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    Policies to Help Reduce Inequality

    Brookings Aug 6, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley share eight types of policies that counties across the wealth spectrum can implement to help reduce inequalities.  • How can this…

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    Inspirational People Working to Reduce Food Waste

    Food Tank

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Nearly one-third of all food produced for human consumption — approximately 1.3 billion tons — is lost or wasted from farm to fork each year. Rennie…

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    Nine Steps Small Businesses Can Take for Disaster Relief

    GlobalGiving

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Miranda Cleland explains that small businesses can play a critical role in disaster relief. Here are nine ways that companies can make a difference after a…

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    Training Leaders to Help Respond to Gender-Based Violence

    Global Citizen Aug 5, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A U.N. program aims to train traditional leaders in Botswana to respond to conflict resolution in an effort to curb gender-based violence. • How can donors…

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    Activists That Push for Anti-racist Education

    Mashable Aug 5, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Natasha Pinon, writing for  Mashable, profiles the activists working hard to push anti-racism curricula at Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, AR.  • Is anti-racism curriculum a priority…

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    How Can We Help People with Low Incomes Access Fintech?

    Urban Institute Aug 5, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Kassie Scott and Jorge González explain how fintech can people safe during the pandemic and how coaching can help low-income Americans successfully use this type of technology.  •…

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    Wage Inequality in American Cities

    CityLab

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Florida discusses a study that shows that since 1980, wage growth for the highest-paid workers has been roughly triple that for the lowest paid, and…

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    Innovation and Failure in Local Government

    Aspen Institute Aug 4, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Centre for Public Impact recently released How to Fail (Forward): A Framework for Fostering Innovation in the Public Sector, to help local government embrace mistakes…

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    New Zealand Now Guarantees Gender Pay Equity

    Global Citizen Aug 4, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Madeleine Keck summarizes New Zealand’s transformative new bill that fairly compensates equal-value work to ensure gender pay equity. • How can the rest of the world…

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    The Growing Gap in Homeownership Across Income and Race

    Equitable Growth Aug 4, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • John Sabelhaus and Austin Clemens discuss the inequities in wealth that stem from the growing gap in homeownership across race and income. • How might the gap…

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    Why We Need to Support Black Banks and All CDFIs

    Urban Institute Aug 3, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Aspen Institute’s recent study on the benefits and limits of Black banks suggests a two-pronged approach is necessary to increase capital to Black banks.  • This two-pronged approach…

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    Visions of the Future of Food System Justice

    The Rockefeller Foundation Aug 3, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Rockefeller Foundation launched the Food System Vision Prize in October 2019 to call for future visions of what food system justice should look like. Here is a…

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