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Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

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09/26/2017

... Twitter. They argue for everything from male separatism to an end to gender diversity efforts. Silicon Valley has for years ...

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Tumult After AIDS Fund-Raiser Supports Harvey Weinstein Production

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09/26/2017

... producer Harvey Weinstein arranged for two items to be auctioned off at a fund-raiser for amfAR, a New York-based charity that works to cure AIDS. The offers — a sitting with a famous fashion photographer and...

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By Age 3, Inequality Is Clear: Rich Kids Attend School. Poor Kids Stay with a Grandparent

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09/28/2017

... Just a few subway stops away in the Bronx, home to one of America's poorest congressional districts, there's ... a very different morning drop-off routine going on. Many working parents leave their...

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How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political

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09/28/2017

How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political Patricia Constantine thought hard about whether to use an image of the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, in her entry to this year’s...

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Arts

Atlantic Theater Company Names Amy Staats Tow Playwright-in-Residence

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09/28/2017

... residency, she will be integrated into Atlantic’s day- to -day operations and will receive a full production of a ... also commissioned two new works via its Launch initiative to playwrights Abby Rosebrock and...

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Arts

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Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility

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09/28/2017

Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility ... causes in 2017 than they were in late 2016, according to Phase 1 of the Millennial Impact Report. At the same time, ... opportunity to...

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'Massive Anxiety' As Turkey Cracks Down On International NGOs

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10/02/2017

... the migration directorate and the gendarmerie, had come to search the offices, demanding to see permits, licenses, and registrations. “The entire gamut of government departments who had the right to...

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De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection

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10/03/2017

De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection Mayor de ... “When I sign things, I guess it’s one less word I have to write,” Sapienza, who started as an...

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General Motors Is Going All Electric

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10/03/2017

... the American automotive giant announced that it is working toward an all-electric, zero-emissions future. That ... proclaiming the age of electricity and promising to move away from gasoline- and diesel-...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Can Redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved?

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10/04/2017

... of the Bedford Union Armory Be Saved? A land use proposal to redevelop the 138,000-square-foot, publicly-owned Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights to create a mix of different types of housing and a ... The...

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Community Development

Opinion: What’s Holding Philanthropists Back?

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10/06/2017

... holding us back. Improving the capacity of funders to invest more equitably will involve larger, longer, less ... talking about it powerfully with donors. And it’s going to mean investing directly in the...

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Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education

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10/13/2017

Google Pledges $1 Billion to Fund Non-Profit Education Google says over the next five ... will spend $1 billion on nonprofit organizations helping to raise education levels around the world and commit its...

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The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Recognizes Young Volunteers from Every State

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10/17/2017

... Secondary School Principals (NASSP), was created in 1995 to recognize the exemplary volunteer work of middle level and ... Prudential Spirit of Community Awards have been given to more than 120,000 middle and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Civic Engagement

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President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis

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02/09/2018

President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis William Bell, PhD, president and CEO ... that aids foster parents, shares how important is to...

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Health

Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Two New Books on Advocacy and Government Partnerships

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03/16/2018

... learn about Atlantic’s work in the United States to reform punitive and discriminatory school discipline ... polices, in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to provide young children with prevention...

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27 Nov 2018

Achieving Equity: Do We Know Who We’re Serving?

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2:30pm to 5:00pm

... they have a unique opportunity—and responsibility— to work proactively toward equity and inclusivity. ... grantmaking institutions are challenging themselves to not just talk the talk, but walk the walk, when...

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04 Oct 2018

Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network Meeting: Finding Your Decision-Making Power

Thursday, October 4, 2018 -

8:45am to 10:15am

Join us for this professional development program, designed to identify and discuss the decision-making power we, as employees in a support role, have the privilege to exercise in our roles. This is a chance...

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Executive Support Staff

NYCT Announces Retirement of Patricia Jenny VP of Grants

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10/18/2018

... creation of one of the first federally funded welfare- to -work initiatives in three New York City neighborhoods. Pat went on to manage the Trust’s national environment grant program, ... found the NYC...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces New David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center

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06/05/2019

... Rockefeller Creative Arts Center The Pocantico Center to Adapt Historic Orangerie for Cultural and Sustainability ... class performances and exhibits, residencies for artists working across disciplines, and...

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