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UJA-Federation of NY CEO Gives Tips on Teaching Youth about the Holocaust

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05/04/2016

... when pictures emerged last month of partying teens in New Jersey engaging in a shocking beer pong game called “Jews versus Nazis” ... ping-pong balls into cups of beer that had been arranged in...

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Ford's Walker Included in New Class of Disrupters Making New York’s Cultural Boards More Diverse

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08/01/2016

Ford's Walker Included in New Class of Disrupters Making New York’s Cultural Boards More Diverse Board membership in New York has always been a rich person’s game. In exchange for the social...

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Commonwealth Fund President Writes About Keeping Perspective During Turbulent Times

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02/07/2017

... During Turbulent Times At times of dramatic change in a nation’s history, fear and anxiety can become ...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Publishes “The History of the Giving While Living Ethic"

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05/31/2017

... Philanthropies, he said he was doing it out of a belief in Giving While Living – the idea that individuals of great ... use their money to help people during their lifetimes. In “The History of the Giving...

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Donors Offer Berkshire Museum $1 Million To Delay, Study Art Sale; Board President Turns It Down

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08/28/2017

... Turns It Down A group that emerged Friday has company in wanting the Berkshire Museum to hit the brakes on a ...

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Traces of Crime: How New York’s DNA Techniques Became Tainted

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09/05/2017

... Became Tainted Over the past decade, the DNA laboratory in the office of New York City’s chief medical examiner emerged as a pioneer in analyzing the most complicated evidence from crime scenes. ...

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Experts Recommend Baseline Concussion Tests for Student Athletes

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09/19/2017

... West got a concussion playing football his freshman year in High School. "I went to go make a tackle and I had a head ... that much," West said. His mother then took him to the emergency room, where...

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Republicans Are Reconsidering Full Repeal of State and Local Tax Deduction

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10/04/2017

... elimination of the provision has emerged as a flash point in the nascent debate over the plan, with Republicans in high-tax states worried about backlash from residents who ...

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De Blasio Says No Notice Needed from City when Entire Hotels Get Rented to Shelter the Homeless

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10/13/2017

... so when it uses hotels — qualifying that as temporary or emergency housing, even when the Department of Homeless Services rents every single room in a hotel, effectively turning it into a shelter... De ...

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18 Feb 2020

Immigration: When Something So Personal Depends on Policymakers

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... can provoke passionate discussion and debate, especially in this political climate. The decision to leave one’s home ... New America Geri Mannion (Moderator), Program Director, US Democracy & Special...

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Justice Reform Working Group

... Working Group (JRWG) is open to PNY Members interested in learning more or funding at the intersections of justice ... responsibilities: Attend one annual Working Group meeting Support Working Group-sponsored...

Beyond the Renovation: The Other Exciting Changes at The New York Public Library

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06/03/2013

... of a larger plan. There is no question that we must invest in our library system at a time when use of our facilities ... resources, is skyrocketing, and by building capacity in targeted areas, we can and...

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09 Jun 2015

Catch a Ride on a Roller-Coaster! Immigration Issues Facing the New York Region

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8:45am to 11:00am

In the wake of Congressional inaction on federal immigration ... and in the NYC area - and what's delayed and why How your foundation can mobilize to help make progress on immigration .....

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Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 1)

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06/13/2014

... Program Associate for the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund in The New York Community Trust. Technology has transformed ... lives: working, volunteering, and participating in after-school and summer activities...

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Capital One-Funded Report: Women Entrepreneurs On the Rise in NYC

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03/04/2016

Capital One-Funded Report: Women Entrepreneurs On the Rise in NYC The Center for an Urban Future published a major new study that reveals a dramatic surge in women entrepreneurs in New York City...

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Gun Violence, Advocacy, and Leadership

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04/05/2018

... to do very seriously. So when she starts giving me lessons in my supposed wheelhouse—the making of public policy to ... a year from shooting, help the 4.5 million women in the US who, it is...

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08 Jun 2015

Philanthropy New York's 36th Annual Meeting, with Eliasson, Gbowee and Kristof

Monday, June 8, 2015 -

1:30pm to 6:00pm

... 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, President, Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa Nicholas Kristof (Moderator), ... by fascinating individuals from around the world in rapid-fire succession. Avila Kilmurray , Director,...

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15 Jan 2016

The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Racial Justice: Lessons from the Campaign to End the Racially Biased Marijuana Arrest Crusade in NYC

Friday, January 15, 2016 -

8:30am to 11:30am

In 1977, New York decriminalized the possession of small ... Congressman, 8th District of NY Joo Hyun Kang , Director, Communities United for Police Reform Harry Levine , Professor ... with any questions. ...

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Philanthropy Must Move Fast on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle

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12/02/2015

... on Climate Change, Robertson and MacArthur Leaders Say in Chronicle The danger signs are all around us : record storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires that ... Severe habitat loss and economic damage are facts...

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