This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In an article for The Conversation, Allison Anna Tait explains how ancient land deeds are protecting the removal of people-owned confederate statues. • How can we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jin-Soo Huh, writing for EdSurge, discusses the challenges and shortcomings of doing DEI work remotely in education organizations. • Despite the hurdles, there are toolkits available…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part two in a three-part series. Read part one and part three. Philanthropy is continuing to miss the mark on addressing root causes of the exacerbated outcomes we’re witnessing from COVID-19…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Johane Alexis-Phanor shares five ways in which mainstream philanthropy ignores the problems of communities of color and fails to prioritize their needs. • How can mainstream philanthropy address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lindsay F. Wiley and Samuel R. Bagenstos expose discriminatory impacts of public health policy failures, which place disproportionate burdens on marginalized communities. • How have rigid public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Smart Cities Dive, Cailin Crowe explains how Chicago’s appointment of Angela Tovar as chief sustainability officer addresses the relationship between racial inequities and climate change.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • William “Sandy” Darity and Kirsten Mullen, at Brookings, call for drastic, long-awaited changes to public policy to reverse decades of the American racial wealth gap. • How…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In a video for The Aspen Institute, experts dissect the devastation of systemic racism in America and offer revisions to the country’s current doctrines. • In…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this video, Dr. Wendy Ellis, director of the Center for Community Resilience at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, describes the importance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tyina Steptoe talks with Kyle Mittan about how Juneteenth has progressed in recent years, culminating in 2020 as a centerpiece for activism. • How has Juneteenth progressed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: •Liz Hipple, Shanteal Lake, and Maria Monroe, at Equitable Growth, explain how Juneteenth reminds us of the work we still have left in the fight for racial…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Charisse Conanan Johnson, managing partner and head of Next Street’s Advisory Practice, shares findings from a report titled: “The Equity Gap for Entrepreneurs of Color: Chicago and…