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  • Understanding the Reasons Behind Unintended Pregnancies

    Futurity Jan 7, 2022

    “Among women who weren’t using contraception when they got pregnant, the primary reason was because they didn’t think they could get pregnant,” explains Sarah Cowan, an assistant professor of sociology at New…

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    How Rising Sea Levels Caused By Climate Change Are Killing Forests

    The Conversation

    Trekking out to my research sites near North Carolina’s Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, I slog through knee-deep water on a section of trail that is completely submerged. Permanent flooding…

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    How Foundations Can Embrace DEI Practices

    Grantmakers In Health

    At The Colorado Health Foundation, we are relentlessly committed to advancing health equity and believe it exists when there are no avoidable, unfair or systemically-caused differences in health status. To…

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    Hawaii’s Efforts to Increase Local Food Production Won’t Address Food Insecurity

    The Counter Jan 7, 2022

    Romantic ideas about locally grown food and a lack of statewide planning could be getting in the way of making real progress addressing food insecurity, climate change, and the economy.…

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    More Lean Funders Should Consider General Operating Support

    Exponent Philanthropy Jan 7, 2022

    General operating support (also known as gen op, unrestricted or core support) refers to a type of grant that helps support a nonprofit’s mission, rather than specific projects or programs. Grantees may…

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    From Weeping to Rejoicing

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Jan 7, 2022

    Weeping may last for the night but rejoicing comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5 As we emerge from the collective trauma of these past 19 months and assess the post-apocalyptic…

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    Studies Indicate Mental Health Stigmas Are Changing

    Futurity Jan 7, 2022

    Stigma toward people with depression has dropped significantly for the first time since national data have been tracked in the United States, a new study shows. Stigma levels for other…

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    How Divestment Strategies Can Bring About Climate Justice

    YES! Magazine Jan 6, 2022

    In recent years, a growing movement to achieve climate justice has connected the root cause of climate change not just with greenhouse gases but also with a more entrenched, insidious…

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    Increasing Vaccine Access for All Through Strategic Partnerships

    LISC Jan 6, 2022

    When Isimar Lopez tells her fellow Bronx residents she can get them a free, door-to-door ride with Uber to get a COVID-19 vaccine, they don’t always jump at the chance.…

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    How COVID Disruption Fits Into the Future of Education

    The Hechinger Report Jan 6, 2022

    When will this pandemic end? It’s the question on everyone’s mind as a new year begins with another Covid surge forcing educators and policymakers to scramble. But what if it…

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    Growing the Giving Circle Movement to Meet Community Needs [Audio]

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jan 6, 2022

    When like-minded givers come together to discuss community needs and support them with their donations, time, and other resources, a giving circle is born. Over the past two decades, the…

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    What is Pay-as-you-throw? A Waste Expert Explains

    The Conversation Jan 6, 2022

    Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate pricing or pay-as-you-waste. Many cities and towns around the world,…

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