Try it, You’ll Like It: The Promise of Digital Media
Release Date:
07/26/2012
... Marcia: (1) prove your bona fides, i.e., build trust; (2) show , don’t just tell, i.e., demonstrate accountability; ...
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Give Cash a Chance
Release Date:
02/24/2015
Century Foundation Policy Associate, Clio Chang, makes the case for the inclusion of cash allowances as part of a comprehensive child poverty agenda.
Good Grantmaking Where Our Work is Not Always Welcome
Release Date:
04/27/2015
Jim O'Sullivan, Israel Program Advisor at the Helmsley Charitable Trust, offers takeaways from the PNY program, "Philanthropy in Nations with Weak Civic Infrastructure."
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Jun
2015
Preparing Cities for Foreign Trade and Investment
Thursday, June 25, 2015 -
1:45pm to 4:00pm
... we've entered the age of the preeminence of cities. Cities show great promise for better lives for so many, yet cities .....
Takeaways From the Supreme Court Obamacare Ruling
Release Date:
06/25/2015
... this law. But at heart I am a pragmatist, and the facts show that many New Yorkers are really benefiting from the ...
Creating Onramps Towards Economic Success – Tackling Youth Unemployment in the U.S.
Release Date:
06/05/2015
... out of each of the Pathways to Progress ’ 10 cities show its impact. For example, take Miles , a young ...
07
Jan
2016
Powerful Resource or Unhealthy Distraction? The Ongoing Debate about Young People and Technology
Thursday, January 7, 2016 -
8:45am to 10:30am
... is omnipresent in the lives of American youth. Studies show that by the time they turn two, more than a third of ...
19
Nov
2015
Education Reform in Newark: Lessons for Philanthropy
Thursday, November 19, 2015 -
8:45am to 11:00am
... Chris Christie on the stage of “The Oprah Winfrey Show ” to announce his unprecedented gift of $100 million to ...
Toyota Named Among of World’s Best Companies on Addressing Water Concerns
Release Date:
10/22/2015
Toyota Motor Corporation was one of eight global corporations achieving an A rating for their efforts to improve water security, according to CDP's Global Water Report.
06
Apr
2016
New Pathways for Building Immigrant Women’s Leadership
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Women are more than half of the immigrant population in the United States. They start businesses at higher rates than American-born women, and research shows they are often the ones that propel their families toward obtaining American citizenship...
Century Foundation Fellow Co-Authors Report on Admission Preferences of Low-Income Students
Release Date:
01/11/2016
Top higher-education instutions should set an admissions preference for low-income students because such students now face unjustified barriers and constitute only 3 percent of enrollment at the elite schools, according to a landmark report issued...
PhilTV: Funders, “Blow People’s Minds” on Gender Norms to Reduce Teen Suicide
Release Date:
01/15/2016
Carlie Steen, Program Manager at Stonewall Community Foundation, calls on funders to focus on dismantling gender norms to reduce teen girl suicide. WATCH the 2 minute clip!
New Menino Survey of Mayors Reveals Top Priorities For Cities Across The Country (Citi)
Release Date:
01/21/2016
The U.S. Conference of Mayors in partnership with The Boston University Initiative on Cities, with the support of Citi, today released the 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors, which found America's mayors are concerned with aging urban infrastructure,...
More Informality, Please.
Release Date:
03/16/2016
... Python reference), in part because the conversations may show that it is too soon to call a failure a failure if you ...
Citi Foundation Among Funders of National Effort to Diversify College Faculty
Release Date:
03/31/2016
Noting the growing number of "go-it-alone" diversity efforts by universities to attract minority faculty, The PhD Project – a national organization to diversify business school faculty – is calling for for a coordinated, nationwide approach to the...
Unbound Philanthropy, Nathan Cummings Explore the Promise and Potential of Pop Culture for Social Change
Release Date:
05/04/2016
Recently, pop culture has been “like an injection of hi-octane fuel into the engine of public discourse about institutional racism, gender identity, immigration, pay equity, and other issues of social justice.
NYS Health Foundation Grant Creating Tool to Assess Health Needs in Multifamily Housing
Release Date:
05/24/2016
Pilot program to create tool for assessing health and sustainability needs of existing affordable multifamily buildings.
Russell Sage Publishes First Book on Court Fines and Fees Exposes Lifetime of Debt Faced by Poor Americans
Release Date:
06/08/2016
The culmination of years of original research on court fines and fees, "A Pound of Flesh" uncovers how America’s shadow criminal justice system keeps the poor in “permanent punishment” long after incarceration.
In Effort Lead by Arcus Foundation, LGBTQ Groups Call for Unity in Wake of Orlando Shooting
Release Date:
06/14/2016
Our hearts go out to all the family and friends touched by this horrific act. We know their lives will never be the same again.
02
Nov
2016
End the Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... justice system The specific policies and programs that show the most promise of improving the juvenile justice ...