Cruise is Driving Communities Forward
As COVID-19 cases surge, so does the urgency of basic needs in our most vulnerable communities. Food, work, housing, healthcare, and more are at risk for many.
Topic: Disaster
S2E25: Shalu Umapathy, IDEO.org
How do we put the [communities] in the driver’s seat? When we’re investing our time and our resources and our energy, how are we shifting the power that may have sat with funders who might have pre-determined what those criteria were, and create a new set of criteria around investments?
Pro Bono Week 2020: A Snapshot of Skills-Based Volunteering in the COVID-19 Era
Pro Bono Week 2020 came at a time of unprecedented difficulty, but in spite of that, it produced some of the most inspiring – and most necessary – cross-sector collaborations we’ve ever witnessed.
S2E24: Edgar Villanueva, Schott Foundation
I don’t think that any foundation has the right to go into a community to say, ‘This is what needs to be here and how you need to be doing your work,’ when they’re not from that community and don’t have relationships with that community. It’s just about trust. The least that a foundation can do is move funding and support nonprofits in a holistic way, understanding that there’s no price tag that can be put on the interventions and services that are being offered.
S2E23: Chris Tyson, Build Baton Rouge
In the middle of COVID and post-COVID, we have to have a lens of racial and social equity. We have to recognize the gaps and imbalances that exist in our community, the misdistribution of resources, and how that has disproportionately impacted the places and spaces where Black and Brown communities live and struggle to thrive.
Celebrating the Power of Pro Bono in Difficult Times
Professionals from across sectors, industries, causes, and regions joined forces to build stronger, healthier, more prosperous communities.
Voting in the Time of COVID-19
Voting in COVID-19 times may require more effort than it has in the past, but it’s still one of the best ways we can build equitable, strong communities.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Common Impact Present the Third Annual Making Good Happen at Work Conference
This free virtual event is designed to help CSR leaders build employee engagement and corporate philanthropy programs in response to changing community needs.
S2E21: Ngozi Okaro, Custom Collaborative
We’re really excited that we have been able to create an ecosystem of women working in sustainable fashion and becoming leaders in their community and in developing a sisterhood that they direct.
Skills for Cities 2020 Day of Service Event to Focus on Racial Justice and BIPOC-Led Nonprofits
Skills for Cities 2020 is a national, virtual volunteer effort centered on sustaining and scaling racial justice and BIPOC-led nonprofits.