This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen explains how the government shutdown has raised uncertainty about federal funding for crucial assistance programs that impact America’s poorest citizens. • In what other ways has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, author Joy Moses highlights recent research which shows a quantifiable link between housing affordability and homelessness.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank interviews Lyndsey Antanitis, the Veteran Farmer Program Coordinator at the Rodale Institute, who discusses the intersection between military life and farming. • What are the benefits…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this report from Refugees International, authors Izza Leghtas and Jessica Thea explore how and why Afghan refugees are sometimes facing more difficulties in Turkey than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • News Deeply examines how politics in Europe, Lebanon, and Russia could incite the premature return of refugees to Syria. • How might advocates in international development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Stanford Social Innovation Review post argues that the key to investing in local communities in order to strengthen them is building cohesive networks within those…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Farmers are feeling the full effects of the partial government shutdown, which closed U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency offices, delaying many services and payments. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Luxembourg is going to start providing free transportation. Although the reasons for this new law may not be purely environmental, the effects may help fight air…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author explains why community opt-in and engagement is necessary when bike-share companies expand into low-income neighborhoods. • If these service providers want to engage low-income residents, they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · AARP publishes the findings of a study of over 40 adults in the US analyzing the different factors that influence social engagement and how it relates…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for the Mission Continues Blog, David Riera shares his story of how he became an advocate for the environment and the work he is doing now. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new analysis by the city’s Independent Budget Office found that 60 percent of the NYC budget for community schools is going toward academics, rather than mental health…