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Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

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04/25/2017

... economy could have had an infusion of $24 billion in 2014 alone were it not for racial inequities resulting in an income gap faced by ... overall economy would be much stronger if barriers...

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Long Island Community Foundation

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Public Policy

Social Justice

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement

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05/19/2017

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Poll Finds Racial Divide in Financial Readiness for Retirement Older white Americans are nearly twice as ... On top of that, blacks earn less than whites with similar ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Economic Security

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Nonhuman Rights Project, Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary

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06/06/2017

... Supported by Novo and Arcus Foundations, Is Featured in Documentary Steven Wise is an attorney for animals, notably two chimpanzees, Tommy and Kiko, who ... working through litigation, public policy advocacy,...

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Animal Welfare

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View

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07/06/2017

... study urban environments - with an assist from Google. In joint work with Edward L. Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor ... key demographic characteristics - high density and high education - play important roles...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Community Development

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Sloan Foundation Supported Survey: Work Can Be Stressful, Dangerous And Sometimes Great

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08/14/2017

... good friends on the job can make work feel less taxing. In 2015, RAND researchers, along with Harvard Medical School ... collecting data from over 3,000 people from all income and education levels who work or...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Harrowing Journeys: Children and Youth on The Move Across The Mediterranean Sea, At Risk of Trafficking and Exploitation

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09/12/2017

... or secure better futures – and face staggering risks in the process. For 17-year old Mohammad, who traveled through Libya to seek ... others: those travelling alone, those with low levels of education...

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Children, Youth and Families

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International/Foreign Affairs

Prodded by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side

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09/13/2017

... by Advocates, City Unveils District-Wide Integration Plan for Lower East Side The New York City education department on Tuesday revealed a plan that officials hope will spur more economic diversity in...

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Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York

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09/15/2017

Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York, metro area added 400 private-sector jobs in August, up 0.1 percent from August 2016. In the Glens...

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Workforce Development

43% of City Students Not Getting Required Sex Ed Courses, Comptroller Says

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09/18/2017

... middle and high school students are not getting the sex education required by the state, according to a report ... among city teenagers is slightly rising, especially in the city's poorest neighborhoods...

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High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

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09/22/2017

... partners, the event explored how smart investments in health, empowerment, education and employment can reduce vulnerability and support ... continent. Harnessing this potential into a positive force ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Many Students Around the World Can’t Read or Add, World Bank Says

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09/27/2017

... world, hundreds of millions of students are spending years in school while learning virtually nothing, and many ... to even measure their progress, the World Bank warned in its flagship annual economic...

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After Stabbing, Teachers Will Get Training on Defusing Behavior Issues

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10/03/2017

... The schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, said Monday that, in response to last week’s fatal stabbing at a school in the Bronx, the Education Department would focus its training for...

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How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings from the Wallace Foundation

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10/06/2017

... a little bit like the nonprofit equivalent of reaching for the Holy Grail. The Wallace Foundation’s latest ... Partnerships and Fidelity,” is the latest entry in what the Wallace Foundation itself calls the “...

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New Initiative Aims to Have Every New York City Public School Student See a Broadway Show

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10/10/2017

... League has teamed up with the New York City Department of Education to launch the first year of Broadway Bridges, an ... accessible by offering $10 tickets to tenth grade students in high schools in...

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Paulina Helm-Hernandez, Former Co-Director of Southerners on New Ground, Will Join Foundation For A Just Society

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02/01/2018

... of Southerners on New Ground, Will Join Foundation For A Just Society Paulina Helm-Hernandez, former ... justice advocacy organization supporting LGBTQ people in the US South. Prior to that she coordinated the...

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Casey Castañeda Appointed National Head of Private Foundation Services and Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank

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02/01/2018

... their foundations. Casey has 15 years of experience in family philanthropy, grantmaking and grants ... as philanthropic advisor and foundation program director for a multi-generational family office. ...

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An Interview With Kavitha Mediratta, Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Initiative Launched by Atlantic Philanthropies

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02/14/2018

... Mediratta, Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Initiative Launched by Atlantic ... leaders dedicated to dismantling anti-black racism in the United States and South Africa. Mediratta...

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Schott Foundation Releases New Report, “Keeping Students First: Building Community Labor Partnerships for Strong Schools.”

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04/10/2018

... Students First: Building Community Labor Partnerships for Strong Schools.” This report is designed to support ... and labor groups that are ready and willing to engage in meaningful relationship building and...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Citi Foundation Partners with LISC, Commits $10 Million to Help Train American Workers for Growing Job Sectors

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07/16/2018

... LISC, Commits $10 Million to Help Train American Workers for Growing Job Sectors The Citi Foundation is investing $10 million in the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to help ... development, but...

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