Here at Living Cities, we’re always busy keeping up with the social change field. On Fridays, our staff will share their favorite #goodreads from the past week:

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Elizabeth Vargas Marketing Director, EverFi

Nonprofits

An Urgent Warning about Impact – Richard Harwood, The Huffington Post

Recommended by: Jeff Raderstrong, Program Associate, The Integration Initiative

Impact Investing

What Needs to Happen For Impact Investing To Be The World Changing Force It Could Be – Ben Schiller, Fast Co.Exist

Recommended by: Eileen Neely, Director of Capital Innovation

Poverty and Inequality

5 Takeaways from Last Week’s Figure on Poverty, Inequality, and Health Coverage – Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Blog

Recommended by: Ben Hecht, President and CEO

Workforce and Education

A Chance at College for Ex-Offenders: The 70+ MM Americans with criminal records race overlooked obstacles to college admissions. – New York Times Editorial Board

Recommended by: Juan Sebastian Arias, Program Associate, Collective Impact

Civic Technology

People Not Data: On Disdain and Empathy in Civic Tech – Jake Solomon, Medium

Recommended by: Tamir Novotny, Senior Program Associate, Public Sector Innovation

Image source: Flickr user Kevin Dooley via Creative Commons 2.0

Contributor Marketing Director, EverFi Elizabeth Vargas 

Elizabeth Vargas managed Living Cities’ social media and web strategies. She brings an enthusiasm for integrating digital media and traditional communications to drive social change.

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