This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 30 percentage-point homeownership gap between Black and white households is wider today than it was in 1960, when explicit housing discrimination was still legal. Applicants of color experience higher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dr. Renee Lertzman is an expert on this type of existential change management — the practice, strategies and tools needed for organizations to confront an existential threat such as climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Millions of jobs lost in the pandemic aren’t coming back, and many of those vanished positions were disproportionately held by people of color. As automation and other shifts accelerate, many of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is a heightened sense of urgency leading up to COP26, the 2021 installment of the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, which will be held in Glasgow from October…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There once was a time, even in living memory, when polio was a global threat that paralyzed children at alarming rates. Now, it has been almost entirely eliminated. Cases and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Heifer International has been on a 77-year journey to end hunger and poverty, not just in response to the greatest challenges of the times, but also with the goal of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A powerful storm system known as an atmospheric river is heading for northern California and Oregon, a region in the midst of an historic drought. While it will bring much-needed…
In the sixth episode of Giving Done Right season two, CEP’s Phil and Grace talk with Dr. Elizabeth Alexander, poet and president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Elizabeth delves into how to apply a social and racial…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two years ago, in September 2019, the World Education Services (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund awarded its first grants to organizations working to build more inclusive economies for immigrants and refugees in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On any given day in the United States, close to 100 people are killed by firearms. For each death, two more people are injured. Whether it takes the form of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our nation’s social infrastructure is composed of the economic and social investments that are necessary for U.S. workers and families to be able to take care of their loved ones…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February, Winter Storm Uri brought record low temperatures to Texas, creating a preventable disaster as the state’s electric grid failed. The power and water outages that affected millions of…