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    Barriers to Driving Progress in Sustainable Cities

    GreenBiz Nov 30, 2021

    Sustainability proponents have celebrated the leadership of major cities to advance energy efficiency, electrified transportation and other climate change goals during the past decade. Urban leaders from around the world…

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    Leadership Tips For a Future Remote Workforce

    Forbes Nov 29, 2021

    Worldwide, organizations have been grappling with the dilemma of continuing to work remotely, installing hybrid workplace models or ushering their employees back into the office full-time — and nonprofits are…

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    Program Takeaways on Supporting Single Mothers in Higher Education

    Higher Education Dive Nov 29, 2021

    Colleges can help single mothers succeed by providing them with basic needs supports, building inclusive environments on campus and giving them flexible educational experiences, according to a new report from…

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    How Housing Authorities Can Help Reduce Child Homelessness

    Bainum Family Foundation

    While it takes a village to raise a child, empowering a village to tackle health and development problems facing a child often takes a hub. In our work examining social…

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    Engaging Students in Service-learning and Civic Action

    Charity Navigator

    Anyone who has volunteered or been a part of a fundraiser knows that you get back so much more than what you give. And, while this applies to people of…

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    Millions of Americans Struggle to Pay Their Water Bills – Here’s How a National Water Aid Program Could Work

    The Conversation Nov 29, 2021

    Running water and indoor plumbing are so central to modern life that most Americans take them from granted. But these services aren’t free, and millions struggle to afford them. A…

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    The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season Showed How Low-income Communities Face the Highest Risks

    The Conversation Nov 29, 2021

    Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2021, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city. This time the levees held. Billions of dollars invested in…

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    Why We’re Using Filmmaking to Encourage Vaccination by Black and Latino Angelenos

    The Conversation Nov 29, 2021

    People have recognized the power of storytelling for thousands of years. The Bible relies on parables like the prodigal son because stories successfully convey the underlying message in a memorable…

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    Expanding the Philanthropic Landscape to Support Native Americans

    Exponent Philanthropy Nov 29, 2021

    Native American communities are often overlooked. Though they represent nearly 3 percent of the US population, they have historically received roughly 0.5 percent of philanthropic dollars. To help address this,…

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    Grocery Workers Suffer the Mental Health Effects of Customer Hostility and Lack of Safety

    The Conversation Nov 29, 2021

    With the holiday season here, consumers are understandably desperate for a “normal” holiday season. For many, that includes big family dinners and Black Friday shopping sprees. Retail and service sector…

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    Limiting Access to the Outdoors Can Increase Emotional Stress

    Futurity Nov 29, 2021

    Two new studies link declines in outdoor activities and park use during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic to reductions in mental health measures for teens and young adults…

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    We Must Embrace Intersectionality in Climate Justice

    The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) Nov 29, 2021

    It has been a pleasure to be a part of the Innovations in International Philanthropy Symposium. I, and many others, hope that events like these will influence those that we…

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