North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking
Release Date:
08/14/2015
North Star Fund Executive Director Hugh Hogan questions de Blasio's claims of grassroots governance.
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2015
Nailing It: Building A National Movement of Nail Salon Workers
Thursday, June 25, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
On virtually every street corner in the city sits a nail salon, a burgeoning industry that glamorizes the fingertips of half the City’s residents. And behind the glam are women who most often are paid less than the cost of the bottle of nail polish...
North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform
Release Date:
03/24/2015
Campaign will call for the end of the "broken windows" method of policing.
25
Mar
2015
Beyond Gender Equity: How Philanthropy is Taking Gender Norms into Account
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Is your grantmaking responding to new understandings of the importance of addressing gender norms along with age, race and class? Gender norms are the beliefs, scripts and expectations we all have for how to be men and women. And addressing them is...
10/30/2014 - A New Food Economy - Live stream Recording & Materials
Publication date:
10/2014
View the materials and livestream recording of the program, "A New Food Economy: What Do We Mean?"
Hurricane Season is Here, Sandy is Not Over
Release Date:
10/31/2014
North Star Fund Program Officer, Adam Liebowitz, examines the far-reaching and long-lasting effects of Hurricane Sandy.
30
Oct
2014
A New Food Economy: What Do We Mean?
Thursday, October 30, 2014 -
2:15pm to 4:30pm
As more and more people become interested in issues around food, a burgeoning food “movement” has emerged. But what is the movement towards? And how will we know when we get there?
Hurricane Sandy Activism Report
Publication date:
07/2014
Drawing on interviews with its grantee partners involved in Hurricane Sandy recovery work, this report from the North Star Fund presents the largely unacknowledged role that community-based organizations—especially activist groups—played in the immediate aftermath of the storm and includes recommendations and priorities for moving forward with recovery and building long-term resiliency.
10
Jul
2014
Funder Briefing on the Lessons from Hurricane Sandy
Thursday, July 10, 2014 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
After 20 months of supporting and working closely with community-based organizations in neighborhoods most heavily impacted by Hurricane Sandy, North Star Fund published: "From The Edge Of Disaster: How Activists and Insiders Can Use the Lessons of...
New Trees and Community Gardens Sprout from ConEd Blackout Settlement
Release Date:
05/22/2014
[North Star Fund] Years after a blackout wiped out power in swaths of western Queens, money from a settlement with Con Edison has been used to turn over a new, green leaf in the neighborhoods affected by it — including 962 trees and 40 new school...
08
May
2014
Community Food Funders Annual Gathering
Thursday, May 8, 2014 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Please join us to celebrate another year of organizing funders to transform our regional food system! Gather with colleagues for a relaxed evening featuring locally-sourced bites, wine and brews, networking and brief updates on CFF's work, and...
The North Star Fund is the First Community Foundation to Sign Pledge to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Release Date:
03/13/2014
The North Star Fund is the first community foundation to sign onto the Divest-Invest Philanthropy initiative's pledge to divest from fossil fuel investments.
Sandy support from institutions underwhelms
Release Date:
10/25/2013
PNY's Michael Remaley and the North Star Fund's Hugh Hogan were quoted in a Crain's New York Business article on our research into institutional giving totals for Superstorm Sandy.
11
Jun
2013
Community Food Funders Breakfast Series on Risk and Resiliency in the Food System: Fostering Equity and Adaptation in a Post-Sandy World
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 -
8:15am to 10:00am
We invite you to join Community Food Funders, farmers, community leaders and food systems experts for the third discussion in a three-part breakfast series. What role can the philanthropic community play to help community groups,...
06
Jun
2013
Community Food Funders Breakfast Series on Risk and Resiliency in the Food System: Fostering Equity and Adaptation in a Post-Sandy World
Thursday, June 6, 2013 -
8:30am to 10:00am
We invite you to join Community Food Funders, farmers, community leaders and food systems experts for the second discussion in a three-part breakfast series. In the hours and days immediately following Superstorm Sandy, vulnerable...
07
May
2013
Community Food Funders Annual Gathering
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Gather with colleagues for networking and an update on Community Food Funders. The evening will feature remarks and reflections from Marion Nestle and a delicious menu including appetizers, wine and beer sourced from local farms and NYC Green Carts...
12
Dec
2012
Pushing Back Against Push-outs, Pipelines and Profiling: Grantmaking for Impact Among Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Men & Boys of Color
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 -
8:00am to 11:00am
This briefing will explore issues of policing, safety, profiling, and school discipline policy as they relate to gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GBTQ) young men and boys of color. How do zero-tolerance policies place queer youth in jeopardy?...
14
Sep
2012
Social Justice on the Streets: New Developments Around "Stop-and-Frisk" and Discriminatory Policing
Friday, September 14, 2012 -
8:45am to 11:30am
In 2011, the New York Police Department conducted over 685,000 stops of New Yorkers—equivalent to 78 stops an hour and an over 600% increase in the number of stops since Mayor Bloomberg took office. Eighty-seven percent of those stopped were Black...
23
Jul
2012
How Youth are Transforming the Food Justice Movement
Monday, July 23, 2012 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Enjoy a taste of fresh vegetables and herbs from young people’s gardens! Meet and dine with some of the remarkable leaders in the youth food justice movement who are transforming their NYC neighborhoods. Join us to learn how the untapped energy of...
19
Jul
2012
Fracking in New York: A Donor Briefing
Thursday, July 19, 2012 -
8:45am to 10:45am
Large parts of New York sit atop the Marcellus Shale formation, and the oil and gas industry has been aggressively pushing for Governor Cuomo to open up New York to fracking. Governor Cuomo’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued...