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    The Importance of Mass Vaccination Sites

    FiveThirtyEight Mar 21, 2021

    Americans are used to thinking of their doctor’s offices as the place to go for vaccinations, but the process for distributing the COVID-19 vaccine has largely bypassed primary care physicians.…

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    Incarcerated Americans Will Soon Be Eligible For Pell Grants

    Higher Education News Mar 21, 2021

    During his fourth year inside Fulton County, Georgia’s correctional system, Larry Jackson became the subject of an experiment in prison education. The facility needed more medical help, so it started training…

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    Doing Your Work to Challenge Racist Assumptions

    Headwaters Foundation for Justice

    It is not enough to say that you are not racist. Doing your work means a constant vigilance and correction of your own racist beliefs and actions. Doing your work…

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    Making Small Towns and Rural Areas Part of the Solution

    YES! Magazine

    There is a lot of speculation right now about what is going on in rural America. The perspectives vary wildly from the Hunger Games to the Hallmark Channel—abject poverty and…

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    How America Can Prepare for a World of Climate Migrants

    National Interest Mar 20, 2021

    Over the past decade, an average of 21.5 million people annually have been forced to move due to the impacts of extreme weather. That’s three times as many people as have been affected by…

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    How Student Debt Affects America’s Young Farmers

    Harvest Public Media Mar 20, 2021

    The average American farmer is nearly 60, and many are starting to eye retirement. As a result, a significant portion of U.S. farmland is expected to change hands in the…

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    How the Food Literacy Center Uses STEM to Teach Cooking

    Food Tank Mar 20, 2021

    After nearly a decade of inspiring children to eat healthily, the California-based nonprofit Food Literacy Center is building a zero net energy cooking school. It will be ready just in time for…

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    U.S. Prison Populations Dropped 25 Percent During The Pandemic

    Prison Policy Initiative Mar 19, 2021

    A new BJS report shows that U.S. jails reduced their populations by 25% in the first few months of the pandemic. But even then, the U.S. was still putting more…

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    How to Shift Away From a Scarcity Mindset in Philanthropy

    Social Velocity Mar 19, 2021

    Scarcity thinking pervades nonprofits, but also (shockingly) philanthropy. It may seem like a contradiction — someone who has large sums of money at their disposal can’t possibly be stuck in…

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    How The Pandemic Will Force Nonprofits to Pivot

    Forbes Mar 19, 2021

    Nonprofit organizations have held virtual meetings and fundraising events for years, often to great success. Some include strategy sessions with decision-makers from across the world; some are public events that…

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    The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on American Food Insecurity

    The Conversation Mar 19, 2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed hardship on millions of vulnerable Americans through unemployment and reduced work hours. And this has increased food insecurity across the nation. There is no official…

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    Philanthropy Needs to Commit to Ending Anti-Asian Violence and Hate

    NCRP Mar 19, 2021

    The truth is that the shooting of 8 people, including 6 Asian women, is yet another tragic reminder of the life-threatening consequences that communities — and Black, Indigenous, People of…

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