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Feb 15, 2024

States Can Unlock Opportunities for Millions in 2024

Writing for StateTech, Code for America's associate director of the Clear My Record initiative details how states can and should leverage technology to remove barriers to opportunity for Americans with a criminal record.

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Feb 14, 2024

Beyond Pledges: Building More Inclusive Capital Ecosystems

Nonprofit Quarterly points to Grameen America's focus on helping its clients build credit as an example of how to create a more inclusive financial and economic system.

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Feb 14, 2024

In Texas’s Maternity Care Deserts, Nurses Offer Vital Help

Texas Monthly highlights how Nurse-Family Partnership is addressing maternity care gaps in the state.

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Jan 22, 2024

How to build sustainable, diverse tech talent pipelines

CIO Dive details a partnership between TEKsystems and Per Scholas that helps businesses meet their IT talent needs and diversity goals by training individuals who are underrepresented in tech, such as women and people of color.

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Jan 17, 2024

A.I. Is the Future of Work. That Doesn’t Have to Be Bad.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy details how, despite the potential downsides of AI, some AI solutions—such as Wyatt, an AI-powered college advisor created by Benefit Data Trust—can be used for good.

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Jan 17, 2024

The Visionary Leaders Backing the Builders of AI for Humanity

In an interview with Forbes, Suzanne DiBianca, EVP and Chief Impact Officer at Salesforce, cites Beyond 12 and CodePath as two organizations, both supported by Salesforce philanthropic grants, that use AI for good.

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Jan 11, 2024

Philanthropic group gifts United Negro College Fund $100 million grant to help boost HBCU endowments

CNN reports on the Lilly Endowment's historic $100 million investment in United Negro College Fund, one of three organizations that spearhead the HBCU Transformation Project.

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Jan 11, 2024

HBCUs Can Help Reverse the Black College Enrollment Recession

Writing for Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Thurgood Marshall College Fund president and CEO, Dr. Harry L. Williams, describes how HBCUs can play an important role in increasing higher education enrollment among Black students.

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Jan 11, 2024

Are Community Schools The Key To Dropout Prevention And Workforce Skills?

Forbes highlights Communities in Schools and details how one of its offices is focusing on expanding workforce development opportunities for students,

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Jan 8, 2024

New Virginia Program Funds Ed-Tech Tools for Grades 3-8

Government Technology reports on Virginia's adoption of ed tech tools, such as Zearn, to address learning loss in the wake of COVID-19.