This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over time, with these elements in place, we have measured substantial reductions in youth drug and alcohol use, with binge drinking and cigarette use down by more than half since…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “We have the voice. We have the power to change our own situation.” According to Maxine (Juno) Sinclair, a 2021 Fellow of Third Wave Fund’s Sex Worker Giving Circle (SWGC),…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every day, we see targeted efforts to limit the rights, diminish the dignity, and harm the lives of immigrants, in particular immigrants of color. Throughout American history, immigration laws have…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Lillian Singh, Vice President of Programs & Racial Wealth Equity at Prosperity Now, shares communication guidance related to race and racial economic equity terms. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Civil rights leader and education pioneer Bob Moses (1935-2021), who died in late July, always looked at his evolving mission through the lens of citizenship and what educational processes were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Opening up restrictive communities to multiplex housing may be a key strategy to promote racial residential integration in the Bay Area, new research from UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute released…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Racial equity has been a more explicit consideration for foundations, as CEP documented in a report released last month, but our data suggests that some communities continue to be overlooked. Across…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Jyoti Nanda explores how Latinx and Black students with disabilities experience criminalization in schools through punishment and segregation. • How can funders help schools better serve students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. PND spoke with Kavitha Mediratta, founding executive director of Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity, a ten-year, $60 million initiative launched by Atlantic Philanthropies, about that question and what her program is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, as we turn to philanthropic giving and think about how we can better invest in our communities, it is crucial that we center Black women and their lived…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite extensive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that have raised awareness of structural racism, the nonprofit sector has seen relatively little change, and its leadership still does not accurately represent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 2021 Capital Collaborative was such a transformative experience because it hit on so many components of my life: The personal (how race has played a role in where I…