Civic Engagement

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in Community Engagement

Release Date:

06/22/2017

In this tag-team PHIL Talk, Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo discuss the importance of fun in engaging communities in social justice work, and the power of "spect-acting" in humanizing policy proposals to elected officials.

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Civic Engagement

Our Demographic Destiny is Not Our Democratic Destiny

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05/16/2017

Sayu Bhojwani, Founder and President of The New American Leaders Project, challenges funders to "prove to yourself that demographics is indeed not destiny, not in democracy and not in access."

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Civic Engagement

Rockefeller Brothers Fund Reframes its Global Democratic Practice Grantmaking Portfolio

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04/25/2017

In addition to changing the portfolio’s name from ‘Global Governance’ to ‘Global Challenges’, the newly articulated strategies shift the emphasis from improving the democratic practices of formal global governance institutions and procedures to...

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Ford Foundation Supports GenForward Survey on Young Americans' Perceptions of Trump

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04/21/2017

That Trump is undeniably the nation’s 45th president doesn’t sit easily with young Americans like Anderson who are the nation’s increasingly diverse electorate of the future, according to a new poll.

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Every Funder Has a Stake in This

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04/19/2017

We are thrilled that our 38th Annual Meeting on “The Power of Participation” will include big name stars like MSNBC host Chris Hayes, New York Times Editorial Director, Books, Radhika Jones, CNN Contributor Bakari Sellers and Democracy Now! host Amy...

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PNY News

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Civic Engagement

Six Reasons Funders Should Increase Support for People Of Color-Led Work

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04/04/2017

Teresa Younger, President and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, and Vanessa Daniel, Executive Director of the Groundswell Fund, challenge the philanthropic community to increase funding to people of color-led grassroots organizations.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Co-Hosts 'A Populist Revolt? The Transformation of the World Order in the Trump Era'

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02/08/2017

Carnegie Corporation of New York and TIME hosted a Live event on the transformation of the world order in the Trump era. Panelists Ian Bremmer of Eurasia Group, Roger Cohen of The New York Times, and Pippa Norris from Harvard University share their...

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Ford-Backed Poll Finds that Young Americans Fear They Will Be Worse Off Post-Trump

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01/17/2017

According to a new poll of Americans aged 18 to 30, the country’s young adults are more likely to expect they’ll be worse off at the end of Trump’s first term than better off. Such young Americans are also far more likely to think Trump will divide...

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Herbert Sturz of Open Society Foundations Named A City & State Lifetime Award Winner

Release Date:

01/12/2017

City & State is proud to announce the 2017 50 Over 50 honorees! The 50 Over 50 Awards recognizes some of the most distinguished public servants in New York City over the age of 50 who have committed decades of their life to making the city a...

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Charles Feeney Gives Away the Last of His Fortune

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01/06/2017

Last month, Mr. Feeney and Atlantic completed the sprint and made a final grant, $7 million to Cornell University, to support students doing community service work.