Issue-Based

05 Mar 2018

Rethinking Democracy Through Electoral Reform - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, March 5, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Our current elections require systemic reforms to increase voter participation, counter racial and partisan gerrymandering, overcome zero-sum polarization, and advance a reflective and representative democracy.

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Issue-Based

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Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Public Policy

01 Mar 2018

Exploring Career Pathways in STEM - Brown Bag Lunch

Thursday, March 1, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Please join Philanthropy New York's Education Working Group and the New York City Youth Funders for a brown bag lunch to discuss the benefits of science-based internships for high school students.

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Issue-Based

Format

Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Education

Science

Children, Youth and Families

14 Feb 2018

2020 Census Funders: Learning from National Initiatives

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

The 2020 Census Funders Group is an ad hoc group of regional philanthropic leaders working in partnership with national and local nonprofit, government and business leaders – as well as our upstate sister organization New York Funders Alliance and...

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Issue-Based

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Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Census 2020

14 Feb 2018

Roundtable on DREAMers: How Do We Protect and Support DACA Recipients, Dreamers and Their Families Now?

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The deadline for certain Dreamers to renew their immigration status as part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has passed, the DACA program has been terminated, and as every day passes, DACAmented immigrants are losing...

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Issue-Based

Format

Roundtable Discussion

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Immigration

Public Policy

06 Feb 2018

Homelessness Innovations: Are Known Solutions Informing NYC’s Response to Youth Homelessness?

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Hurricane Harvey destroyed roughly a third of Houston’s housing stock and temporarily displaced 70,000 people. In New York City, more than 62,000 homeless people fill municipal shelters every night . At least 23,000 of the City’s...

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Issue-Based

Format

Panel

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Housing and Homelessness

24 Jan 2018

Through the Eyes of the Caregiver: “Care” Screening & Panel with Ai-jen Poo

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Please join us for a screening and panel discussion of the deeply poignant documentary film Care , which provides an intimate vantage of the home-care industry, and of the people who — whether because of disability, disease, or advanced age — rely...

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Workforce Development

14 Dec 2017

Funders Summit on Justice Reform: The Nation’s Eyes on Rikers

Thursday, December 14, 2017 -

9:00am to 3:30pm

Long before Jeff Sessions took the helm at the U.S. Justice Department, the leaders of the movement to end mass incarceration knew that the most meaningful efforts had to take place at the state and local level.

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13 Dec 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and the City of New York’s Workforce Strategy

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Public funding of the workforce system has declined significantly over the past twenty years. Further reductions for the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) are anticipated in next year and in future years.

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Issue-Based

Format

Panel

Audience

All Funders

Funding Area

Workforce Development

12 Dec 2017

Helping Foster Care Youth Succeed, Part II

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

This is a follow-on session to the event earlier this year, “Helping Foster Care Youth Succeed: Skills and strategies that support the transition to adulthood.

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Housing and Homelessness

Children, Youth and Families

29 Nov 2017

New York Foster Youth Funders Group – Fall Meeting

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

New York Foster Youth Funders Group is a peer network of grantmakers who are funding or interested in the area of foster youth in New York. The purpose of the group is to keep our hand on the pulse of salient issues and initiatives impacting foster...