By Keenan Harrell, M.A.’21 2020 has been a year like no other. From the COVID-19 pandemic, which took the world over by storm and exposed the severe systemic inequalities that exist in the U.S., to the killings of unarmed African Americans like George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor and the civic unrest that has… Read more »
By Kaky Grant COVID-19 and our country’s renewed focus on racial inequities have upended our conventional ways of living and ways in which we care for and interact with our communities. I am hearing inspiring stories of how families, friends, and colleagues are engaging in compelling conversations centered on what our world should and could… Read more »
By Kelly R. Young It’s no secret that COVID-19 has disrupted our lives and changed the way we work, learn, live, and play. Prevalent in education is the significant shift to online learning. Although this shift has been a growing trend for years (we have been teaching online courses for nearly a decade at the… Read more »
By Kristi Howard-Shultz I recently took the online course Capital Campaigns: What do I do now? The title alone was intriguing. It’s something, as a professional fundraiser, I’m asking myself every day and you may be too! To answer this question, dean emeritus of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and long-time fundraiser Dr. Gene… Read more »
July 15 is the revised Tax Day in the U.S. While Tax Day was originally scheduled for April 15, the U.S. government and multiple states changed the day some state and all federal taxes were due as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. How is giving affected by taxes? What role does the economy play… Read more »