Children, Youth and Families

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...

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All Funders

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Disaster Relief

Education

Children, Youth and Families

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.

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Issue-Based

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Film Screening

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All Funders

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International/Foreign Affairs

Social Justice

Gender Justice

Children, Youth and Families

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%.

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Roundtable Discussion

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Location

New York City

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.

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Panel

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All Funders

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Immigration

Children, Youth and Families

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 “...

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Panel

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All Funders

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Education

Workforce Development

Technology

Children, Youth and Families

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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All Funders

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Leadership Development

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Human Services

Children, Youth and Families

Location

United States

15 Dec 2014

Why We Can’t Wait: Lessons from Listening to Girls of Color

Monday, December 15, 2014 -

1:45pm to 5:00pm

If we listened to girls and young women of color, what would they tell us? To find out, African American Policy Forum (AAPF), in partnership with local organizations, is hosting town hall hearings in cities throughout the country allowing community...

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Panel

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Evaluation

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Location

New York State

20 Nov 2014

Today’s Libraries

Thursday, November 20, 2014 -

7:45am to 11:00am

Community Anchors for Innovative Digital Media Learning, Markerspaces, and After-school Programming. Libraries are on the cutting edge of connectivity and strategies to bridge the digital divide. Kansas City Public Library is collaborating with...

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Communications

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Information Technology

Funding Area

Communications/Media

Disabilities

Education

Children, Youth and Families

Location

New York State

15 Oct 2014

Busting the Business of Trafficking Women and Children

Wednesday, October 15, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Human trafficking is often approached as a women and children’s human rights and social justice issue. Rightly so considering the U.S. State Department estimates 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year with...

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Audience

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Children, Youth and Families

08 Oct 2014

Deputy Mayor and Four Commissioners Explore Opportunities for Better Coordination on Vulnerable Youth

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 -

1:45pm to 3:30pm

According to the Administration for Children’s Services (as of September 2014) there were 11,386 children in foster care. There are 1,000 young people who annually age out of foster care. In September 2014, there were 24,124 children who were...