Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Adam Zeidan Global bee populations are under threat. Due to the human impacts of intensive farming practices, mono-cropping, excessive use of pesticides, and higher temperatures associated with climate change, extinction rates...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Adam Parker It really is a new era. When it was founded 115 years ago, the YWCA Greater Charleston was a safe space for Black girls and women during a period of institutionalized racism and discrimination. During the civil rights...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Stanley Clark Women’s History Month 2022 continues a yearly national celebration whose origins date back four decades ago to 1982 and the launch of Women’s History Week. Women’s History Month celebrates the achievements of women...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal by Erin Cannon Every six months, Dr. Kristin Schroeder says goodbye to her husband Todd and all the high-tech “comforts” that Duke University has to offer and boards a plane for what is a 36-hour trip to Mwanza, Tanzania. Schroeder...
By Sandy Cyr Nonprofit work is hard. Practitioners often pour their heart and soul into the work, wearing multiple hats within an organization for salaries that are more often than not lower than comparable positions within the private sector. When funders focus on...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Hannah Payne If you ask Edna Ogwangi’s colleagues at international nonprofit Rise Against Hunger to describe her, you’ll hear words like “inspiring,” “passionate,” “humble” and “kind.” These qualities — as well as extensive...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Sheila Darcey Every morning, I sketch. I sketch to express the emotions I’m feeling each day. The emotions that used to overwhelm me, but now underline the punctuated narrative of a new visual language. I call it SketchPoetic, a...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Shari Turitz Forget quaint picket signs and bullhorns. Today’s youth activists are taking to the streets by the thousands, challenging the Russian invasion of Ukraine, demanding democratic rights in Thailand, rallying against...
WEAVE An “oasis of hope” bringing opportunity to empowerment to refugee women at the Thai-Burma borderText By: Susu Hauser Edited By: Mitos Urgel, Executive Director of WEAVE Foundation Photographs By: Ta Publications courtesey of WEAVE-WOMENThere are now over 90,000...
Special to the Philanthropy Journal By Amelia Currin Angela Fusco never imagined herself as an international liaison and ambassador to some of the world’s most needy and underprivileged citizens. “Neither did I imagine that Little Phillip’s disability would impact the...
