Emerson Collective

The Washington Post

Terminating DACA during the pandemic would be a callous error in judgment

Writing in The Washington Post Laurene Powell Jobs recognizes the critical role of health-care workers — and more than 200,000 other Dreamers in occupations deemed essential — underscores the stakes of the Supreme Court’s imminent decision on DACA.
Immigration

This DACA Plaintiff Says DREAMers Are Essential During COVID-19

This doctor is one of 30,000 DACA recipients working in the health care industry. Now he's reminding the Supreme Court how essential DREAMers are, especially during crises like COVID-19.
America's Food Fund

Feeding Neighbors in Need

America’s Food Fund is working to address the issue of food access in the United States and provides funding relief to organizations working to feed the country’s most vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19.
Immigration

DACA Health Care Workers Await Supreme Court Ruling

‘My patients really don’t care about my immigration status’ — This nurse is one of 30,000 DACA recipients working on the front lines of COVID-19, but the Trump admin could change everything.
COVID-19

The Way Forward

We're excited to announce 'The Way Forward', a weekly live event series hosted by The Atlantic in collaboration with Chatham House and the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
A Collection of Stories about Impact in Partnership with NowThis

We hope to spur ideas for ways we can all be more involved in solving problems that are affecting our communities.
Dial Fellows

Letters that help incarcerated students feel a little less alone

Young students in prison are isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Center for Educational Excellence in Alternate Settings’ letter-writing campaign aims to foster connection in this trying time. Sign up to write your own letter by May 31st.
Dial Fellows

COVID-19 is a dire threat to the vulnerable in jails and prisons. Here’s what we can do about it.

Civil-rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis discusses the life-threatening danger that COVID-19 poses to the millions of people in U.S. prisons and jails, and how his organization, Civil Rights Corps, is responding.
COVID-19, and Wellness

Crisis Text Line Sees Record Messages Amid COVID-19

Text-based crisis counseling hotline Crisis Text Line has received a record number of messages during the COVID-19 pandemic — here’s how it works.
Education

Why All Students Deserve High-Speed Internet

‘Using the internet in my classroom is like sucking peanut butter through a straw’ — All students deserve high-speed internet, and Evan Marwell’s company is making it happen.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Priorities

Meet the entrepreneurs from Elemental Excelerator's latest cohort.

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