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    Amid Funding Cuts, Grand Canyon Conservancy Steps Up for National Parks

    TriplePundit Jun 26, 2025

    United States national parks are heading into their busiest season seriously understaffed. The Grand Canyon Conservancy is finding ways to support Grand Canyon National Park and the park rangers carrying heavier workloads this summer.

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    How Utah Used Taxpayer Funds to Push for State Control of Public Lands

    Grist Jun 26, 2025

    Utah used actors, AI, stagecraft, and NDAs as it sought to sway public opinion and take control of 18.5 million acres of federal public land.

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    $25M Fund Backs Youth-Led Climate Action Around the World

    WTOP Jun 25, 2025

    NEW YORK (AP) — Youth-led climate groups are getting a $25 million injection from a philanthropic collaborative that hopes other funders will follow their lead……

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    Resourcing Digital Spaces Rooted in Care, Justice, and Collective Liberation

    Ford Foundation Jun 24, 2025

    Numun Fund’s Jac sm Kee explains why feminist tech is the future and what it’s already making possible.

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    The “Three Whys” Exercise: A Simple Tool for Teams Working Towards Complex Systems Change

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jun 23, 2025

    A simple but powerful exercise for teams of all sizes and types.

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    AmeriCorps Funding Cuts Disproportionately Impact Rural Communities

    The 74 Jun 23, 2025

    Rural communities who tend to rely on the agency to fund both public service and job opportunities have been particularly hard hit.

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    US Cities Step Up to Contribute to Global Emissions Reduction Despite Federal Setbacks

    Smart Cities Dive Jun 23, 2025

    Local U.S. officials say they’re driving emissions goals from the ground up since the Trump administration’s withdrawal from key international climate events and agreements.

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    Plastic Bag Bans Reduce Litter by Up to 47 Percent, According to Study

    Grist Jun 20, 2025

    A new study finds that outlawing or taxing plastic bags reduces beach litter.

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    Emancipatory Philanthropy in Practice: Reimagining Power, Not Just Funding

    Alliance Magazine Jun 19, 2025

    In the corridors of the Serena Hotel in Kigali, between sessions on ‘Agile Philanthropy’ and panels on building cohesion and adaptive funding, I found myself grappling with a profound question that seemed to pulse beneath ……

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    How Movements Succeed: Lessons from Women of Color on the Frontlines

    Nonprofit Quarterly Jun 19, 2025

    In Vanessa Priya Daniel’s book Unrig the Game, she calls for radical shifts in how women of color leaders are supported in social movements.

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    Community College Math Reform: Expanding Access, Exposing Gaps

    EdSource Jun 18, 2025

    This year Berkeley High School launched a new program that pairs professional filmmakers with high school students called Future Filmmakers. Seven students created personal documentaries about their own lives on topics ranging from divorce to masculinity to grief.

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    Indigenous Communities Fight for Energy Justice in North Dakota

    Shareable Jun 18, 2025

    Short documentary, “Spirit Lake,” explores how North Dakota Native Vote mobilizes electric co-op Member-owners.

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