06
May
2015
Scaling for Social Impact: Perspectives from Both Sides
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 -
9:15am to 11:15am
Scaling presents important opportunities and significant challenges for funders and grantees.
Children, Youth and Families
29
Apr
2015
What Kind of Welcome? How are Unaccompanied Children from Central America Faring in New York?
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -
2:15pm to 4:30pm
About 6,000 unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America were released to sponsors in New York State last year, the second highest receiving state after Texas.
15
Apr
2015
NYCHA Goes Green: Urban Ag & Workforce Development
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
As part of a city-wide Building Healthy Communities Initiative rolling out of the Mayor’s Office, NYCHA and Green City Force are teaming up to expand upon their extremely successful urban farming pilot at the Red Hook Houses initiated in June 2013...
14
Apr
2015
Community Schools: An Opportunity for Funder Collaboration?
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 -
1:45pm to 4:00pm
On March 17, funders came together to learn from experts – practitioners, researchers and policymakers – about the promise of the community schools strategy in NYC.
17
Mar
2015
The Promise of Community Schools in NYC
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 -
8:30am to 1:30pm
*Registration for this session has reached capacity. To be added to the waitlist, please email: register@philanthropynewyork.org * Join us to explore critical issues around New York City's scaling of community schools as a...
12
Mar
2015
Difret - Film Screening
Thursday, March 12, 2015 -
5:00pm to 9:00pm
In "Difret," a 14-year-old Ethiopian girl is abducted by a group of men in an attempt to force her into marriage, one of the country's oldest traditions.
03
Mar
2015
Summer Youth Employment Programs: Ensuring Greater Career Readiness
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 -
7:00am to 10:00am
Summer jobs have a long-term impact, especially on low-income youth and their communities. Data shows that for every year a young person works, income during their 20s rises by 14-16%.
26
Feb
2015
Administrative Relief: Helping the City’s Undocumented Immigrants Benefit from New Education, Employment and Health Care Opportunities
Thursday, February 26, 2015 -
2:15pm to 5:00pm
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced plans to expand Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which allows undocumented immigrants who arrived as children remain in the U.S. free from fear of deportation and with permission to work.
22
Jan
2015
Learning to Write Code: The New Literacy?
Thursday, January 22, 2015 -
7:45am to 11:00am
The Department of Labor predicts the nation will add 1.2 million new computer-science-related jobs by 2022, but schools are graduating proportionately fewer computer science majors than in the 1980s. New research has shown that teaching “...
15
Jan
2015
Getting Better at Getting Better: Using Data to Improve Student Social-Emotional Learning
Thursday, January 15, 2015 -
8:00am to 11:00am
The session will focus on the use of data and measurement tools to help young people set goals for themselves and build social-emotional competencies (SEL) essential for academic and life success.
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