As we speak (type?), presenting these findings and highlighting our partnership with M-NCPPC/Prince George's County Parks... Thanks to the CDC Foundation for the opportunity to share this work! cdcfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Check out this groundbreaking work by my trailblazing colleague @isaac-outcomes.bsky.social, transforming the way playground usage is counted and using these data and insights to accelerate our @kaboom-play.bsky.social efforts to advance playspace equity. kaboom.org/all-stories/...

Chilling report from Brown University. Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities. Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.

Love focus on infrastructure policy. Hope effort goes beyond housing & explores incentivizing investment in social infrastructure (parks/playgrounds, libraries, etc) every community needs to be happy/healthy/safe/cohesive. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @kristoncapps.bsky.social @bloomberg.com

Terrific @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social op-ed by @jacobharold.bsky.social w/ 5 tips for climate funders. Spend now Rethink existing structures Show trust Stop bickering Consider whole picture I'd add a 6th to fend off despair: Support achievable proof points. www.philanthropy.com/article/how-...

We walk for peace. We work so children can play. We know those closest to the problem are actually the best solution. @chicagocred.bsky.social

This data is stark. That's why my colleagues turned this around less than two weeks after survey close -- and got it out into the world today. Funders: this is what nonprofits are experiencing and what they're looking for from you all. cep.org/wp-content/u...

Spent last 3 days in our annual @kaboom-play.bsky.social staff retreat. So grateful to work with colleagues who bring joy to our very serious efforts to address playspace inequity. Play isn't the opposite of work, but of despair. If you're seeking joyous struggle, join us: kaboom.org/about-kaboom...

Welcome! Exciting news!

Thrilled to receive my copy of Laysha Ward’s new book Lead Like You Mean It. I had the very good fortune of crossing paths with Laysha multiple times in my career, from Independent Sector to AmeriCorps to KABOOM!. In each case, I benefited from her wise counsel & learned from her wonderful example.

Amidst the daily chaos, division, and dehumanization, it is important to lift up and celebrate the things that we can/should all agree on, like making sure every kid has the opportunity to play and experience the joys of childhood. grist.org/looking-forw...

Amazing additions for an urgent cause -- putting kids first. kaboom.org/press-releas...

Another terrific CEP report about MacKenzie Scott's transformative giving. As our @kaboom-play.bsky.social CEO Lysa Ratliff told @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social, "It allowed us to move into what we needed to do to have a path to achieving our mission." www.philanthropy.com/article/5-th...

Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.

@aspeninstitute.bsky.social’s State of Play Oakland built a case that has helped Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, @kaboom-play.bsky.social, Oakland Unified School District and others give thousands of kids equitable access to great new schoolyards for active play. projectplay.org/news/how-oak...

I wrote about how Doge is involved in cutting cancer research www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...

The White House memo of Friday is an astonishing assault on nonprofits. But we are not powerless. Institutional funders are definitely not powerless. My post, just up this morning. cep.org/blog/how-fun...

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration for refusing to issue passports with accurate sex designations for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people. This action violates the Constitution.

Appreciated my terrific colleague David McKinney’s call for us to focus on young people in this moment: cep.org/blog/now-is-...

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reached out to more than a dozen major foundations — most with assets exceeding $1 billion — for this story. Some responded, but most declined to provide statements on the record. phlnthrp.com/4aQakDZ

There are more anti-trans bills than there are trans athletes. This is a solution in search of a problem. A villain for the GOP to distract Americans from the fact Musk is stealing all of our money. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

JUST IN: Judge Lamberth has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing provisions of Trump executive order that would require moving transgender inmates from women's to men's prisons. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Despite Judge Loren AliKhan's order, some nonprofits leaders say the fight to keep federal payments rolling in has just begun. phlnthrp.com/40Ik3aK

This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

YOUR HELP NEEDED: I'm a @nytimes.com reporter writing about nonprofits. If your nonprofit has been affected by this week's funding cuts and confusion, I want to hear from you. Tell me more here: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...

Even before its website was taken down by Trump, the vast system of global aid that USAID manages had already been plunged into chaos by an “unexplained and abrupt pause with no guidance [that] has left all our partners around the world high and dry,” a USAID official told @propublica.org

Don't be cowed or intimidated. Stand up for DEI which, when done well, is both the right thing and the smart thing to do -- driving superior performance and results. cep.org/blog/standin...

This is a few days late, but really excited to be part of this work with @kaboom-play.bsky.social . We are going to verify the locations and quality status of playgrounds in Native and tribal communities in Minnesota. www.startribune.com/shakopee-mde...

Playgrounds are critical to a whole host of child outcomes including early childhood learning, as is play infrastructure embedded throughout communities. kaboom.org/all-stories/...

Let’s get kids off social media and into playgrounds 🛝 I’ve written for @thehousemag.bsky.social about the dangers of doomscrolling and the positives of play. Children’s wellbeing comes first. www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...

A Food and Drug Administration project to promote diversity in clinical studies of cancer treatments was removed from the agency's website, as the Trump administration halts DEI initiatives.

President Donald Trump has directed his administration to block global aid recipients from telling patients about abortion — a move that could weaken reproductive health care worldwide. 19thnews.org/2025/01/trum...

Thrilled about this partnership... www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2025/0...

The future of playgrounds is green and equitable... kaboom.org/all-stories/...

From unlocking their imagination to building resilience, play provides endless opportunities for kids to thrive. This #WorldChildrensDay, please join me in supporting KABOOM! to ensure that all children have access to safe, joyful places to grow. Donate here: give.kaboom.org/campaign/wor...

Excited to share new publication in HUD CityScape called: "A New Index to Estimate Playspace Inequity". It describes the work of KABOOM! to estimate where new playgrounds are needed throughout the United States using publicly available #data and #maps. www.huduser.gov/portal/perio...