This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Whole Child Strategies is a Memphis-based nonprofit that is trying to tackle poverty by providing comprehensive community development programs, gatherings, and advocacy groups. • How can community…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Janet Kyle Altman explains how the Equal Pay Miami Dade project is working to achieve equal pay for women in Florida to lift them out of poverty. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this impassioned op-ed at the 74, Dr. Howard Fuller discusses how honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy means advancing education opportunities for poor black students. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Aruna Kashyap argues that clothing companies that have international factories need to do more to protect the workers in these factories from sexual abuse. • How can brands/companies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tithi Bhattacharya discusses the Los Angeles teachers’ strike, attempting to put the labor dispute in the context of other strikes from the past year. • The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nikolai Vitti, Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) Superintendent, aims to expand arts programs for students in Detroit schools by partnering with local art institutions in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A report by Save The Children discusses the dangers facing young children living in war zones, especially young girls who are at risk of ending up in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author examines how both private and public funders can determine the effectiveness of two-generation approaches for battling the cycle of poverty. • According to the author, donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Leah Rodriguez at Global Citizen explains how Paul Goetchius helped a number of low-income college students get home for the holidays by volunteering with On Point for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rebecca Wolfe was on her way to getting a degree in sports psychology when a first-year seminar at Bates College derailed her plans entirely. Now the director of Evidence and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fragility may prove to be the biggest barrier on the road to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Fragile states, loosely defined as countries that don’t have the capacity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amelia Harper reports that New York City is expanding the free glasses program to provide free screenings and glasses for all of the city’s kindergarten and 1st-grade…