed to help minority farmers through outreach…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Four years and an entire chancellorship after Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to diversify New York City’s most elite high schools, the schools remain as stubbornly segregated as they were before he…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nekkita Beans, a Mississippi native and president of the University of Mississippi’s Black Student Union, stood center stage in a campus auditorium reading aloud the history of a group of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Julie Washington found herself sitting with a little girl at a school outside Detroit. The two were reading the classic P. D. Eastman picture book Are You My Mother? The girl—4…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the resurgence of the sexual misconduct allegations against former Oxfam staff in Haiti. Although the story originally surfaced in 2011, it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we celebrate the vibrancy, strength and resilience of all women and girls this month, we must also come together to make sure every young girl is supported, nurtured and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ten-year-old Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny, the onetime pageant winner who enthralled the country in 2016 by inspiring President Barack Obama to visit her hometown of Flint, Michigan, during the city’s ongoing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Teaching Excellence, a teacher training program in Texas, will receive $790,000 from the Walton Family Foundation to help diversify the teaching workforce and expand the reach of its mentoring work,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Educators cannot truly personalize instruction without carefully considering the “whole child” – meaning current skill level, previous instruction, socioeconomic status, and race. Yes… race! Some argue that race has no place in…