This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Anchorage School District must stop pressuring families and students to return to school during a pandemic. I am currently a senior and have always dreamt of the day I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In our most recent report, On the Frontlines, which examines how nonprofit leaders of color are faring in the wake of the pandemic, the usual concerns about not being treated fairly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year, tens of millions of Americans avoid the flu vaccine. During the 2019-2020 flu season, fewer than half of U.S. adults got the shot. The Latino population is more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tamra Burns Loeb, UCLA School of Medicine and Dorothy Chin, UCLA School of Medicine The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the reality that health in the U.S. has glaring racial inequities.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pace of social and economic shifts often exceeds the capacity of communities and individuals to adapt to them. In the wake of centuries of structural racism and decades of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, CEP released the second report in a three-part series about foundations’ responses to the crises of 2020. Foundations Respond to Crisis: Toward Equity? focuses on how foundations have changed their practices…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s not just fundraising and capacity building, but also #EvaluationSoWhite, #PhilanthropySoWhite, #GovernanceSoWhite, #HiringPracticesSoWhite, #CommunicationsSoWhite, etc. We need BIPOC folks to share their experiences and push to change these narratives. However,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all people, but not necessarily in the same way. Scientists have shown that racial and ethnic minorities are more likely than white people to catch,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Black Dirt Farm Collective is currently funded by grants, donations, and income from their training programs, but they are working toward building an Afroecological village that is self-sustaining and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Presidents Forum, a network of 17 colleges, recently released a framework to help higher education institutions serve an increasingly diverse student body. The 10 principles comprising the framework include providing more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Racial and ethnic segregation in schools affects the lives of almost all American students. For decades, urban economists have espoused theories that frame segregation as the product of individual household decisions.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Six months have passed since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Category 4 storm destroyed houses and significant infrastructure, leaving mass devastation. Many Puerto Ricans—who are…