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    The Benefits of Green Infrastructure for Low-income Communities

    GreenBiz Oct 9, 2021

    Next to Washington D.C.’s Piney Branch Parkway, right across from where that road intersects with 17th Street NW, CSO-049 serves the Rock Creek Sewershed, a 2,329-acre area of Washington D.C.,…

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    Cities Increase Infrastructure Spending Amid Biking Boom

    Smart Cities Dive Oct 9, 2021

    In mid-September, bicycle advocates and members of the Bill de Blasio administration gathered on the Brooklyn Bridge to celebrate the first reconfiguration of the landmark in more than 70 years. In an…

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    Investing in Climate Resiliency in Rural Areas

    LISC Oct 9, 2021

    Caitlin Cain, vice president and director of Rural LISC, is no stranger to natural disasters. As a 20-year resident of New Orleans, she’s lived through devastating storms alongside her neighbors…

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    How Far Pod Learning Has Made It and Where It Can Still Go

    The 74 Oct 9, 2021

    Megan Monsour knew she was taking a risk last year when she pulled her two sons out of the Wichita, Kansas, district and enrolled them in Green Gate, a nature-focused…

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    Solutions for American Despair Through Economic Recovery

    Brookings Oct 9, 2021

    To Chairman Himes and Members of the House Select Committee on Economic Disparity & Fairness in Growth: I thank you for the opportunity to testify today on how our social…

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    College Enrollment Drop Disproportionately Driven by Men

    The Hechinger Report Oct 9, 2021

    That colleges have suffered big drops in enrollment isn’t news, but a closer look shows that the decline is worst among a part of the population that once made up…

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    The Importance of Investing in Operations

    PhilanTopic Oct 8, 2021

    Like many sectors, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations have experienced a tidal wave of changes, adjustments, and challenges over the course of the pandemic. The need to direct funding toward efforts…

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    How to Best Support the Black-Led, Migrant Ecosystem

    The Global Whole Being Fund Oct 8, 2021

    Black migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers live at the intersection of forced global migration, racism, displacement from their countries, violence and civil war, and climate change. LGBTQ Black migrants face…

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    How Conservatorship Drives the Exploitation of Native Americans

    Yes! Magazine Oct 8, 2021

    Native Americans were put into a status of guardianship due to a system of federal and local policies developed in the early 1900s. A lawyer explains this sordid history in…

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    Mental Health Solutions for Children with Chronic Illnesses

    Yes! Magazine Oct 8, 2021

    Children with chronic medical conditions often suffer multiple blows to their mental well-being. A state program in California aims to provide appropriate treatment for these children and their families. About a quarter…

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    Forming a Philanthropic Response for Collective Traumas

    PhilanTopic Oct 8, 2021

    Twenty years after the September 11 attacks, lessons from that experience continue to inform the most effective ways to provide mental health support to individuals, families, and communities in crisis.…

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    The Inevitable Wear and Tear of COVID-19 on Social Capital

    The Conversation Oct 8, 2021

    With birthday celebrations being downsized, religious services moving back online and indoor playdates getting canceled, millions of Americans are having fewer social interactions because of persistently high case numbers and…

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