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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Writes About the Privilege of Being Privileged

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10/20/2016

... out your wealth, roll up your sleeves, and get involved in building alternatives which don’t start from the same ... don’t create or sustain it. Focus instead on building a system that produces less of the...

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NYSHealth Publishes New Report for Improving Access to Primary Care for Adults with Physical Disabilities

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12/21/2016

... Disabilities, was created by the Independence Care System (ICS) as a guide for primary care providers to expand ... to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2013 approximately one in...

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New York Health Foundation

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Health

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Reframes its Global Democratic Practice Grantmaking Portfolio

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04/25/2017

... its Global Democratic Practice Grantmaking Portfolio In 2016, the Fund commissioned an independent evaluation of six years of grantmaking work in our Democratic Practice—Global Governance portfolio, ... civil...

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Education Working Group Lunch: 2013 Reform Review Project

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12:00pm to 2:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... 600 foundations have invested more than 2 billion dollars in efforts to reshape New York City’s schools. While some ... heavily. Mayor Bloomberg’s control of the school system , gained early in...

North Star's Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking

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08/14/2015

... Hogan Calls for de Blasio to Give Acitivists a Bigger Role in Policymaking There’s a reason elected officials like ... concerns of everyday people, and to signal they understand what moves voters to act. Here...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Hurricane Irma Linked to Climate Change? For Some, a Very ‘Insensitive’ Question.

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09/11/2017

... Agency, says it is insensitive to discuss climate change in the midst of deadly storms. Tomás Regalado, the ... Herald. “If this isn’t climate change, I don’t know what is. This is a truly, truly poster child...

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Proteus Fund President Meg Gage Steps Down, Paul Di Donato Will Be Interim President

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12/03/2015

... Following decades of leadership and many social justice victories to her credit, Meg Gage has stepped down ... Meg also co-founded the Peace Development Fund in 1981 and served as its Executive Director until...

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Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

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08/28/2014

... and local funders exploring how to respond to social justice issues that have surfaced since the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., and the police response to the protests .....

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Ford Foundation President Refocuses Grant Outreach

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09/02/2014

... Darren Walker, who became president of the Ford Foundation in October 2013, says he will restart grants to peace and ... contributes to programs that deal with urban issues, both in the United States and...

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Elton John and Darren Walker on Race, Sexual Identity and Leaving the Past Behind

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12/01/2014

... Elton John and Darren Walker. Still, the two found much in common when they met in the presidential suite of the Four Seasons Hotel in ... and outsider status; and their shared commitment to...

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Tow Foundation President Emily Tow Jackson Supports Governor Cuomo's Recommendation to Raise the Age

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01/20/2015

... Gov. Andrew Cuomo recommended Monday. Cuomo, speaking in Albany, said he planned to propose the recommendations of the Governor’s Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice as a legislative package to...

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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

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08/14/2015

... Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box' This week, in Wilmington, North Carolina, Daryl Atkinson of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice described his journey from incarceration to decent...

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Workforce Development

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Seeks Applicants for Arts & Culture Grants Program

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09/08/2015

... code for its grants program 2016 supporting art and social justice . The Foundation supports arts and cultural ... civic engagement. The Foundation is also interested in supporting organizations outside of the...

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Indian Government to Remove Ford Foundation from Watch List

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01/08/2016

... of Teesta Setalvad’s two NGOs — Citizens for Justice and Peace and Sabrang Trust. The move comes in the wake of the Ford Foundation’s compliance with the ... (FEMA), 1999, which enables it to receive foreign...

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Ford Foundation Taken Off Watch List by Indian Government

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03/21/2016

... funded the “anti-India” activities of Citizens for Justice and Peace and Sabrang Trust run by Teesta Setalvad, ...

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Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population

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08/04/2016

... Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population The American Civil ... Holcomb, who was tapped to head the Campaign for Smart Justice when it was launched in...

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Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row

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08/16/2016

... Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row In 1989, a 29-year-old African-American civil-rights lawyer ... Alabama, and founded an organization that became the Equal Justice Initiative. It guarantees...

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American Cancer Society Honors Dave Hattem of AXA at 54th Annual Gala on Long Island

Release Date:

10/20/2016

... 54th Annual Gala of Hope held at Fox Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, New York on September 22nd, 2016. Hattem leads ... environment to achieve its strategic goals. Earlier in his career, Hattem served as a...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation Focuses on Impact Investing

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04/28/2017

... to guide the foundation’s impact investing strategies. In addition, Lisa Green Hall of Anthos Asset Management ... on “inclusive clean economy” and racial and economic justice , says it’s growing its “...

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