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Groundswell Engages The Community To Make Art – And A Statement

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08/31/2017

... with local youth and community stakeholders to turn public walls – in NYCHA developments and elsewhere – into public works of art. “It always turns out that those who ...

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Arts

The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

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09/19/2017

... New York City officials announced that all 1.1 million public school students would be provided with a free daily ...

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Food Systems

Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to its board. For the first time in the ...

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LDN Fund Officially Launched

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09/22/2017

... Fund is a first-of-its-kind investment vehicle leveraging public money to raise private capital for sustainable land ... collaboration with Mirova and numerous partners from the public sector, the private...

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Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?

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09/22/2017

... social entrepreneurs, civil society leaders, and public officials around the world. We identify three ... of specific individuals or groups to the forefront of public awareness. An innovatorcreates an...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

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09/25/2017

... in such projects) to design it. Though planned as a public park, the design also accommodated three outdoor event ... Conservancies, it’s worth wondering what else seeps into public space — not the least of...

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Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... including its schools of medicine, nursing, dental, and public health, is the first complete academic medical center ... Health Program at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the first...

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Opinion: Construction Safety Bill Would Hurt Minority Workers

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... NYCHA resident who has spent my career advocating for our public housing communities – and I can tell you why we ... and brown construction workers, including those living in public housing. For months, I have...

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Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

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09/27/2017

... information not with the attitude that it was granting the public some royal benignity, but that those data sets and ...

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The Aetna Foundation Launches Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge to Empower Local Group Efforts

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04/06/2018

... Efforts The Aetna Foundation, together with the American Public Health Association and the National Association of ... nationwide effort that empowers local groups to tackle public health challenges. Fifty...

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UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies Receives Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/02/2019

... universities, community colleges, high schools and the public . “The complexities of the modern Middle East are ... funding for Middle East programs is diminishing and public demand for expertise is increasing...

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United Hospital Fund Report Details How the American Rescue Plan Act Helps New Yorkers Maintain Affordable Health Coverage

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08/04/2021

The American Rescue Plan Act builds on traditional safety net programs tied to unemployment

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29 Oct 2018

Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Ibram X. Kendi

Monday, October 29, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... and the Founding Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. He is also a columnist ... X. Kendi , Founding Director, Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American...

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16 Apr 2019

Equity Speaker Series: Exploring Racism in America with Richard Rothstein

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Color of Law Richard Rothstein is an American historian, policy analysit, and journalist. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and senior fellow at the Thurgood Marshall ... The Color...