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Open Society Foundations Supports Climate Change Glossary

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03/01/2017

Even as we shake our heads over the changing weather, or moan about the fumes belched from the vehicles in our cities, climate change still feels a distant problem.

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Environment and Climate Change

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06 Mar 2017

Resistance Strategies: Building Power, Forging New Collaborations and Organizing to Win - A First Monday Discussion Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Monday, March 6, 2017 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Come learn from movement leaders and funders how post-election shifts in the political landscape have instigated new thinking around ways to create effective coalitions and build resistance to the anti-democratic initiatives being advanced around...

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Tools & Strategies

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Civic Engagement

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Social Justice

Wallace Foundation Names Gigi Antoni New Director of Learning and Enrichment

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02/28/2017

Giselle “Gigi” Antoni, president and CEO of Big Thought in Dallas, a nonprofit organization that focuses on building partnerships that close the opportunity gap through creative out-of-school time programs, will join Wallace after May 1, said Will...

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Education

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Tiffany & Co. Foundation and Others Partner to Launch '50 Reefs' Global Initiative to Protect Critical Ecosystem

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02/28/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Tiffany & Co. Foundation, Australian nonprofit Ocean Agency, and the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland, has announced the launch of a global...

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Environment and Climate Change

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With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species

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02/28/2017

Fossil hunters have found part of an ancient primate jawbone related to lemurs — the primitive primate group distantly connected to monkeys, apes and humans, a USC researcher said

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The Wenner-Gren Foundation

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Science

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

Release Date:

02/28/2017

The first national study of language learning in 30 years was requested from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences by a bipartisan group of members of U.S. Senate & House of Representatives.

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The Henry Luce Foundation

Education

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NY Women’s Foundation’s Oliveira Offers Blueprint for Investing in Vulnerable Young Girls

Release Date:

02/28/2017

Ana Oliveira, President and CEO of the NY Women's Foundation, argues that "if we want the low-income girls of our city to be as healthy, stable, and successful as possible, we need to better recognize, respect, and bolster the strengths of the low-...

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Gender Justice

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Casey Family Programs Addresses Links Between Food Insecurity And Child Welfare

Release Date:

02/27/2017

At a special joint session of the National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting including governors and their spouses, Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and NGA Vice Chair Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval co-moderated a session on ending...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Food Systems

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Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Support Exhibition on Gender Politics in the Age of Trans-Identity

Release Date:

02/27/2017

The Intersectional Self questions how notions of femininity (and alternately, masculinity) have shifted in the context of newly defined gender identities, and how family structures have been reimagined and reshaped through relatively recent advances...

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Study Shows Zika Virus Can Cause Blindness

Release Date:

02/27/2017

Scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology at the Kresge Eye Institute are the first to show that the Zika virus (ZIKV) can replicate in the eye's retinal cells, causing severe tissue damage and even...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Health

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Open Society Foundations Releases Video Showing A New Outlook on Growing Up Intersex

Release Date:

02/27/2017

In Uganda, growing up as an intersex person is a complicated, often dangerous experience.

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International/Foreign Affairs

Video

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Gender Justice

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With Support from Helmsley Charitable Trust, Government of Myanmar Unveils New Plan to Protect Marine Wildlife And Resources

Release Date:

02/24/2017

The Government of Myanmar and WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) announced today a comprehensive plan to protect the country’s diverse fisheries and marine life — including dolphins, sea turtles, and other species — and other marine resources.

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Supported by Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Visual Arts of NJ Explores New Jersey Parks

Release Date:

02/24/2017

More than two years in the making, Park Wonder: Rediscovering Four New Jersey Landscapes will open at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey on April 20, 2017.

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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13 Mar 2017

The Roles of Arts & Culture in Addressing Islamophobia

Monday, March 13, 2017 -

8:00am to 6:00pm

Islamophobia is escalating rapidly across the country, fueling fear, discrimination and hate crimes against Muslim, Arab and South Asian communities. In recent months, we have borne witness to a growing number of hostile acts including vandalism,...

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Immigration

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Pinkerton Foundation Publishes New Paper for Workforce Practitioners and Funders

Release Date:

02/23/2017

The Pinkerton Foundation has published Steven Dawson’s fourth Pinkerton Paper in his Job Quality Series, this one on Social Enterprise: Proceed, with Caution.

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Workforce Development

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Why Salesforce Has A Chief Philanthropy Officer

Release Date:

02/23/2017

Over the past two years, Silicon Valley unicorns Atlassian, Box, Pure Storage, and Twillio all went public, earning billion dollar valuations.

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Mission Investors Exchange names Nhadine Leung as Managing Director

Release Date:

02/23/2017

Ms. Leung reports to the CEO, helping to execute the strategic direction and growth of the organization and its network, building on its recent successes and momentum.

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Mission Investors Exchange

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Launch a Global Plan to Save Coral Reefs from Extinction

Release Date:

02/23/2017

A global plan to save coral reefs from complete eradication caused by climate change, pollution and poor fishing practices launched today at The Economist World Ocean Summit in Bali.

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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

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Mellon Foundation Features Harlem Studio Museum Director on How Art Helps Us Understand Diversity

Release Date:

02/23/2017

At a time when society is swiftly being transformed, Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society investigates how diversity and social connectedness are imperative to our shared success and a broader sense...

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