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NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education

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07/30/2015

... The Atlantic Philanthropies In recent years, thousands of New York City school children have been disciplined ... suspension in the 9th grade doubles a student’s chances of later dropping out of...

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17 Sep 2015

How U.S. Funders Can Respond to the Current Global Refugee Crisis - Webinar

Thursday, September 17, 2015 -

4:00pm to 5:30pm

... a record-high 60 million people from their homes. Half of these refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) are ... America for safety in the U.S. This summer, hundreds of thousands of...

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Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 2

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09/21/2015

... Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust Part one of this post discussed the New York City Cultural Agenda ... biases , unconscious attitudes towards particular groups of people that may perpetuate...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative

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12/10/2015

... Cities and have publicly committed to enhance their use of data and evidence to improve services, inform local decision making and engage residents. The cities of Anchorage, Alaska; Bellevue, Washington;...

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16 Nov 2016

Gun Violence in America: Newtown and a Public Health Crisis

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 -

4:00pm to 6:30pm

... New York for a special screening and discussion of the powerful film Newtown and a conversation about the ... Sundance Film Festival this year, follows the community of Newtown, Connecticut, in the aftermath...

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It’s Time to Define Our New Normal

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12/19/2016

... I had never felt in my many years in NYC. As a woman of color, there have been many incidents in the past that unsettled me— some because of gender, others because of skin color, and still...

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Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity?

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05/19/2017

Will The City’s Cultural Plan Walk The Talk Of Equity? By Michelle Coffey and Kerry McCarthy, co-chairs of the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York ... and Michelle Coffey is executive director...

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The New York Community Trust

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Lawyers Alliance for New York Announces 2017 Cornerstone Awards for Lawyers Providing Superior Pro Bono Service to Nonprofit Organizations

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11/09/2017

... & Watkins LLP and Mayer Brown LLP – are recipients of the 2017 Cornerstone Awards. These awards, the highest ... to nonprofit organizations that are improving quality of life for low-income New Yorkers...

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Reflections on Launching a Philanthropic Fund in Six Months

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09/19/2019

... Assefa Fund , a $30 million philanthropic initiative of World Education Services (WES), awarded over $1.2 million ... have. Along the way, I have captured and codified a few of the lessons I learned since we...

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31 Oct 2019

Not One More: The Fight to Stop Southeast Asian Deportation - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, October 31, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... refugees experienced war, the uncertainty and instability of refugee camps, and genocide. However, more than 16,000 ... from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos have been issued orders of deportation since 1998 due to...

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2020 Open Society Fellows Developing Approaches to Counter Economic Inequality

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02/06/2020

... to growing global agitation over the effects of concentrated wealth, the Open Society Foundations ... digital economy, a musician-activist uplifting the voices of marginalized communities, a lawyer examining...

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Economic Security

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Internal Communications for Philanthropy: Maintaining Community in a Time of Isolation

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03/31/2020

... for Philanthropy: Maintaining Community in a Time of Isolation By: Donita Volkwijn, Manager, Knowledge ... Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors As COVID-19 forces those of us in the philanthropic and global...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Three Actions Philanthropic Funders Can Take to Advance Equity for Immigrant and Refugee Workers

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07/30/2020

... Senior Director, WES Mariam Assefa Fund Since the onset of COVID-19, immigrant women like Leonor Albarran, a janitor ... in Santa Monica, California, have acted as the front line of defense in the fight...

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Strengthening our Framework to Maximize Impact

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06/01/2022

... our Framework to Maximize Impact By: Dylan Hayre, Director of Criminal Justice, Arnold Ventures In a March 2022 report , ... to the public and private investments in various parts of the system itself — for...

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We are In a Time of New Suns

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10/19/2022

We are In a Time of New Suns By: Taryn Higashi, Executive Director, Unbound ... by the Center for Effective Philanthropy in August of 2022. The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s report, ... funders see climate...

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Borealis Philanthropy's Racial Equity to Accelerate Change Fund Moves $2.2 Million to Racial Equity Practitioners

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11/01/2022

... grantmaking cycle, grantee partners identified a number of shared priorities and practices, including building ... justice funders understand and fund the depth and breadth of the types of...

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What’s at Stake and What’s at Play: My Reckoning with Philanthropy

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12/02/2022

... By: Travis Baird, Program Officer, Maverick Capital Foundation I entered this sector because I wanted to be a driving force of change and create a different reality for the next generation of...

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25 May 2023

Elevating and Mobilizing Voices from Across New York to Advocate for an Equitable 2023 Farm Bill - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Thursday, May 25, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... billion over 5 years and it impacts virtually every part of the agriculture sector covering programs such as crop ... right now! The most recent Farm Bill, the Agricultural Act of 2018, expires September 2023...

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United Hospital Fund Fellows Tackle Disparities on the Frontlines of Pediatric Care

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06/28/2023

... Hospital Fund Fellows Tackle Disparities on the Frontlines of Pediatric Care Eight graduates of United Hospital Fund’s PEDS Network Fellowship are ... Medical Center. Supported by the Mother Cabrini Health...

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