This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Individuals can take action against the widening inequality gap in America through these avenues: building awareness, education, and thinking about strategic volunteerism. • What are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New research from the Aspen Institute and Dalberg Advisers indicates the severity of COVID-19 on small businesses in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. • Matthew Guttentag points…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research indicates that COVID-19 will cause learning losses in the upcoming school year, and there will be a widening of the academic achievement gap that educators…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The National Domestic Workers Alliance launched the Coronavirus Care Fund that will provide emergency aid to domestic workers in need during COVID-19. • In what other ways can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • One school in New Jersey that specializes in trauma-informed care is prioritizing virtual community meetings and check-ins over instruction to ensure students are getting the care…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • COVID-19 further exacerbates problems for people with disabilities, who are at higher risk of contracting coronavirus. Srilakshmi Bellamkonda calls for government bodies to collaborate on solutions that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dr. Ijeoma Nwagwu explores the various ways that CSR organizations can strengthen the food value chain, and increase food system resiliency in Africa. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As India and the world continue to confront the COVID-19 pandemic over the next weeks and months, everyone has a role to play—government at all levels, civil society, philanthropies, multinational…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits are fighting for their survival amid ongoing crises. Communities of color continue to cry out in pain as long-standing inequities rooted in dehumanization and systemic racism have worsened. And,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jessica Campisi reports that the Future Engineer Initiative will offer boot camps, training sessions, and opportunities for youth in 2,000 of the nation’s low-income high schools to…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Leanne Burney, water and sanitation expert from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, explains SDG #6: access to clean water and proper sanitation. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • During Computer Science Education Week Code.org hosts “Hour of Code” which encourages everyone to participate in an hour of coding to expand access to learning. •…