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    Greenhouses Can Help Farmers Build Climate Resilience

    Food Tank

    In a farming region outside of Hyderabad, India, the nonprofit Kheyti is using a “Greenhouse-in-a-box” solution to build climate resilience and income stability among India’s smallholder farmers. Founded in 2015, the organization’s…

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    Cities and States Are Standing Up for Workers’ Rights

    YES! Magazine

    On Tuesday, October 8, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what have been dubbed “the LGBT employment cases,” where two gay men, Donald Zarda and Gerald Bostock, and one…

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    Understanding the Financial Costs of Crime Victimization

    Urban Institute Oct 13, 2020

    In response to the violent killings of Black Americans at the hands of law enforcement and the challenges of serving victims of crime during a pandemic, advocates and policymakers are…

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    Honoring and Amplifying Indigenous Food Systems [Audio]

    Food Tank Oct 13, 2020

    On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani speaks with the Director of Programs – Native Agriculture and Food Systems for First Nations Development Institute, A-dae Romero-Briones. They discuss the work First…

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    Examining Food Safety Net Programs in the United States

    Berkeley Food Institute | Haas Institute | Goldman School of Public Policy Oct 13, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This report analyzes the current state of SNAP and discusses the future of food safety net programs in the United States. • What key role do…

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    Changing the Ways We Think About Nonprofit Work

    Medium

    There’s a concept I want to socialize. It’s called Non-profit Social Responsibility. It isn’t a term I coined, nor is it widely used or accepted. But It’s a concept non-profit…

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    Going Upstream: Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing Justice

    Medium

    There’s an often-told story in public health school about a group of villagers near the shore of a river who suddenly see children being swept downstream. After they form a…

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    A Lesson Plan is Teaching Students About the Pervasiveness of Hunger

    Food Tank Oct 13, 2020

    New lesson plans from Kids Can Make a Difference (KIDS) aim to help students around the world understand the root causes of hunger. The program, called Hunger Now, encourages young people…

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    Permanent Outdoor Dining Has an Impact on People With Disabilities During COVID-19

    The Counter Oct 12, 2020

    Edith Prentiss, a 68-year-old resident of New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood, has relied on a wheelchair for 28 years because of a badly injured right leg. She struggles to…

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    Distance Learning for Homeless Families Comes With Difficult Choices

    NPR Oct 12, 2020

    For this story, NPR spoke with students, parents, caregivers, shelter managers and school leaders across the country about what it means, in this moment, to be homeless and schoolless. Remote…

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    The Importance of Listening in Disaster Recovery Work With Indigenous Communities

    Charity Navigator Oct 12, 2020

    Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day.  No matter how a state may reference the day, whether it is recognized as Native American Day, First Peoples’ Day, or American Indian Day, in Indian…

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    Equitable Development as a Path to Racial Equity

    Government Alliance on Race and Equity Oct 12, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This report from Government Alliance on Race and Equity provides a roadmap for equitable development to advance racial equity. • What role can you play in…

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