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    Starvation Is Being Used as a Weapon of War

    Global Citizen Sep 25, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen reports on how conflict around the world is creating food and nutrition crises, putting the lives of more than half a million children at…

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    How To Stop the Cycle of Violence In Cities

    Crain's Chicago Business Sep 25, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Crain’s Chicago Businesses explores how nonprofits and business leaders can help approach the epidemic of violence in the city, from hiring practices to investing in mental…

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    Why Federal Funding for After-School Programs Is Important

    Education Dive Sep 25, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Education Dive discusses the need for federal funding for after-school programs and suggests using a voucher program to cover the costs in order to give working parents…

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    Working in a Group to Meet Individual Goals

    The Hechinger Report Sep 25, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Collaboration in schools is not only an effective way to build lifelong skills, but it is also a successful way to achieve individual goals, according to The…

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    How Facebook’s Disaster Maps is Helping People Affected by Hurricane Florence

    Fast Company Sep 25, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company explains how aid organization are using Facebook’s Disaster Maps to locate people who evacuated for Hurricane Florence and provide them with the basic necessities they need…

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    Risk in the Age of Automation

    SmartBrief Sep 25, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Alex Sun discusses the risks and changes that will come with the Age of Automation, how risk is changing as society advances, and the emerging opportunities…

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    Mending the Broken Nonprofit Relationships

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 24, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Armando Zumaya, writing for the Stanford Social Innovation Review, discusses how development directors and nonprofit leaders can better their relationships to help organizations thrive.  • What would be…

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    This Rhode Island High School Helps Teen Parents Beat the Odds

    The 74 Media Inc. Sep 24, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Nowell Leadership Charter School explicitly helps teen parents graduate from high school and fully prepare them for college.  • How can philanthropists or organizations partner with schools that…

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    Empowering Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    Getting Smart Sep 24, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrea Keith, writing for Getting Smart, explains how empowering student innovation and entrepreneurship in the classroom is the future for the 21st-century workforce.  • Can teachers gain development…

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    Sounding The Alarm on Global Poverty

    Fortune Sep 24, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Bill and Melinda Gates released their Goalkeepers Data Report in which they discuss the alarming rate at which global poverty is increasing and the need for the U.S.…

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    The Troubled Kansas Child Welfare Agency

    Governing Magazine Sep 24, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Governing magazine reports that a young girl in Kansas’ state custody was sexually assaulted inside a child welfare office. After this disturbing incident, Gina Meier-Hummel, Kansas Department…

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    Why It’s Imperative We Listen to What Students Are Saying

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Sep 24, 2018

    Across the social sector, momentum is building in the movement to “get proximate” (as Bryan Stevenson has coined) to the individuals whom philanthropists are seeking to help. Listening to the…

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