This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (NdCAD) is drawing on the African heritage of local families to help boost…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Zach Mortice at CityLab reports that the National Public Housing Museum, which will tell the history of American public housing in a remnant of a 1930s public housing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sam Bloch at The New Food Economy reports that city jails in New York City are now doing Meatless Mondays, citing the potential health and environmental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Miguel Altieri discusses why he believes urban agriculture is a way to enhance food security and offer environmental health and social benefits. • How can philanthropy support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Workplaces in the development sector could be doing a better job of building safer spaces for women that protect them from sexual violence, especially in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Yellowbrick, a New York-based company, targets Gen Z students by observing what they would like to study and partners with post-secondary institutions along with media, music…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Radhika Menon at IDR gives some highlights from impact evaluations of low-cost interventions across four Indian states that revealed interesting findings on how to accurately measure toilet…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Aravind Boddupalli and Erin Huffer argue that looking only at national housing trends can mask differences across states. They have created an interactive data tool that will help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · After reviewing recent surveys, Pew Research Center zeroes in on the problem Americans have with understanding privacy policies and laws and how personal data is used by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tim Daubach and Neo Chai Chin talk with three urban farmers that seek to fight climate change and feed city dwellers using less land, water, and energy.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Larry Jensen discusses how apprenticeships in early childhood education could improve the quality of teachers and offer financial security. • Why are highly educated early childhood educators critical…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a small plot of land in the province of Chuy in Kyrgyzstan, a group of women farmers harvest a bounty of produce: beans, beets, bell peppers, chiles, squash, tomatoes,…