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Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?

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12/09/2016

Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students? It’s been said that a ... investing trillions of dollars to expand a criminal- justice system that has incarcerated millions while...

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Fast Company Names Ford Foundation As One of the World's Most Innovative Companies

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02/21/2018

... Innovative Companies The Ford Foundation funds social justice work through a $12 billion endowment that includes ... The group is known for spending creatively to find new ways to solve problems: Typically,...

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Communications During a Disaster: Five Lessons Learned

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11/23/2012

... time in all of lower Manhattan, which is where our offices are located. The loss of power meant that our servers went ... have personal email addresses for all staff, emails that are cloud-based like Google...

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Javon Robinson

... assisted the Junior Board with their annual fundraising event . Javon is a recent graduate of NYU Wagner Graduate ... & Policy. She hopes to use her degree to empower communities of color in breaking the...

Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates

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03/28/2018

... and side channels. These misleadingly simple activities are having tremendous ripple effects—helping increase ... snow. Reintroducing beavers to their former homes is one ways that the Methow Beaver Project,...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Donations for Ebola Relief Efforts Are Slow to Take Off

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10/20/2014

Donations for Ebola Relief Efforts Are Slow to Take Off Ever since terrorists took down the ... among other calamities. But the Ebola crisis is different , charity officials and experts say, though it is ... any...

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U.S. Trust Annual Survey Finds Entrepreneurs Choose The Career Path Of Most Resistance

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05/31/2016

... and their families in their businesses. While there are distinct differences between younger and older owners, ...

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

Release Date:

11/22/2017

... settings, diabetes management and glycemic control are assessed using Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) testing, which ... value of the HbA1C to clinical management, there are limitations to what the HbA1C can tell...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Publication on Operating for Limited Life

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12/11/2018

... Operating for Limited Life A growing number of foundations are choosing to operate within a limited lifespan. While the ...

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27 Mar 2014

CUNY: The Road to College Success

Thursday, March 27, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... rates remain stubbornly low in New York City. This event will examine the factors that both foster and impede ...

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Andrus Family Fund and Groundswell Fund Amongst Leading LGBTQ Funders

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05/07/2018

... Arcus Foundation and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice , already top funders in this space, also sizably ... happier means. “Unfortunately, [those funding streams] are likely to be needed again in the...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Rakesh Rajani as the New Director of Democratic Participation and Governance

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10/21/2014

... Mr. Rajani, a global leader on issues of social justice , has been at the forefront of citizen engagement and ... served as executive director for HakiElimu (“Education Rights ”) and transformed it into a well-...

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Tisch, NY State Health Foundations Support Creating Oases in New York City’s ‘Food Deserts’

Release Date:

12/03/2015

... for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new Building Healthy Communities initiative. The multimillion-dollar ... aims to improve the health of New Yorkers in 12 communities that have limited access to healthy food and...

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New York Health Foundation

NY Women’s Foundation Projects Precarious Situation for Young Girls Dependent on Struggling Caregivers

Release Date:

12/01/2016

... York City live in poverty. Three-quarters of them live in communities of color or immigrant communities . By age of eight, a solid segment of black and ... generation of low-income young girls, whose caregivers...

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Yi-Ching Lin

... Coalition for Asian American Children and Families - Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund and Korean ...

Where Walls Exist, the Arts Provide a Doorway

Release Date:

03/27/2017

... large spike in hate crimes in recent months. The examples are multifold: In Brooklyn, a Muslim police officer (who ... own front porch. Vandalism of and arson attacks on mosques are also becoming increasingly...

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Doris Duke Foundation

Ms. Foundation Centers Black Women, Nonconforming People and Fem(me)s in Campaigns for Expanded Sanctuary Cities

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09/15/2017

... In a report released today, the National Black Women’s Justice Initiative and the Ms. Foundation builds on this work ... and policing — experiences shared by nonimmigrant Black communities , as well as Black...

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Johnson Family Foundation Welcomes New Executive Director

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08/06/2018

... as Interim Executive Director for the past year. "We are excited to welcome Frank to help guide JFF’s future ... share JFF’s commitment to building healthy and vibrant communities . It is a pleasure to...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women Supports College and University Basic Needs Insecurity: A National #RealCollege Survey Report

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05/16/2019

... a report from the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice finds. Based on a 2018 survey of nearly eighty-six ...

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Jewish Foundation for Education of Women

Naeema Campbell Named Environment Program Officer at The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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09/30/2020

... Program Officer at The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation We are pleased to announce Naeema Campbell has been named ... expanded role, Naeema, formerly Environment and Informed Communities program associate, will...

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