29
Jan
2016
School Funding: The Road to Equity for NYC
Friday, January 29, 2016 -
9:45am to 12:00pm
Nearly every conversation about improving New York City’s public schools includes a call for more funding.
Children, Youth and Families
15
Jan
2016
The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Racial Justice: Lessons from the Campaign to End the Racially Biased Marijuana Arrest Crusade in NYC
Friday, January 15, 2016 -
8:30am to 11:30am
In 1977, New York decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Yet between 1995 and 2010, the NYPD made more than 530,000 arrests for low-level possession, including 50,000 in 2010 alone.
13
Jan
2016
Using Research Evidence to Catalyze Change in Youth Services
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Join us for a conversation about the effective use of research in youth services practice. This session will explore the role of research evidence in strengthening youth programs; the utilization of such evidence by practitioners, funders, policy...
13
Jan
2016
Local to Global: Efforts to Address the Increasing Prevalence of Teen Girl Suicide
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 -
9:15am to 11:15am
Recent data from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates an alarming trend! Suicide is the leading cause of death in teenage girls, ages 15-19, outside of Africa.
07
Jan
2016
Powerful Resource or Unhealthy Distraction? The Ongoing Debate about Young People and Technology
Thursday, January 7, 2016 -
8:45am to 10:30am
Technology is omnipresent in the lives of American youth. Studies show that by the time they turn two, more than a third of kids have used a mobile device; and nearly a quarter of teens are online “almost constantly.”
14
Dec
2015
Unpacking Youth Development: The Evolution of a 25 Year Journey
Monday, December 14, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
Over the years, the field of youth services has adopted youth development principles as a philosophy, approach, knowledge base and set of practices and outcomes to create a framework for working effectively with young people.
07
Dec
2015
Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 1 - Webinar
Monday, December 7, 2015 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Join us for the first of a four part series, that will explore the Campaign for Grade Level Reading Initiative and its core community solution areas.
04
Dec
2015
Catching Up: What High Schools Are Doing to Move Kids from Elementary Knowledge to College Ready
Friday, December 4, 2015 -
9:15am to 11:30am
Almost a quarter of our New York City kids do not graduate from high school. Thousands come in far behind and the system is not meeting their needs.
19
Nov
2015
Education Reform in Newark: Lessons for Philanthropy
Thursday, November 19, 2015 -
8:45am to 11:00am
On September 24, 2010, when Mark Zuckerberg joined Newark Mayor Cory Booker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the stage of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to announce his unprecedented gift of $100 million to transform Newark’s public schools, the...
10
Nov
2015
Justice Reform: The End of Mass Incarceration
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 -
8:30am to 12:00pm
With 2.3 million people currently behind bars in the United States - and an annual cost of $85 billion to run our prisons- politicians on both sides of the aisle are talking about what needs to happen to reform the criminal justice system.
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