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  • How Cities Can Learn from Today’s Climate Crises to Prepare for Tomorrow

    The Conversation Aug 26, 2022

    Devastating flash floods in Dallas, St. Louis and eastern Kentucky have left cities across the U.S. questioning their own security in a warming climate. Dallas was hit with nearly 15…

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    Think Your Foundation Can’t Engage in Election Season Advocacy? Think Again.

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Aug 26, 2022

    With midterm elections looming on the horizon, many foundations are asking the question: What can we do to get out the vote, educate the voting public, and support our grantees’…

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  • Bolstering Women’s Leadership in Food Systems

    Food Tank Aug 26, 2022

    During a recent interview, farmer, activist, and Co-Founder of the Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN) discussed the importance of cultivating women farmers’ leadership skills and including them in decision-making…

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  • Survey Calls Attention to Educators During COVID

    RAND Corporation Aug 25, 2022

    RAND’s survey asked nearly 2,500 public school teachers and more than 1,500 principals about their working conditions and well-being midway through the 2021–2022 school year. Researchers also fielded similar questions to…

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  • How to Meaningfully Invest in Communities

    Philanthropy News Digest Aug 25, 2022

    Americans are hurting. More than one million people across our nation have died from COVID-19, a staggering and profound loss. Even as we continue to grieve, the other crises we…

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    Help Your Foundation Board Conquer Fear and Anxiety About Engaging in Advocacy

    Exponent Philanthropy Aug 25, 2022

    Advocacy can include many different elements, large and small. Provide board members with examples of how other foundations activate advocacy and the results of those efforts. Exponent is one source…

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    Flow Funding and the Genius of Love

    Camelback Ventures

    “Whatchu gonna do when you get out of jail?” That’s the light intro to “Genius of Love” by the Tom Tom Club. It’s the perfect song to groove to on…

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  • Misinformation is a Common Thread Between the COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS Pandemics – With Deadly Consequences

    The Conversation Aug 25, 2022

    Since health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 cases, misinformation has spread just as quickly as the virus. Social media may have made the amount, variety and speed of misinformation seem…

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  • Collective Impact: What Has Changed in 10 Years?

    FSG Aug 25, 2022

    The year 2021 marks 10 years since the publication of the article “Collective Impact” in Stanford Social Innovation Review, authored by my FSG colleagues John Kania and Mark Kramer. In 2013 – 2014,…

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  • How Accessing Play Can Help Tackle the Youth Mental Health Crisis

    EdSource Aug 25, 2022

    Learning loss, disengagement, anxiety and depression are soaring among young people, and our schools need a radical rethink to address this before the next academic year begins. A recent New York…

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  • The Importance of Trauma Counselors for Uvalde Students

    The 74 Aug 24, 2022

    While not every community will have to respond to this exact tragedy, the intensive month in Uvalde reiterated what it means to be trauma-informed, staff told The 74; and full…

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  • Wildfire Smoke and Pollution Affects Indigenous Communities

    Grist Aug 24, 2022

    Across the country, wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense as climate change dries out forests. Scientists and public health advocates are also increasingly recognizing the danger posed not just by the…

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