This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor saw a friend arguing on Twitter about Black identity. Aiwuyor noticed that the Twitter account her friend was fighting with was a new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Advocacy plans are like a long road trip. Along any road trip, you will have a series of slow-downs and rest stops. But similar to advocacy efforts, these setbacks shouldn’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Almost a decade into her tenure as superintendent of Highline Public Schools in Burien, Washington, Susan Enfield guides her district’s work not with a mission or vision statement, but with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s often been noted that schools don’t do a great job developing talent or offering pathways for their most motivated educators. Studies have shown that it isn’t “low pay” that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This post in our Adaptable Funder series focuses on community foundations, with an interview with Paul Grogan, President and CEO of the Boston Foundation (TBF). As the full scope of the COVID-19 crisis came…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the end of July, the federal government’s expanded $600 weekly unemployment benefits were set to run dry. At the time, many hoped Congress would act swiftly to provide some…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The year 2020 will forever be associated with crises. First came the COVID-19 pandemic, a joint public health and economic emergency that spread around the world with unprecedented speed and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, religious leaders from multiple denominations gathered in a sugar cane field in St. James Parish where evidence suggests enslaved African Americans were buried. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the absence of federal action on climate change in the United States, local communities have taken on the responsibility of reducing their greenhouse emissions. In Utah, 23 cities and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The amount of variety available at grocery stores is highly sensitive to income inequality, according to new research. Even before COVID-19 and resulting shutdowns created gridlock for some global supply…
Giving Compass’ Take: • A report at Grantmakers in Aging complies a collaborative section-by-section approach to improving policymaking and understanding surrounding HIV and aging care. • How do HIV and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the past four years the New York City Behavioral Design Team (BDT)—a partnership between the NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity and ideas42—has been redesigning elements of programs and services to make…