How to Build a Strong Local Food System
Release Date:
08/29/2017
How to Build a Strong Local Food System It goes beyond farmers' ... and customers. It was unheard of to truck vegetables from Florida or California all year round in order...
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Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... State College announced an agreement on Tuesday to offer students training and career opportunities in the ... industry and so we are excited that the students at Farmingdale are going to...
Opinion: Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... Storm That Humans Helped Cause Even before the devastation from Harvey, southeastern Texas was enduring a year unlike any before. The daily surface temperature of the ...
Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most The sky-high cost of housing has understandably been at the top of the list of concerns among the dozens of ... New...
New Bloomberg-backed Report Highlights Opportunities to Finance Urban Water Projects
Release Date:
09/05/2017
New Bloomberg-backed Report Highlights Opportunities to Finance Urban Water Projects We didn’t need World Water Week last week to remind us that too little and too much water can both be ... 89 water management...
NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming
Release Date:
09/07/2017
NYC and Studio Team Up to Keep Music Industry Humming Berklee, a music education ... recent years. City officials said they made the investment to help keep Avatar, the studio on Manhattan’s West Side where...
New York’s Most Controversial Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... Teacher Certification Exam Is Now a Little Easier To Pass Just years after New York began requiring prospective teachers to pass a tough new exam, the state’s top education policy ... of work including a video...
Former Success Academy Lawyer Hoping to Start Own Charter Network Wants to ‘Take It To The Next Level’
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Former Success Academy Lawyer Hoping to Start Own Charter Network Wants to ‘Take It To The Next Level’ As the former top lawyer ... largest and most controversial charter-school network —...
States Team Up To Fight Climate Change
Release Date:
09/21/2017
States Team Up To Fight Climate Change A group of states adhering to the ... New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. Earlier this year , President Donald Trump said he would withdraw ...
How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege?
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege? Marriage, which used to be the default way to form a family in the United States, regardless of income ... to 55 are married, according to...
20 Percent of Serious Food Safety Violations Go Ignored, New Report Finds
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... Go Ignored, New Report Finds Government inspectors failed to take action on one of every five serious food-safety risks identified in manufacturing facilities, according to a report released by federal...
More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs
Release Date:
10/13/2017
More Training Needed to Fill New York’s ‘Middle Skill Jobs It’s widely known ... or training beyond high school but have not earned a four- year college degree. While the “middle skill jobs” that ... part of the...
The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners
Release Date:
11/17/2017
... Early this year , The J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the United States with a promising solution to a ... Innovation Prize. These ten projects were selected from...
New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"
Release Date:
11/20/2017
... through its Healthy Neighborhoods Fund initiative to become healthier, more active places. Urban in density but rural in its disconnectedness from the rest of New York City, Brownsville is a high-poverty...
New York Community Trust's Patricia Swann On Looking Past 'Get Out The Vote'
Release Date:
11/08/2017
... in yesterday’s election. Advocates will say we need to make voting easier, and that’s true. But what if an ... increasing civic participation the other 364 days per year ? If we want to get...
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Sep
2011
New York's Diverse Muslim Community: Building Civic Engagement and Responsive Social Services - Learning Tour
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 8:00am
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
... leaders and local institutions served and continue to play a critical role in meeting emergency needs arising from September 11th, providing resources, social services, ... 11th, attend a unique site visit...
Celebrating Black Philanthropy Month and Our Collective History
Release Date:
08/09/2016
... celebrate Black Philanthropy Month . This time, I choose to be a more active and vocal participant, and I’m ... research is available at the website of The Give Black Foundation . Finally,...
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Dec
2016
School Discipline, Pushout and Gender Norms
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
As we look at how to improve high school graduation rates and outcomes, we’ve ... a pattern of exclusionary practices that prevent students from obtaining a high school diploma, including more...
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Jan
2018
Through the Eyes of the Caregiver: “Care” Screening & Panel with Ai-jen Poo
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... It also reveals the beginning of a movement to improve how we care—both for the growing number of aging ... 5, 2017. Support for the production of Care came from John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur ...
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May
2021
Towards a NYC COVID-19 Food Response in 2021 - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 -
9:30am to 11:00am
Virtual Meeting - Register by 5/3
... Food Funders (CFF), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a ... Project is a collaboration of food policy researchers from the Hunter College NYC Food Policy...