This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Erin Brownfield explains how Olenka Villarreal championed a truly inclusive playground where all kids, including kids with disabilities, can play together. • Accessible equipment exists but is expensive.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Melody Schreiber explains the importance of donating breastmilk and the complications that accompany the process. • How can philanthropists help to facilitate the process? What education is needed to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lele Exum describes how she became an advocate fighting to end youth homelessness – particularly LGBTQ youth homelessness- in Minnesota. • How does youth homelessness relate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings explores the psychological effects that immigrant children separated from their families at the border will have on their longterm development, and addresses the urgent need…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Global Citizen tells the story of a young university student in Nigeria who used social media to provide proof of her professor’s sexual harassment. In this story, Monica…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ take: · Education Dive covers the topic of project-based learning and explains how a school in Tacoma, Washington uses daily meetings to encourage students and keep them focused…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristin Musulin shares how the NYU Tandon School of Engineering involves students in smart cities design to engage them in STEM. • How can this program be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jeffrey R. Young discusses the questions raised about the potential for makerspaces to be used to 3D print guns. • How can philanthropy support makerspaces? What is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dominique Mallard spent five years in the Colorado foster care system and by the time she left, she’d been through 22 foster homes. She’s been separated from her brother for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In a community where men dominate all leaderships positions, it can be hard to change the narrative and allow women a position at the table. Here, News…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · CityLab covers the recent excitement surrounding the city of Stockton and how Mayor Michael Tubbs is attracting donors and philanthropists to invest in the city. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Even with advancing technology, humans continue to fall for harmful scams. Writing for The Conversation, Frank T. McAndrew discusses the countless victims impacted by scams and explains that they…