Jul 02 2020
Human Impact
Marsha Darbouze, a 19-year-old pre-med student at Columbia University, falls silent when asked about her emotions at this historical moment as protesters from all backgrounds stream through American streets expressing …
JULY 2020
JUNE 2020
Jun 29 2020
Blueprint
During a meeting with representatives from the Navajo Nation to discuss Covid-19 quarantine support for elderly, Ann Lee and her team from Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), suggested building structures …
Jun 17 2020
Human Impact
Courtney O’Reilly, director of Tax Help Colorado, took the call. On the line was a single mother of two from Denver, and she was desperate and scared. Her landlord threatened …
Jun 17 2020
Blueprint
The city of Baltimore is launching an urgent and innovative effort to tackle the multipronged crises of public health, unemployment and persistent inequity, partnering with The Rockefeller Foundation to create …
Jun 11 2020
Field Note
An online dashboard that tracks the number of available hospital beds and ventilators in real-time. An emergency assistance wizard that helps small business owners zero in on state, federal and …
Jun 09 2020
Blueprint
YieldWise is The Rockefeller Foundation's $130 million initiative working with private, public, and nonprofit actors involved in the food supply system to cut their food loss and waste by half. …
Jun 04 2020
Field Note
Seeking a bit of optimism, and even inspiration, in these challenging times? Take an hour or two and peruse some of the 79 semifinalist entries from around the globe for …
MAY 2020
May 27 2020
Field Note
Wuhan native Chang Liu joined a WHO team two days after the shutdown. Now he and his colleagues, hoping to save lives, are urgently sharing digital lessons learned.
May 15 2020
Field Note
Passion is laced through his words when Jake Porway talks about data, demonstrating how far he’s traveled from the years when he nearly flunked out of college statistics and considered …
May 14 2020
Field Note
January was drawing to a close when Lauren Sorkin reached out to her colleagues in Huangshi to wish them a happy Chinese New Year. But instead of the traditional greeting …