This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In this article, I will briefly discuss the economic inequities that Latinxs and Afro-Latinxs with disabilities face, with the goal of providing recommendations on ways philanthropy and nonprofits can meaningfully…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last summer, solidarity became a national buzzword. Thousands of people declared and demanded solidarity against racism in the wake of police murdering George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Some news organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 stay-at-home orders surely saved many lives, but a growing number of studies document that lockdowns led to more reports of domestic violence. Even as 911 calls for police help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This report summarises what we’ve learned from our first commission on promising approaches for addressing workplace mental health. It also sets out why businesses and researchers need to work together…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New guidelines educate health care professionals about how to help prevent firearm injuries. Each year, approximately 40,000 people in the United States die because of guns, making firearm-related injuries a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As policymakers, principals, and parents wrestle with the reopening of schools, many are struggling with what feel like competing priorities. How do we address the gaps in academic learning that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Paula J. Beugen is a Minnesota-based volunteerism and community change leader. As the founder-organizer of Reinvigorating the Conversation, a network of volunteer leaders, she is a member of the Nonprofit…
The National Black Bank Fund and Foundation (NBBF) are leading in the racial justice movement through economic justice. With relationships at the center, Ashley Bell, Civil Society Fellowship (A Partnership…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2017, only 3 percent of the tech industry’s philanthropic dollars went toward college-level computer science programs, while 66 percent went to programs in K-12 schools. This allocation is broken. It assumes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With farming being the root of the nation’s food supply, former President Barack Obama’s administration launched a federal Local Foods, Local Places (LFLP) program in 2014. This initiative was designed to help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People across the U.S. are using the Sustainable Development Goals as a road map to build back better by turning these global ambitions into local action. In the Midwest, that means investing…
Freeman Hrabowski III, is a college president who has long fought for civil rights and racial justice. When he was 12 years old, he marched with Martin Luther King Jr.…