This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings’ article about the Birmingham Service Corps demonstrates how urban centers can combine health and economic solutions during coronavirus. • What are you doing to support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jenna Temkin explains how a rural town called Wytheville, Virginia, uses entrepreneurship to boost its local economy by providing a large grant to the winners of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Grace Enda and William G. Gale explain the factors that create inequitable retirement savings that disadvantage women. • What role can you play in system change to. address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This issue brief of data-driven research shows that the skills gap is a small contributor to the broader issue of wage inequality. • The authors suggest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are three lessons from the Swiss apprenticeship model that could potentially inform U.S. economic recovery post-COVID-19. • What role can donors play in economic recovery? …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Geri Stengel, writing for Forbes, discusses the disproportionate economic impact of the COVID-19 shutdown on women entrepreneurs compared to men. • Why are women entrepreneurs of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are three essential steps for optimizing buildings before re-opening that prioritize employee safety. • One of the steps of optimization is to “collect meaningful data.”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Saipriya Salla explains how women entrepreneurs in India will be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. • What role can funders play in supporting women entrepreneurs in India and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. World Youth Skills Day — which takes place every July — harbors a dirty little secret: Even in times of tight employment in the U.S., millions of youth, largely of…
Giving Compass’ Take: • A video at The Aspen Institute covers issues facing American workers during COVID-19 and offers a plan for redesigning a workplace of security and equity. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors illuminate how food gentrification can uproot local communities and the activism taking place to fight the commodification of these neighborhoods. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Immigrant communities have been at the forefront of social change, leading organizations that address health, education, workers’ rights, and civil rights. • Are there opportunities in…