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    Community-led Evidence Based Approaches to Job Recovery

    Brookings Sep 18, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are several community-led, evidence-based approaches that local leaders can adopt to build job recovery initiatives.  • How can donors help with job recovery programs and…

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    Launching the Bay Area Homelessness Funders Network

    Northern California Grantmakers Sep 18, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Jackie Downing shares the resilience strategies and work of the Bay Area Homelessness Funders Network, a group of philanthropic leaders that collaborate to address homelessness in…

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    Donors: How You Give Matters More than You Might Realize

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Lindsay Louie explains that the way donors give to nonprofits affects the productivity of staff and the way they focus on work.  · Are you giving in…

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    How the Pandemic is Forcing Young People to Innovate

    Mashable Sep 17, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: •  Rebecca Ruiz, writing for Mashable, discusses how young people are handling the pandemic and showing resilience during this tumultuous time.  • How can donors help young…

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    14 Latinx Food Change Makers

    Food Tank Sep 17, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • From advocates for farm worker justice to agricultural researchers to cookbook authors, Food Tank highlights 14 Latinx individuals working to revolutionize the way we eat. • What…

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    The Phrase ‘Natural Disaster’ is Going Up in Flames

    Grist Sep 17, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Kate Yoder at Grist argues that the term “natural disaster” should not be used when talking about the mass wildfires happening because she believes climate change…

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    This Small Nation Has One of the Highest Rates of Gender-Based Violence in the World

    Global Citizen Sep 17, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Leah Rodriguez at Global Citizen highlights how Fiji is taking action to stop gender-based violence in the country. • How can funders help promote the wellbeing of all…

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    What Types of Interventions Promote Women’s Entrepreneurship?

    Brookings Sep 17, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors at Brookings argue that development organizations and governments looking to promote female entrepreneurship should focus on package interventions that address more than one constraint.…

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    Farmers Partner With Nonprofits To Help The Hungry

    Harvest Public Media Sep 17, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Seth Bodine at Harvest Public Media writes that through partnerships between nonprofits and farmers, extra crops can go to those in need instead of being wasted.  •…

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    California’s Wildfire Recovery Shouldn’t Amplify Inequities

    Grist Sep 17, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Yvette Cabrera writes about the perennial gaps in equity across California’s wildfire recovery efforts and how to address them. • Which communities suffer the most from…

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    What Will Job Recovery Look Like After COVID-19

    Brookings Sep 16, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Marcus Casey, writing for Brookings, explores what job recovery may look like beyond COVID-19, musing that job composition, training and skill-building may not return to normal. •…

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    Tackling Food Waste During the COVID-19 Pandemic [Video]

    GreenBiz Sep 16, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Adaptive strategies are emerging to tackle the issue of excessive food waste, now exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. • How can donors support adaptive food recovery…

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