Tuesday, August 12, 2014
New Class of Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows Tackles Economic and Social Inequality
Three innovators combating issues of economic and social inequality with outside-the-box thinking were named Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellows. Fellows have the opportunity to change the world in one year. Each is given a $100,000 grant, office space in New York City and support from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, a leading social change philanthropy focused on leaders who use creative thinking to address the seemingly intractable problems of inequality and climate change.
The three fellows are Dara Nussbaum-Vazquez, who will be working to create wealth and democratize markets in low-income communities; Jennifer Bailey, who will equip multi-faith movements for justice with the resources to harness the power of story; and Mosi Makori, who will be engaging young men and women of color in an attempt to change the cycle and culture of mass incarceration, recidivism and wrongful convictions....