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    The Importance of Taking Wildfire Precautions

    Futurity Jul 9, 2021

    Warnings of another severe wildfire season abound, as do efforts to reduce the risk of ignition. Yet few people take precautions against wildfire smoke, experts say. On the heels of…

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    Strategies to Pursue Food Sovereignty

    Urban Institute Jul 9, 2021

    It’s impossible to understand the full picture of our food system without also considering the ongoing climate crisis. Climate change threatens lands, livelihoods, and food supply, resulting in shortages, price spikes, and land loss—especially…

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    College Persistence Drop Latest Sign of COVID’s Impact

    The 74 Jul 9, 2021

    The final piece of evidence documenting the pandemic-driven “missing generation” of college students was released today: a sharp rise in the number of students failing to return to college. “We can…

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    Reevaluating Good Versus Bad Grants to Advance Racial Equity

    PEAK Grantmaking Jul 9, 2021

    In March of 2019, I started my first job in philanthropy as the program officer for the Edward W. Hazen Foundation after working 12 years as a community organizer. I…

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    MTV’s Efforts to Improve Depictions of Mental Illness in Media

    Causeartist Jul 9, 2021

    Representation in pop culture and media matters. We all take cues from the world around us when we make decisions about what should be considered right, attractive, acceptable, and normal.…

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    Higher Education Access and Equity: Why a Social Justice Approach Matters

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Jul 9, 2021

    Higher education and social change are inextricably linked: by providing access to education, a scholarship program provides access to knowledge, resources, and opportunity for not only an individual, but a…

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    Why Child Care Centers Don’t Always Have the Most Qualified Teachers [Audio]

    NPR

    STEVE INSKEEP: So many studies have found that early childhood education makes a big difference in the lives of youngsters, we collectively consider it so important. Given that, you might…

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    What is Education Philanthropy Accountability?

    Medium

    The “new” education philanthropy and its consequences, as new funders have emerged and evolved — with more than a little pinwheeling from one strategy to the next. Ultimately, donors and foundation staff…

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    Funder Best Practices to Strengthen Nonprofit Relationships

    Philanthropy 411 Jul 9, 2021

    We often look to external sources for best practices, hoping that others have figured out the ideal way to accomplish something and we can simply duplicate it. But when is the last…

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    Tools to Help Advance Corporate Social Responsibility

    Causeartist Jul 8, 2021

    For entrepreneurs and founders just getting their businesses off the ground, searching for ways to make a positive impact on people and the planet can feel daunting. You may often…

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    Building Efforts to Include Transgender Communities in Entrepreneurship

    Impact Hub Network Jul 8, 2021

    This is a LIVE with Impact Hub engaging session with Lamea Tanjin, Co-founder of TransEnd and member of Impact Hub Dhaka, Nico Calvo, Senior Inclusion and Diversity Partner at Twitter, and Leng Montgomery, Diversity and…

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    How Nonprofit Organizations Can Thrive in the Era of Impact Investing

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jul 8, 2021

    As larger and larger sums of capital move into sustainable and impact investing—now accounting for $1 in $3 of total assets under professional management in the US—nonprofits must adapt to a world…

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