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    Obstacles and Pathways to Greater Giving for Social Change

    National Center for Family Philanthropy

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Alison Powell and Susan Wolf Ditkoff examine the giving gap when it comes to social change and identify ways for family foundations to engage. • Looking…

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    Rising Evictions During COVID Are Hitting Kids the Hardest

    Hechinger Report Aug 9, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • At The Hechinger Report, Barbara Shelly warns of the disproportionate effects of rising evictions during COVID on kids and students. • How do rising evictions during…

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    How COVID-19 Impacts Student Debt in Low-Income Households

    Brookings Aug 9, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A study from Brookings indicates the way in which COVID-19 impacts student debt, with disproportionately increasing levels in low-income households. • Why does COVID-19 put ]those…

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    Engaging Students in Higher Education’s Remote Environment

    EdSurge Aug 9, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Mordecai I. Brownlee, at EdSurge, encourages leaders to innovate higher education’s remote environment to improve inclusion and engagement. • How does higher education’s remote environment currently…

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    How Providers Can Invest in Effective Telemedicine Services

    Rand Aug 9, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A recent study at RAND explores how medical providers can effectively invest in improvements to telemedicine services, which may take funding from outside parties. • Why…

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    How a Data-Driven Recovery Can Topple Racist Structures

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Aug 8, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • An article at Stanford Social Innovation Review explains how philanthropy can play a role in funding a data-driven recovery from racial injustice and COVID-19. • How…

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    Nine Ways Corporate Leaders Can Actually Support Black Lives

    TIME Magazine Aug 8, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Darren Walker tells corporate leaders that if they really want to support Black lives, they need to make system-level changes, not just mass donations. • How…

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    Criminal Justice in Indian Territory After Supreme Court Ruling

    The Marshall Project Aug 8, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Cary Aspinwall and Graham Lee Brewer, at The Marshall Project, investigate how criminal justice in Indian Territory in Oklahoma has been affected by a recent Supreme Court…

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    Illinois Prisons’ Unjust and Ineffective COVID-19 Response

    Restore Justice Aug 8, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Alissa Rivera discusses how Illinois prisons’ COVID-19 response has fallen way behind in its inmate-release policy, specifically for People of Color. • How are other prisons’…

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    Nine Ways Nonprofits Can Suffer from Good Intentions

    Nonprofit AF Aug 8, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Vu Le summarizes nine well-intended giving strategies that nonprofits suffer from in striving to create real, lasting change. • How can misguided donors cause nonprofits to…

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    Evolving Your Giving to Drive Equitable Systems Change [PDF]

    Urban Institute Aug 8, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A report from Urban Institute dissects current strategies for funding equitable systems change in the fight to shift power and establish racial justice. • How does…

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    Technology in School Districts During COVID-19

    EdSurge Aug 7, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • As some school districts struggle with technology, others were able to mitigate challenges and provide support for students and educators.  • How will tech influence the…

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