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    Strategies Proposed to Stop Shootings in America

    Business Insider Apr 20, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Business Insider, author Ellen Cranley discusses some of the most frequently proposed strategies to end mass shootings in America. • Which strategies…

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    Protecting Children in 21st Century Conflict

    Save the Children Apr 13, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Save the Children breaks down the ways in which conflicts impact children around the world and how intervening on behalf of children can improve the world. …

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    Working to Reduce Drowning Through Family Education

    Seattle Children's Hospital Apr 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Heather Cooper reports that the American Academy of Pediatrics is working to help pediatricians educate families about water safety to prevent drownings.  • How can funders work…

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    Aggressive Policing Hurts Minority Youth Education

    American Sociological Review Apr 7, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this paper from the American Sociological Association, authors Joscha Legewiea and Jeffrey Fagan discuss the effects of aggressive policing on the education of minority youths.…

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    What It’s Like to Go Back to School After a Shooting

    The Atlantic Apr 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Ashley Fetters at The Atlantic reviews Dave Cullen’s new book about the 2018 school shooting massacre in Parkland, Florida where he writes upon the turmoils and challenges…

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    Lasting Grief After a Mass Shooting

    The Atlantic Mar 31, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Mass shootings often result in a particularly difficult kind of grief known as traumatic grief and, as The Atlantic reports, the death by suicide of someone connected…

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    The Disturbing Trend Behind America’s Soaring Gun Deaths

    The Atlantic Mar 22, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Suicide accounts for 60% of the country’s gun deaths. This Atlantic piece explores the data and what it says about the mental health crisis in our country.…

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    Mourning in New Zealand

    The Atlantic Mar 21, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic highlights several powerful photos showing the mourning from the recent terrorist mass shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand.  • From gun control to social media’s…

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    Mister Rogers Pioneered Speaking to Kids About Gun Violence

    Smithsonian Mar 15, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Ann Hodgman at Smithsonian writes on how Mister Rogers was able to speak to children about gun violence before it became the issue it is today.   •…

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    Evaluating the Impacts of Eliminating Prosecutorial Requests for Cash Bail

    SSRN Mar 15, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · This report by Megan T. Stevenson and Aurelie Ouss analyzes the effects of reductions in the use of monetary bail in Pennsylvania’s criminal justice system. The data…

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    Making School Safety More Proactive

    Education Dive Mar 11, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Roger Riddell, writing for Education Dive, examines panel discussions from the 2019 SXSW EDU conference, focusing on one in particular that talked about effective school safety tactics. …

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    The Congressional Hearing on Gun Violence and Call for Gun Control

    GOOD Magazine Mar 9, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · At a recent congressional hearing on gun violence, two parents of Parkland victims were thrown out. Here, the author addresses the rising concerns for school safety and…

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