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    How Nonprofit Boards Can Support Leaders of Color

    BoardSource Jun 30, 2020

    For nonprofits who are now hiring new executive leaders of color, here are some steps to take—and pitfalls to avoid—to ensure a successful leadership transition. As capacity-building consultants to the…

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    Deep Learning Experiences Requires Investment in Relationships

    EdSurge Jun 30, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Diana Lee, writing for EdSurge, interviews Dr. Bill Daggett, founder of the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE), about relationship-building as a means of strengthening social and emotional learning…

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    Creating Job Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

    FastCompany Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Second Chance Studios employs 12 formerly incarcerated fellows in its yearlong program, teaching them how to produce digital media content and then help them find jobs in…

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    Building Individual Agency Involves a Collective Effort

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • At Miami Dade College, there is a collective effort to encourage everyone’s individualistic sense of agency and support shared responsibility of creating change.  • How does empathy,…

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    Ways to Include New Technology Into Your Nonprofit

    Forbes Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are 12 ways to incorporate new technology into a nonprofit organization with efficiency and expediency.  • How can donors support more technology in nonprofits? •…

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    Fast Food Takes Over Fresh Options in Low-income Areas

    The Conversation Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast food chains are often housed within food-insecure neighborhoods and rule out options for more expensive stores with organic food.  • Creative solutions to food desert…

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    Survey Indicates Less Trust in Nonprofits and Philanthropy

    Philanthropy News Digest Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • An online survey of three thousand adults conducted in partnership with Edelman Intelligence reveals that trust of nonprofits and philanthropy is lower among rural and underserved communities. …

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    The Importance of Learning Communities Can for College Revival

    EdSurge Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Colleges should invest in infrastructure to build relationships through learning communities so that remote students will be more engaged and less isolated.  • How can donors…

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    Struggling to Help Dyslexic Kids Keep Pace with Peers

    Coloradoan

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Kelly Ragan shares the stories of families and educators working to help students with dyslexia keep up with their peers.  • How can philanthropists help ensure that…

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    Lawsuit Reveals Vulnerability of Generic Drug Policies

    RAND Corporation Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrew W. Mulcahy explains how a price-fixing lawsuit filed against major drug companies reveals the vulnerability of generic drug policies. • How can funders work to ensure…

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    A Roadmap for Addressing Economic Inequality

    Prosperity Now

    According to our research, over three out of every five Black households do not have enough savings to replace income at the poverty level for three months in the event…

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    How the War on Drugs Kept Black Men Out of College

    The Atlantic

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study finds that federal drug policy and the War on Drugs didn’t just send more black men to jail, it also locked them out of…

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