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  • How K-12 Schools Can Pioneer College and Career Readiness Programs

    EdSource Jul 12, 2022

    As the superintendent of Anaheim Union High School District, I’d like to applaud the historic, proposed investment in education by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature. I also commend the…

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    When Disaster Meets a Humanitarian Crisis: How Funders Can Support Afghanistan’s Earthquake Recovery

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy Jul 12, 2022

    Afghanistan is facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, especially since the withdrawal of U.S. and coalition forces in August 2021.  Compounding severe food insecurity, multiple natural hazards and…

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  • LGBTQ+ Individuals Across Demographics Are At Risk of Experiencing Violence

    Prison Policy Initiative Jul 11, 2022

    A new publication from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Violent Victimization by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, 2017-2020, supports the vast evidence we already have that LGBT people — and particularly…

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  • Hunger and Famine Are Crises We Need to Address Now

    Food Tank Jul 11, 2022

    The Secretary General of the United Nations has described the coming famine around the world as a “hurricane of hunger.” Many experts are saying that hundreds of millions of people…

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  • Regulations Needed to Protect Farmworkers as Temperatures Rise

    Grist Jul 11, 2022

    Last June, as a record-breaking heatwave baked Oregon’s Willamette Valley, Sebastian Francisco Perez was moving irrigation lines at a large plant nursery in 104 degree Fahrenheit heat. When he didn’t…

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    Homelessness, Victimization, and Criminalization

    National Alliance to End Homelessness Jul 11, 2022

    To achieve public safety, social justice, and an equitable society, we must disentangle issues of crime from issues of homelessness. Preventing crime, detecting and apprehending those who commit it, and…

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  • How Expanded Subsidies for Early Childhood Education Might Work

    Brookings Jul 10, 2022

    As Congress considers the future of child-care policy in the U.S., subsidies for young children’s care and education are an important tool under consideration. Substantial evidence indicates that high-quality early care and education…

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  • What Does Self-care Mean in the Context of Nonprofit Work?

    Blue Avocado Jul 9, 2022

    Nonprofit organizations are givers: we recruit like-minded staff and volunteers who give and give until they are spent. All too often burnout leads to poor performance and high staff turnover.…

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  • Why Climate Change is Intensifying Flooding Disasters

    The Conversation Jul 9, 2022

    Heavy rain combined with melting snow can be a destructive combination. In mid-June 2022, storms dumped up to 5 inches of rain over three days in the mountains in and…

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  • Alaska Is At Risk for Another Historic Wildfire Season

    The Conversation Jul 7, 2022

    Alaska is on pace for another historic wildfire year, with its fastest start to the fire season on record. By mid-June 2022, over 1 million acres had burned. By early…

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  • Tracking Funding Aimed at Food Waste

    Food Tank Jul 6, 2022

    The organization ReFED added the Capital Tracker to their collection of online tools for generating data-driven solutions to food waste. The service allows users to track data from capital investments…

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  • A Discussion of Power Dynamics in Philanthropy

    Business of Giving

    The following is a conversation between Edgar Villanueva, author of Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance, and Denver Frederick, Host of The Business of Giving on AM…

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