This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport, Texas, as a Category 4 storm. It is now a Category 1 hurricane and is expected to stall for several days over the southern…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When a receptionist hands out a form to fill out at a doctor’s office, the questions are usually about medical issues: What’s the visit for? Are you allergic to anything?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport, Texas, on August 25, the devastating storm has left several hundred thousand without power and several thousand displaced to shelters. Many areas of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The devastation from Hurricane Harvey continues to be felt throughout Texas, as heavy rains and catastrophic flooding are expecting to continue for days. As emergency services, charities and aid groups…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ensuring young people feel that they belong has direct impacts on how they perform in school and beyond. A study by the Center for Promise showed that low-income youth in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Seventeen years ago, Mauricio Lim Miller, a leader in the field of social services, received a phone call from Jerry Brown, who was the mayor of Oakland, Calif., at the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy at its core is not about money but about meaning, compassion, and generosity. Americans give a $1 billion a day to charitable institutions. The focus, however, is on money…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year’s Red Nose Day raised over $38 million in the United States, about a 20 percent increase from last year. Since its stateside launch in 2015, the campaign has brought in an estimated $98 million to support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If most job seekers use LinkedIn, it’s less useful if you’ve spent some or all of your adult life incarcerated and don’t have positions to list or colleagues to add.…
Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson of Wallingford, CT, tells us why she believes working with young girls is the best way to effect change in a community. I feel very strongly that when…
With increasing numbers of immigrant and refugee families settling outside the handful of states that have traditionally been home to the majority of newcomers, the children of immigrants now make…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Conventional design education believes that by training the mind and the hand, a designer can solve just about any problem. In many ways, this works beautifully. Designers leave their schooling…