This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Welcoming San Diego is a multisector initiative to help credential and recredential immigrants to enter the local workforce. • Can this program be replicated in other cities?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Aspen Institute explored 100 U.S. cities with the most significant amount of Hispanic households and started mapping the Hispanic homeownership gap within those cities. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Direct Relief, along with its bot builder, Mind Heroes, have open-sourced their model of a chatbot that offers disaster relief guidance for other nonprofits to use. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are a few major takeaways from the 2019 National Conference on Ending Homelessness, focusing on topics such as affordable housing, racial equity, and advocacy. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank reports on OzHarvest, an Australian organization that plans to halve food waste by 2030 through dedication and perseverance. • OzHarvest has since expanded its frontier…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Neku Atawodi-Edun, Google’s plan to bring free, public high-speed wifi to Nigeria could help lift the country out of extreme poverty and add roughly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tom Vander Ark at Getting Smart describes four trends in learning: Contribution, immersive learning, success skills, and guidance. • How are these trends seen in classrooms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to Elizabeth Henderson at Food Tank, neonicotinoids are a downstream, destructive solution to pest problems. To protect healthier crops, farmers should look for more environmentally friendly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dr. Doug Fisher explains why literacy tools are the key to addressing poverty and that with them, students have more agency to go farther academically and professionally. …
Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from the Alzheimer’s Association and SAGE reveals the looming concerns of the LGBT community related to dementia: including medical descrimination and isloation as barriers to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Stephanie Strom discusses career preparation and explains that ‘career readiness’ in middle school means teaching students skills that will make them more flexible in the changing workforce. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • CoUrbanize is a web platform that allows the public to advise and comment on new building developments, ensuring that surrounding communities can be a part of…