Three Questions With Darren Walker
Release Date:
09/23/2016
Ford Foundation president Darren Walker talks with SSIR senior editor Michael Slind about what organizations like his can do to address inequality.
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How to Recruit Panelists for Your Next Program
Release Date:
09/22/2016
Brian Byrd, program officer at the NY State Health Foundation, explains how he chose the panel for the PNY Program, "Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic."
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.
Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge
Release Date:
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.
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.
Rockefeller Leads Initiative to Help Young People Without College Degrees Land First Job
Release Date:
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.
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...
Supported by Simons Foundation, ‘Video Game’ Study Identifies Kids With Attention Deficits
Release Date:
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.
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.
City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
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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