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    Aradhana (Anna) & Raj Asava: Influencing the Community and Shaping a Movement to End Hunger

    Time to Act Sep 27, 2021

    About Raj and Anna Issue areas: Hunger Geographic focus: Domestic (USA) Vehicle: Checkbook and Influence Years in philanthropy: More than 10 Time spent on philanthropy (weekly): 60 to 70 hours…

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    The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Grip on South Los Angeles

    Grist Sep 27, 2021

    Friday night seemed like any other for residents near Long Beach, California — until they heard what my mom later described to me as a “sonic boom.” Suddenly, family photos…

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    How Meat Alternatives Can Address Climate Change

    Mashable

    We live in a rapidly-warming world that is saturated in meat. Even in the wake of a pandemic that shuttered processing plants, raised prices, and boosted sales of alternative meat, the $1.7…

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    The Need for More Diversity at the Federal Reserve

    Equitable Growth Sep 26, 2021

    The Federal Reserve’s so-called dual mandate to maintain overall price stability and maximum sustainable growth in U.S. employment is always on the minds of the U.S. central bank’s Federal Open…

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    Black Families Were Left Out of Great Recession Recovery

    Futurity Sep 26, 2021

    During the decade-long economic recovery following the Great Recession, Black family households lost much more wealth than white families, regardless of class or profession, according to a new study. Notably,…

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    UN Summit Focuses on Improving Global Food Systems

    Eco-Business Sep 26, 2021

    People don’t agree on much when it comes to food. But most think how we produce it isn’t working for everyone on the planet, nor for crucial natural systems vital…

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    Flexible Funding Helps Communities Flourish

    Alliance Magazine Sep 26, 2021

    While many in North America and Europe have had the privilege of being double vaccinated, and schools and offices are slowly reopening making individual feel like the worst is now…

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    A New Generation of Black Farmers Focuses on Reparations

    YES! Magazine

    The UN Principles on Reparations and Immunity, which provides basic guiding principles around gross human rights violations, holds that “reparation should be proportional to the gravity of the violations and the…

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    Funding Leadership Development for Formerly Incarcerated People

    Medium Sep 25, 2021

    Criminal justice reform is an area of philanthropy that has expanded dynamically during the past several years, attracting a wide range of donors funding several approaches. As Inside Philanthropy has reported,…

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    Lowering Emissions and Utility Bills with Weatherization

    Grist Sep 25, 2021

    Unemployment and the shift to remote work have confined many U.S. workers to their homes for much of the past year and half. But some are struggling to keep their…

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    Supporting Students of Color by Funding Education, Not Incarceration

    The Hechinger Report Sep 25, 2021

    As doctors think about the havoc the global pandemic may cause in a classroom and education experts discuss learning loss, they need to hear from students — particularly from Black…

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    Multifaceted Support Programs Raise College Graduation Rates

    MDRC Sep 25, 2021

    Across the country, postsecondary education leaders are striving to increase graduation rates. Among a variety of evidence-based strategies to boost those numbers, perhaps the most prominent are multifaceted student support…

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