This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Annie E. Casey Foundation is committed to investing in opportunities that will strengthen entrepreneurs of color and build community and family wealth. • There is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Scott Warren, writing for The 74, explores how adults can make fundamental transformations that will encourage kids to lead active political lives through civic engagement. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Freeleaf is a handmade accessory brand that offers employment to women at risk of sexual exploitation. • What are other support systems in place for women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Peak Grantmaking discusses how it helps funders build skills in principled grantmaking, which is considered a productive and successful approach to philanthropy. • How does feedback…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this video from Climate One, John Holdren, Harvard professor of environmental science and policy, discusses how he believes that addressing climate change is doable, but…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This B the Change post discusses how we can be more proactive as social change leaders by practicing generative tension — creating a vision of where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank has compiled a list of 14 African-American female entrepreneurs who have incorporated sustainable food production practices into their businesses and who are working to create…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Kate Hooper explain the strengths and weakness of points-based and demand-driven systems for selecting economic immigrants. • Which solution is more appropriate for the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this excerpt from The B.A. Breakthrough: How Ending Diploma Disparities Can Change the Face of America, Richard Whitmire shares the story of Truong Nguyen and how the EMERGE college…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alex Cortez argues that there are four ways to harness parent power to make and sustain real change in education systems to benefit students. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jon Marcus reports that graduate school enrollment is up as it becomes a prerequisite for many jobs and students are taking on large amounts of debt…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Doris Meissner and Sarah Pierce lay out intermediate- and long-term policy solutions to effectively address the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. • Why is it so difficult to get…