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Markle Foundation Among Those Stepping Up To The Worker Retraining Challenge

Release Date:

02/06/2018

The Markle Foundation is crunching data to ensure training programs are better aligned to industrial needs.

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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12 Sep 2012

Technology and the Promise of Blended Learning

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 11:00am to Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 4:00pm

The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th Street at Madison Ave, NYC

Students, educators and philanthropists have shown an enthusiastic appetite for digital learning. Yet education technology, with its potential to personalize learning, boost student achievement and lower costs, is still seen by some as more fad than...

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Issue-Based

03 Mar 2015

Summer Youth Employment Programs: Ensuring Greater Career Readiness

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 -

7:00am to 10:00am

... necessary for career readiness. Join us for a candid discussion between funders of youth employment programs and ...

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Roundtable Discussion

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City

17 Mar 2015

The Promise of Community Schools in NYC

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 -

8:30am to 1:30pm

... for school improvement and community development. The discussion will center on: the cross-sector promise of ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Disaster Relief

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03 Oct 2024

Resilient Resolve: Supporting Justice in NYC's Nonprofit Crisis

Thursday, October 3, 2024 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Philanthropy New York 320 East 43rd Street

... attend? All interested funders. What to expect: panel discussion , followed by Q&A. How do you sign up? Registration ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Public Policy

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Justice Reform

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Public Policy

Social Justice

North Star Fund Announces 2017 North Star and Frederick Douglass Awardees

Release Date:

04/12/2017

... a more just and equitable New York. The 2017 North Star Award will honor Hugh Hogan, Rashad Robinson, and Maggie Williams. The 2017 Frederick Douglass Award will honor grassroots community organizations...

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Social Justice

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North Star Fund

David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center Recognized for Sustainable Design, Architectural Excellence, and Community Impact

Release Date:

07/31/2023

... has been honored with a Green GOOD DESIGN Sustainability Award for Green Architecture and the ASCE Lower Hudson Valley Branch Empire State Award , further highlighting its commitment to environmental ... in the...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Arts

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

On the Occasion of the New York Foundation’s 100th Anniversary

Release Date:

11/05/2009

... not readily apparent. They emerge only out of dialogue, discussion , and struggle—over ideas, money, and power. ... year. In 1997 Mr. Hefner received the Luther P. Jackson Award for Educational Excellence from...

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Three Ways the Arts are Advancing Equity in NYC

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04/06/2016

New York Community Trust Program Associate Salem Tsegaye says the arts can help sustain a vibrant, more equitable New York.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

Community Development

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The New York Community Trust

Brooklyn Community Foundation: Seeking Brooklyn Youth for Paid Leadership Programs

Release Date:

08/15/2017

We are currently seeking young people for two dynamic leadership programs at Brooklyn Community Foundation: Reproduction Justice Activists and Brooklyn Youth Fellowship.

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RFPs Etc

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Children, Youth and Families

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Brooklyn Org

15 Sep 2011

New York's Diverse Muslim Community: Building Civic Engagement and Responsive Social Services - Learning Tour

Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 8:00am

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The events of September 11, 2001 had a profound effect on all New Yorkers who still recall a deep sense of loss and dislocation. Also vivid ten years later are memories of coming together. People across the city formed strong networks of mutual...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Community Development

Religion

The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution

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09/26/2014

Independent philanthropic advisor, Mafruza Khan, recaps the People's Climate March and the need for an ambitious climate change agenda.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

New Tech, Renewed Trust and a Less Lunatic Political Process

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10/12/2012

... which I think are important,” Chris said during the event . “One of the things that’s amazing about the way ...

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Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

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03/24/2011

... to participate in Foundations on the Hill. This annual event , co-sponsored by the Council on Foundations and ...

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Rethinking Scholarships As a Force for Social Justice

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05/04/2016

Hilary Pennington of the Ford Foundation says social justice fellowships use non-traditional ways to recruit talented individuals already working toward positive change in their communities.

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Education

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Ford Foundation

Native American Youth Can't Wait

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08/22/2016

Edgar Villanueva, VP of Programs & Advocacy at The Schott Foundation for Public Education urges philanthropy to see the tremendous potential in Native communities.

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