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Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change

Release Date:

04/21/2016

... civil rights — I picture grainy, black-and-white photos of people, young and old, with picket signs marching through ... be largely unrecognizable to the early to mid-twentieth century leaders and social...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

... Philanthropies have announced the launch of a joint initiative aimed at advancing leadership, management, and innovation in cities across America and around the world. The Bloomberg ... associated with...

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Education

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Bloomberg Philanthropies: Six Things Cities Need to Know About the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

Release Date:

05/08/2017

... Six Things Cities Need to Know About the Future of Autonomous Vehicles Wired magazine named 2016 “the year ... CNN says we’ve reached “a tipping point for excitement in self-driving cars.” But too much...

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The Aspen Institute

Unemployment’s Steady Fall Could Signal Trouble—or a Broader Structural Shift

Release Date:

08/28/2017

... Shift The unemployment rate has fallen to a 16-year low of 4.3% and may not be done falling. The question is whether ... Reserve Bank of San Francisco finds that over the past century , the...

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Economic Security

Audacious Philanthropy

Release Date:

08/29/2017

... Private philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century : Virtually eradicating polio globally. Providing free ... and reduced-...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Health at A Planetary Scale

Release Date:

09/14/2017

... footprint on the earth has grown explosively over the past century or two. Two hundred years ago, there were about 1 billion of us; today, we number more than 7 billion. We have harnessed vast amounts ...

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Health

Opinion: Planned Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue

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09/14/2017

Opinion: Planned Parenthood of NYC Joins Call to Remove Racist Statue When images of white supremacists taking the streets in Charlottesville first surfaced, thousands of New...

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Gender Justice

The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough

Release Date:

09/19/2017

The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough From the moment ... rumbling along New York City’s streets in the 19th century , people have sought ways to make it easier,...

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Community Development

The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy

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09/27/2017

The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy ... our deepest beliefs about the United States and its place in the world. But a recent article in the...

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Health

Opinion: A Cash Guarantee for All Has Philanthropy Buzzing

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... maximum buzz, a policy idea needs the right combination of utopian promise and real-world possibility. You can make ... that mix, for both the political and philanthropic class. In its purest form, the idea is...

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Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch.

Release Date:

10/10/2017

Forest, Forest Everywhere. But Not an Acre to Touch. Here in the heart of the Adirondacks, the slender Schroon River, meandering ... polished rock from one bank to the other. But ever since a century...

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Environment and Climate Change

Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

... Robot Will Not Steal Your Job The recovery from the crisis of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in postwar history has so little growth created so many jobs. ... from 4.4...

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Workforce Development

Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Announces 31 Winners of Fellowships for Important Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Release Date:

04/25/2018

Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Announces 31 Winners of Fellowships for Important Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences In keeping with its century -old philanthropic...

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Commonwealth Fund Releases Its 2018 Scorecard on State Health System Performance

Release Date:

05/29/2018

... assesses all 50 states and the District of Columbia on more than 40 measures of access to health care, quality of care, efficiency in care delivery, health outcomes, and...

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11/20/2014 - Today’s Libraries - Live Stream Recording and Presentations

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11/2014

View the materials and livestream recording of the program, " Today’s Libraries: Community Anchors for .....

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Children, Youth and Families

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Education

Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program President Trump appears to be in the mood to make deals with Democrats — and Democrats ... immigrants. On Wednesday, the president...

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Immigration

24 Jul 2014

Inspiring Action to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy

Thursday, July 24, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Interested in the materials from this program? You can view the presentations here . Part of Philanthropy New York's " Spotlight On Diversity " Series. ... Vic De Luca, President ,...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

18 Sep 2014

Inequality, Democracy and Corporate Power

Thursday, September 18, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

View the live recording of this program. Part of Can Philanthropy Help Shape the ... to protect the right to vote, limit the influence of money in politics, and challenge the...

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Changing the Debate on Education Policy

Release Date:

06/07/2012

By Lori Bezahler, President , Edward W. Hazen Foundation Over the past 15 years, education policy has ... backwater to a topic debated on the front pages of every city’s major newspaper. Where...

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12 Jun 2015

C-Suite Session: Engaging Talent That Reflects the Communities We Serve

Friday, June 12, 2015 -

9:00am to 3:00pm

What makes a vibrant, thriving community great is a merging of diverse cultures and backgrounds which leads to a ... perspectives and a greater understanding of the strength in our differences...