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Diversity in Philanthropy: One Small Thing You Can Do

Release Date:

09/22/2016

Our inaugural Public Policy Fellow, Stephanie Chrispin, now has more than a year of learning and activities under her belt, and our second Fellow, Shiza Pasha started her two-year tenure in August.

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Philanthropy & Nonprofit Sector Support

Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge

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09/22/2016

Almost 90 percent of high school graduates spend some time in college, but only 40 percent of those students complete a bachelor's degree in four years and 60 percent in six, according to a new report about undergraduate education.

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United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Hospital Clinics Driving Growth of Primary Care Medical Homes in NY

Release Date:

09/22/2016

Report sets out opportunities and challenges for further expanding primary care model.

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Rockefeller Leads Initiative to Help Young People Without College Degrees Land First Job

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09/21/2016

Abigail Carlton, managing director at the Rockefeller Foundation, leads the U.S. Youth Employment Initiative, which aims to find jobs for young people with limited education and work experience.

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Workforce Development

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Applications Invited for Soros Justice Fellowships in Advocacy and Media

Release Date:

09/21/2016

A program of the Open Society Foundations, Soros Justice Fellowships support outstanding individuals working to implement innovative projects that advance reform and spur debate on a range of issues facing the criminal justice system in the United...

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RFPs Etc

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Communications/Media

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Open Society Foundations

Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits

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09/21/2016

A digital assessment platform designed to look and feel like a video game may successfully flag children with attention disorders, according to the results of a study published Sept. 20, 2016, in Translational Psychiatry.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Ms. Foundation for Women Will Join SheKnows Media for the Sept. 26 Panel on Next-Generation #Femvertising

Release Date:

09/21/2016

The survey, fielded online in September 2016, examines attitudes toward the pro-female advertising movement in which brands are increasingly building gender-equality messages and images into ads that target women.

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Gender Justice

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City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations

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09/21/2016

On Wednesday, about five years after the launch of the Young Men’s Initiative, the City Council will hold an oversight hearing to examine the status of YMI and its effectiveness nearly three years into the de Blasio administration.

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Derek Coy Named New York State Health Foundation’s Veterans' Health Officer

Release Date:

09/21/2016

A United States Marine veteran who served in Iraq, Sgt. Coy previously worked for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the fastest-growing veterans organization in the U.S. He also worked for the American Civil Liberties Union and The Doe Fund.