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    The Future of Workforce Development

    The Annie E. Casey Foundation Apr 4, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Lisa Hamilton recently spoke with Currid about this work and the innovative ways that Samaschool is helping low-income residents leverage the workforce…

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    Why We Need Organic Food for All

    Food Tank Apr 4, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank highlights a new study published in Environmental Research that shows the positive impact that eating organic food can have on the body.  • What are the…

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    An Effective Community College

    The Aspen Institute Apr 4, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Aspen Institute explains how Miami Dade College is helping students find success after they graduate from the community college.  • How can funders help community colleges improve the…

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    10 Plant Forward Cookbooks that Make Greener Eating Easier

    Food Tank Apr 3, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • According to multiple recent reports, having a diet that is more plant forward not only provides health benefits but may also have a positive environmental impact.…

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    Private Compost Haulers are Emptying Landfills and Changing Minds

    Food Tank Apr 3, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Levi Gardner at Food Tank highlights some important organizations across North America that are offering fee-based service for weekly compost pickup, and in effect emptying landfills because they…

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    US Homelessness Crisis Is a Health Issue, Doctors and Advocates Warn

    Global Citizen Apr 3, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Being homeless puts more strain on health and other public services and the homelessness crisis in America has now become an issue that needs to be addressed,…

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    Four Ways You Can Help the Victims of Cyclone Idai

    Global Citizen Apr 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Joe McCarthy, writing for Global Citizen, lists four ways to help the victims of cyclone Idai that impacted hundreds of people in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.  • What…

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    Family-school Ties at Center of Homelessness Prevention Program

    Education Dive Apr 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Tacoma Public Schools and Tacoma Housing Authority entered a partnership in 2011 that provides low-income families with housing services so their children can stay in the same…

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    Puerto Rico Faces a Food Crisis that Was Decades in the Making

    The New Food Economy Apr 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • H. Claire Brown at The New Food Economy explains how and why Puerto Rico is facing a major food crisis: Regulations, a finite amount of money for…

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    Why Businesses Fail at Machine Learning

    Medium Apr 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Medium post, Cassie Kozyrkov, Chief Decision Intelligence Engineer at Google, discusses the challenges of businesses adopting machine learning and why they do it so poorly:…

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    Farmers In Kansas Are Running Out of Water

    The New Food Economy Apr 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Kansas’ vital natural resource of water is becoming depleted, as The New Food Economy reports. Now, the state has to decide whether to cut back and face…

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    New York Becomes First City in US to Approve Congestion Pricing

    The Guardian Apr 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • New York City has become the first in the US to approve congestion pricing policies. If properly used, congestion pricing can ease traffic, speed up travel…

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