Financial Inclusion Week (FIW) is an annual gathering of the global community working to advance inclusive finance, convened by the Center for Financial Inclusion. Join global experts as they come…
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Click here for more.MENTOR works to advance equity and close the mentoring gap because we believe all young people deserve the opportunity to explore and fulfill their potential. We create solutions that prioritize…
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Click here for more.We can end homelessness for people with the most complex needs in our communities, including people with disabilities with the most extensive experiences of homelessness. We know the solution —…
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Click here for more.Urban, suburban, and rural communities alike have proven that we can drive down the number of Veterans experiencing homelessness to as close to zero as possible, while also building and sustaining…
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Click here for more.Food choices can have a big impact on the environment—research done by the journal Food Policy indicates that 16 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States come from food spending alone. Public…
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Click here for more.A team of five students from Ghana, Costa Rica, and the United States recently won a US$5,000 prize for developing a model to turn waste into sustainable fertilizer for rural…
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Click here for more.The Seattle-based architecture studio DynamikSpace is working to empower the city’s consumers to grow their own foods and build a better food system. Since 2000, DynamikSpace has designed spaces around indoor agriculture.…
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Click here for more.About one third of all 30-year-old men who aren’t working are either in prison, in jail, or are unemployed ex-prisoners. Almost half of ex-prisoners have no reported earnings in the…
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Click here for more.The retreat from work among men is a topic of great concern for scholars and policymakers. And for good reason: over the past fifty years, the prime-age male employment rate…
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Click here for more.Located in the Boston suburb of Newton, Massachusetts, Newton North High School serves over 2,000 students with a rich array of elective and career and technical programs. The school’s principal,…
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Click here for more.Climate change has joined racism, sexism, and related aggressions in creating a new dynamic demanding redress of America’s inequalities and defining its divisions. But it isn’t just limited to climate…