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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Ford and Atlantic Back Education Policy Think Tank

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09/04/2015

... education names, such Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the director of Harvard University 's W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African ... Berkeley. The Learning Policy Institute will be based in...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Ford Foundation

The World Has Pledged To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels

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09/22/2015

... To Divest $2.6 Trillion From Fossil Fuels The amount of money the world has pledged to divest from fossil fuels ... ago. The news was announced at a press conference in New York, hosted by groups including the...

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Arabella Advisors

Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School

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06/01/2017

... Orban over the leader’s attempts to shut down a Budapest university which Soros founded after the fall of communism. In a speech in Brussels, the Hungarian-American...

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Century Foundation Report Warns Online Learning Companies' Impacts on Public Higher Ed

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08/08/2017

... flock to take their academic programs online, many of them work with outside contractors to handle some or all of the course development, marketing and back-office ... management of the...

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The Century Foundation

Tech-Oriented New York Grad School Backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches

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09/13/2017

... on New York City's Roosevelt Island, marking the start of operations there almost seven years after then Mayor ... graduate students, entrepreneurs and business leaders in a setting to advance research...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

New Book, "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Carnegie Council Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff

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09/20/2017

New Book, "The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Carnegie Council Centennial Chair ... to embark on a three-year, eight-nation journey in search of answers. "The...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice Judges Panel to Be Chaired by Clark Foundation President Douglas Bauer

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10/22/2018

... Executive Director Stephan Russo, celebrates the power of the written word to create change in the name of justice for all. The list was chosen by a ... and Nobel Prize winner; Marcia...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Social Justice

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Chris Ransom Joins Arcus’ Great Apes and Gibbons Program as Program Officer

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03/06/2019

... promoting respect for diversity among peoples and in nature, announced today the appointment of Chris Ransom as Program Officer for Arcus’ Great Apes ... (with joint honors) in Biology and...

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Animal Welfare

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This Teen Pregnancy Program’s Tight Focus Is a Success

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05/02/2016

... it may be heartening to see that teen pregnancy rates in the United States are in decline. Yet, we’re far from ... status. According to data from the NYC Department of Health and Mental...

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Gender Justice

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Talking Politics

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02/06/2018

... 1, 2018. It’s said that you shouldn’t talk politics in polite company. Does anyone still say that in 2018? I know ... political climate. Bear with me for a tiny bit of important background...

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Center for Effective Philanthropy

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09 May 2013

God Loves Uganda - Philanthropy New York's Documentary Series

Thursday, May 9, 2013 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

... for a wine-and-cheese reception, followed by a screening of the documentary God Loves Uganda , and a brief discussion ... explores the role of the American evangelical movement in Uganda,...

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Issue-Based

24 Mar 2015

Administrative Relief and Philanthropy Webinar Series - Making the Case for Immigrant-Related Grantmaking: A Funder Conversation on Messaging and Communication Strategies that Work

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... connecting immigration issues—including implementation of the new executive actions—to diverse grantmaking ... Obama announced a new policy that could allow nearly five million undocumented immigrants, mostly...

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Immigration

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United States

Gap Inc. Sets New Climate Goals, Launches Sustainability Site

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01/22/2016

... globally by 50 percent from 2015 levels by the end of 2020. With this new emissions target, Gap Inc. joins the ... to protect human rights and improve working conditions in garment factories across the company...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Environment and Climate Change

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Gap Foundation

21 Nov 2016

Trump’s Presidency and the New Congress: What the Future Holds for Immigrants and Refugees - Webinar

Monday, November 21, 2016 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... campaign made visible the deep and painful divisions in our nation, and the election outcome has left many ... Donald Trump has pledged to deport millions of unauthorized immigrants, cancel Deferred Action for...

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Immigration

16 May 2017

Women and LGBTQ Leaders in the Immigration Debate: Louder, Prouder and More Effective Than Ever

Tuesday, May 16, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... wide-ranging executive orders that have been the object of massive public protests and precedent-setting ... danger, especially those most vulnerable both here and in their countries of...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Public Policy

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Children, Youth and Families

Community Development

"Be the Change" an Interview with Arabella Advisors' Eric Kessler

Release Date:

11/21/2017

... Kessler Eric Kessler’s family built and operated one of the country’s most attractive places to work for five ... of vacation per year—and generally created an atmosphere in which employees...

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