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  • Q&A: Celebrating Asian Immigrant Refugee Contributions to Climate Action Series (Part 3)

    NCRP Jun 5, 2023

    In the previous entry in this three-part series, Filipino climate justice frontline leader and Co-Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), Christine Cordero discussed the group’s history and how climate funders…

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  • Madam C.J. Walker’s Lessons for Giving — and Living — Well

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Jun 5, 2023

    I often ask myself the question, “What can we learn from other cultures of philanthropy that can inform the way we give today?” It’s a question borne out of curiosity…

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  • Medical Debt Can Keep People in the Cycle of Homelessness

    Futurity Jun 4, 2023

    Medical bills were the primary source of debt among people in the study. Research shows that medical debt burdens millions of Americans: Depending on how you define “medical debt,” studies…

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  • Lawsuit Alleges Discrimination Against Black Communities in Clean Water Funding

    Grist Jun 4, 2023

    Too many people for too long have lived with raw sewage in their yards in poverty-stricken parts of Alabama.

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  • Research-based Recommendations to Lessen Maternal Mortality

    RAND Corporation Jun 4, 2023

    The B-CORE project, described in this report, applied the deliberative democracy method to engage affected community members in problem-solving focused on maternal health inequities in California….

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  • How an Indigenous Nonprofit Fought the Coal Industry and Won

    Grist Jun 4, 2023

    Nicole Horseherder founded Tó Nizhóní Ání – “sacred water speaks” – to protect Navajo aquifers against depletion by coal companies.

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  • Gun Violence and Racial Bias Are Interconnected in the US

    The Marshall Project Jun 4, 2023

    In less than a week, seven people were shot after doing the ordinary — ringing a doorbell or turning around in a driveway.

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  • Developing a Framework for Reparations in Philanthropy

    Nonprofit Quarterly Jun 4, 2023

    How can those of us who sit at foundations but are not experts in reparations shift our behaviors and practices? How can we give Black leaders, Indigenous leaders, and other leaders of color the support they need while helping to create the conditions required to achieve collective liberation?

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  • Activists and Donors Discuss Economic Mobility and Tech

    The 19th Jun 3, 2023

    The 19th brought together activists, philanthropists, and the public and private sector — as well as our audience — for robust discussions about this work.

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  • Three Recommendations to Prevent AI-generated Hate

    TechCrunch Jun 3, 2023

    For all of its power and potential, generative AI makes it easy, fast and accessible for bad actors to produce harmful content.

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  • The Need to Improve Training and Education for Men to Combat Sexual Assault

    Higher Education Dive Jun 3, 2023

    Male college students aren’t aware of the extent of sexual violence on campus and feel separated from its effects, according to researchers who interviewed young men for a new report from It’s…

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  • Black Women Health Professionals Fight for Reproductive Justice

    The 19th Jun 3, 2023

    Advocacy coalition Black in Repro is training women to lobby legislators, educate their communities and build alliances.

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