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10 Feb 2022

Practice Makes Better – Navigating Difficult Dialogues Across Difference, Revisited

Thursday, February 10, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:30am

... for managing group dynamics and conflict related to issues of identity, inequity, and difference in the workplace ... Kostadinovic , Learning Services Associate, Philanthropy New York Yi-...

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23 Jun 2022

Language Matters: The Power of Narrative Change in Advancing Criminal Legal Reform

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2:00pm to 3:00pm

... inmates, convicts, prisoners and felons—all terms devoid of humanness which identify us as “things” rather than as ... the recent rollbacks on several criminal legal reforms in New York State...

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For Profound Change in America, Think Local

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01/29/2014

... We live in an age defined by profound changes: New technology has revolutionized how we communicate and get our work done. The Great Recession has left many of us searching for jobs or struggling to gain...

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María Teresa Ronderos, Award-Winning Reporter, to Lead Open Society’s Work on Independent Journalism

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05/15/2014

... today named María Teresa Ronderos as the director of its Program on Independent Journalism. Ronderos will ... democracy. She will oversee a program with a 2014 budget of $12.8 million. María Teresa Ronderos,...

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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

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06/04/2014

... Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector. Judith Rodin, president of Rockefeller Foundation, is taking risks with philanthropic ...

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Noyes Foundation's Zigbi Selected as Loeb Fellow

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07/17/2014

... at the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, has been named one of 10 2014-15 Loeb Fellows at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. The fellows program helps accomplished design ...

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Primary Care Doctors on the Front Lines of Medicine Are Burning Out

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10/20/2014

Primary Care Doctors on the Front Lines of Medicine Are Burning Out It’s no secret that med ... punishing schedule, have it rough. A study from the Annals of Internal medicine — entitled “Burnout and Suicidal .....

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OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug

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03/25/2015

OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug The drug naloxone can be ... antidote to heroin overdoses. It reverses the effects of heroin and other drugs derived from opium, but does not ... less...

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Ford Foundation Supports "The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film" Series

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09/11/2015

... Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film" Series The Film Society of Lincoln Center will recognize James Baldwin (we celebrated ... Jake Perlin, co-presented with Columbia University School of the Arts Office...

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Two Hedge Fund Billionaires Donate $1M Each to Pro-Charter School Advocates

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10/21/2015

Officials at Families for Excellent Schools have declined to name the nonprofit’s funders since it was founded in 2012.

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How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s

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06/03/2016

... Orgs" in the 1970s The Crips, Black P. Stone Rangers, Sons of Watts, Young Lords Party, Brown Berets and the Vice Lords, ... sometimes negatively impacted their communities. Members of these groups were...

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Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing

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07/27/2016

Rockefeller's Judith Rodin is One of Many Women Making Their Mark in Social-Impact Investing ... they can usually expect to be swimming in a sea of white males, given the demographics of the...

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Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row

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08/16/2016

Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row In 1989, a 29-year-old ... death row. Over the decades, it has handled hundreds of capital cases, and has spared 125 offenders from...

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Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President

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01/05/2017

... J. Shah, a Trustee, as President Rajiv J. Shah, a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation , was asked about six months ... Mr. Shah, who until recently had been the administrator of the United States Agency for...

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Student Loan Company Accused of Mismanaging Debt Forgiveness Program

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08/28/2017

Student Loan Company Accused of Mismanaging Debt Forgiveness Program One of the country’s largest servicers of federal student loans has badly mismanaged debt ...

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China’s Xi Slams Unwillingness to Combat Climate Change

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09/05/2017

... a threat to American jobs and decided to pull the U.S. out of the Paris agreement on climate change. “Multilateral ... are having a difficult time. The implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change...

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Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

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09/14/2017

... That the Best They Can Do? Earlier this month, a coalition of philanthropic trade associations—namely, the Council of Foundations, Independent Sector, The Philanthropy ... Roundtable, and the Columbus...

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Rezoning a Block in Harlem, Respecting an African Burial Ground

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09/27/2017

... one for white parishioners, the other for descendants of Africans. When the church moved, the remains of the white people were moved to a cemetery in the Bronx. The graves of the blacks were...

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City to Overhaul 11 More Parks on Restoration Program As Its Cost Grows to $318 Million

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09/27/2017

Eleven more parks will be fixed up under a city program — and the initiative's cost has jumped by $33 million.

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