In this “Beyond the Great Unraveling: Weaving the World Anew” conference, John A. Powell delved deeply into the complexities of civil rights and liberties, structural racism, poverty, housing, racial and…
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Click here for more.Girls’ Education is the Key How do you end global poverty? If you ask 10 people this question you’ll probably get 10 completely different answers. There are many approaches and…
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The pandemic of 2020 has reignited a national conversation about inequality, having laid bare the chasm in health and well-being that groups of different racial, ethnic, geographic, or economic backgrounds…
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At Acumen, we see the world as it is and imagine it as it could be. With support from The Rockefeller Foundation, we’re asking pressing questions about our current and…
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Grants management professionals are strategically positioned to influence a funder’s racial equity and racial justice funding. But in three decades of working in and with foundations, I have consistently seen…
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Click here for more.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the indiscriminate use of deadly weapons of war, including cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (ERW), is showcasing, in real-time, the devastation that…
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More than 75 percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. But throughout the pandemic, communities of color have seen lower rates of…
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The 17 SDGs and their 169 targets include explicit aims to strengthen democratic accountability and rule of law; address corruption, violence, and inequities across gender and marginalized groups; and promote…
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Click here for more.How can maps fight racism and inequality? The work of the Black Panther Party, a 1960s- and 1970s-era Black political group featured in a new movie and a documentary, helps…
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Click here for more.Live in Eastport, Maine, and you are the first in the US to see the sun rise, among the fortunate few to watch whales or witness the largest whirlpool in…
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Click here for more.The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed an estimated 124 million people into extreme poverty globally, the first increase in extreme poverty in 20 years. To meet the magnitude of this need, governments…
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Click here for more.The study, published in Nature Sustainability, highlights the global inequality in emissions between people in rich and poor countries. For example, it finds that the average carbon footprint of a person…