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Arcus Foundation's Stryker and Johnson & Johnson Honored by GLSEN

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05/26/2015

... Jon Stryker (Visionary Award), Desiree Raught (Educator of the Year Award), Johnson & Johnson (accepted by Jeff B. ... and Nixa High School GSA, Nixa, Mo. (Gay-Straight Alliance of the Year Award) along...

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Century Foundation Releases Report Detailing Virtual Labor Organizing

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06/10/2015

... Virtual Labor Organizing Joining a labor union is one of the best financial decisions a worker can make to boost ... additional earnings over a lifetime—however the process of joining can be clunky,...

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

... to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools At a time when the public and private sectors are struggling ... is not equipped to fill them. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that by 2020,...

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Sloan Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America's Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017

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06/29/2015

Sloan Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America's Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017 The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s ... these twin...

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Bloomberg and Rockefeller Leaders Featured on Crain's List of NYC's Top 50 Most Powerful Women

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07/01/2015

Bloomberg and Rockefeller Leaders Featured on Crain's List of NYC's Top 50 Most Powerful Women From banking to the arts, technology to health care, New York's female leaders cover every aspect...

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches Fellowship Program

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08/04/2015

... Newman's Own Foundation announced its first formal class of Fellows. The innovative Newman's Own Foundation Fellowship ... designed to expand, enhance, and diversify the pipeline of new...

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North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking

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08/14/2015

... reliable shorthand, a way to show they grasp the concerns of everyday people, and to signal they understand what moves voters to act. Here in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has regularly spoken ... 100...

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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

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08/14/2015

... This week, in Wilmington, North Carolina, Daryl Atkinson of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice described his ... was arrested on drug charges and served a prison sentence of more than three years. As he...

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David Berg Foundation Underwrites Free Saturdays at the Jewish Museum

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09/02/2015

David Berg Foundation Underwrites Free Saturdays at the Jewish Museum New York’s Jewish Museum has received a one-year grant of $275,000 from The David Berg Foundation to underwrite Free ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Receive National Medal of Arts

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09/08/2015

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Receive National Medal of Arts President Barack Obama will present the 2014 ... Humanities Medals on Thursday, September 10, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. ET in an East Room ceremony...

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Immigrants, Their Children Integrate Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds

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09/24/2015

... make more money and learn to speak better English. But a new report found their well-being declines in the areas of health, crime and family patterns. Co-sponsored by the ... Services, the Sept. 21 report from...

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Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals

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10/07/2015

... Report on Creating Effective School Principals A new report commissioned by the Wallace Foundation has ... schools. According to the report, it is the first study of its kind to examine how state policy could...

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NYCT Supports Affordable Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens

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10/09/2015

... Housing Proposal for Artists in Jamaica, Queens Dozens of local artists who are part of Jamaica's thriving arts scene may soon get the chance to ... including 50 units set aside for artists, according to...

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Rockefeller Foundation Finds Major Issues for Women in the Workplace

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10/13/2015

... the Workplace What are the top five challenges you face at work? Ask 9,500 women the same question and the answers will be very different. New research from The Rockefeller Foundation and Thomson Reuters...

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Gates and JPMorgan Back White House Outreach to 'Unbanked'

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12/03/2015

... to 'Unbanked' The Obama administration announced a set of public-private programs Tuesday to expand financial ... savings accounts, and other fiscal essentials, reports The New York Times. Corporate...

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Deutsche Bank Supports Transgender Economic Empowerment Forum

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12/10/2015

... Empowerment Forum Transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers need access to jobs and job readiness programs ... sector to make that happen, activists and bankers said at a forum Tuesday night. Actress...

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Artist Catherine Opie Elected to Warhol Foundation Board

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12/15/2015

... for the Visual Arts today announced the election of artist Catherine Opie to the Warhol Foundation Board of ... throughout the world, including a mid - career survey at the Guggenheim Museum...

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Open Society Foundations Supports International Online Journalism Event

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02/24/2016

... Simultaneous translation to Spanish will be provided at the conference in conjunction with Univision. Keynote ... executive vice president for product and technology at The New York Times;...

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Sloan Foundation Announces 2016 Research Fellowships

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02/25/2016

... Research Fellowships The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in New York City has announced the selection of a hundred and twenty-six scientists and researchers as recipients of this year's Sloan...

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