Amanda LevinsonReckoning with the Legacy of Jewish Enslavement of African Americans in the SouthRight before the pandemic lockdown began in 2020, my spouse and I took a road trip from our home in Durham, North Carolina to Charleston…Sep 29, 2022Sep 29, 2022
Amanda LevinsoninNeedsListWhen Disaster Relief Fails CommunitiesPart 2 of a series reflecting on crisis response, social entrepreneurship, and the barriers to innovation.Oct 28, 2021Oct 28, 2021
Amanda LevinsoninNeedsListHow Refugee-led Organizations in Uganda are Meeting Refugee Needs During COVID-19When COVID-19 hit, refugee-led organizations in Uganda and South Sudan were extremely concerned. There are 1.4 million refugees in Uganda…May 29, 2020May 29, 2020
Amanda LevinsonHow Not to PanicAssembling Your Mental Health First Aid for the COVID-19 PandemicMar 27, 20201Mar 27, 20201
Amanda LevinsoninNeedsListHow We’re Giving Emergency Managers a New Way to Streamline Donations During CrisisThis fall, NeedsList was fortunate to participate in Innovate Durham, a 12-week program designed to foster innovation in government by…Jan 21, 2020Jan 21, 2020
Amanda LevinsoninNeedsListThe NeedsList Holiday Gift GuideHelp Displaced People in 5 Countries with these 10 NeedsDec 12, 2018Dec 12, 2018
Amanda LevinsoninNeedsListAid and abandonment in Greece: this is the world’s failure, and humanitarians can’t fix it“To be uprooted means to have no place in the world, recognized and guaranteed by others; to be superfluous means not to belong to the…Mar 22, 2018Mar 22, 2018
Amanda LevinsoninNeedsListTen ways to help Puerto Rico or make a refugee’s life a little less miserable in 2018.I’ve been loving all the memes of 2017’s butt getting booted by 2018. It was a rough year, far worse than 2016 (remember how, at the end of…Dec 26, 2017Dec 26, 2017
Amanda LevinsoninNeedsListBetween Scylla and CharybdisThe false dichotomy between for-profits and nonprofits hurts our ability to solve global problems.Oct 29, 20171Oct 29, 20171
Amanda LevinsoninNeedsListCould the Virtual Container be the Next Big Thing in Humanitarian Aid?Why we need to support innovation in humanitarian aid where it’s happening — at the grassroots.May 9, 2017May 9, 2017