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    Barriers to Women’s Workforce Participation

    Global Citizen Oct 11, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Daniele Selby unpacks the legal, cultural, and practical barriers to women’s workforce participation around the world. • Which of these barriers are most significant in communities…

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    Technology Solutions Aim to Reduce Poverty and Improve Global Health

    Global Washington Oct 10, 2019

    When they think of an innovator, many people imagine an individual, toiling away alone in a laboratory, coming up with ideas the world has never seen. In reality, most innovation…

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    Could a Movement for Community-Led Development Help End Global Hunger?

    Global Washington Oct 10, 2019

    Since 1977, The Hunger Project (THP) has been on a mission to end hunger, not just alleviate it. But over the decades, the organization has developed a profound conviction that…

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    The Man Who’s Going to Save Your Neighborhood Grocery Store

    The New Food Economy

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The New Food Economy reports that Kevin Kelley is trying to save the traditional American supermarket from online grocery delivery services by helping grocers prepare for a…

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    An Argument for Flexible Learning Environments

    Getting Smart

    Giving Compass’ Take: ·  Lauren Mehrbach and Chris Beingessner discuss the benefits that flexible learning environments provide for student development and teacher effectiveness. · How can funders help schools transition…

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    Philanthropy is Addressing Poverty Through Policy

    NCRP Oct 9, 2019

    You don’t have to look very far to see that we are in a critical moment in the poverty fight. More than 40 million people across the U.S. live below…

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    Climate Change Will Make California Wildfires Even Worse

    Futurity Oct 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • According to new research, the severity of wildfires in the Sierra Nevada region of California has been sensitive to changes in climate over the past 1,400…

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    A New Pathway to Citizenship for Undocumented Farmworkers

    Food Tank Oct 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Agricultural Worker Program Act could help to bring stability to undocumented farmworkers, their communities, their agricultural employers, and our food system as a whole. • How…

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    Immigrants’ Contributions to the U.S. Economy

    Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Oct 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Arloc Sherman, Danilo Trisi, Chad Stone, Shelby Gonzales, and Sharon Parrott share the many ways in which immigrants contribute to the U.S. economy. • How can funders help to improve understanding…

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    A Partnership to Strengthen Indian Americans’ Giving and Impact

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Oct 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Alex Counts and Bala Venkatachalam explain how 11 organizations came together to form the India Philanthropy Alliance to strengthen Indian Americans’ giving and impact. • Could collaboration help…

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    Policy Recommendations to Accelerate Economic Mobility

    Results for America Oct 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Results for America provides policy recommendations that can be implemented to improve economic mobility in America.   • How can funders work to make these policy recommendations reality…

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    Are Wages Changing?

    Brookings Oct 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard V. Reeves, Christopher Pulliam, and Ashley Schobert explain that depending on how you calculate wages, you may find that wages have fallen, grown, or stagnated.  •…

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