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Fearless Fund CEO Arian Simone speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in March 2024. Tom Brenner/The Washington Post via Getty Images by Angela R. Logan,...

With time winding down toward a Sept. 29 trial to determine whether deed covenants can stop the pending sale of the bankrupt August Wilson...

Laurene Powel Jobs and former Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty. (Courtesy Photo)   (NNPA)--A shared interest in education reform has blossomed into romance...

Greg Spencer When Greg Spencer was named POISE Foundation board chair recently, he said he was deeply honored to have been appointed...

BERNADETTE TURNER So, what do we do? Acknowledge the problem. We learn early in drug and alcohol recovery the first step- acknowledge there is a problem. Although it’s been documented and the inequities are visible, there hasn’t been a real acknowledgement of how it is problematic for everyone to not change our local practices. At the recent Non Profit summit, the question was asked to philanthropic leaders in a breakout “How are disparities in giving addressed?” All of the panelists stated it’s bigger than the foundation community. It is a systemic problem regionally. Then let’s systematically change it regionally; first, by acknowledging in a big way that current practices need to change.