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Adding Pantries and Spice to New York’s Hungry Neighborhoods

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09/12/2017

... ago to get a clearer picture of how well the system was working . What they learned about the system — which ...

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Food Systems

The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy

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09/12/2017

... nonprofits to stop raising awareness, and instead focus on super-strategic communications efforts that will result in ... step? And how can you help others in your organization get on board with your more-...

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The New Corporate Recruitment Pool: Workers in Dead-End Jobs

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09/12/2017

Pressed for workers, a New Jersey-based software company went hunting for a U.S. city with a surplus of talented employees stuck in dead-end jobs.

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Workforce Development

Reed: Dreamer Bill Could Be Part Of Broader Border Security Legislation

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09/13/2017

Southern Tier Republican Rep. Tom Reed said he’s in favor of a permanent solution for former Deferred Action of Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients. He believes there is far-reaching support for legislation to help undocumented immigrants who came...

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Opinion: After Primary Win, Accountability Begins For Eric Gonzalez

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09/14/2017

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has said he wants to make his office the most progressive in the country. We’re delighted to hear this, and our work now begins in holding him accountable.

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Justice Reform

Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men

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09/15/2017

Three women who worked at Google are suing the company over its salary practices, accusing the search giant of discriminating against its female employees by systematically paying them less than men who do similar jobs.

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Gender Justice

Mayor's Affordable Housing Not Helping People Who Need it Most, Study Says

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09/18/2017

With the city’s homelessness crisis unabated, housing advocates are asking why most of the units created or preserved under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing plan fail to target the city’s low-income New Yorkers who need help the most.

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Housing and Homelessness

DACA Recipients Scramble to Reapply, But Not All are Eligible

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09/21/2017

... recipients learned that their fate in this country depends on one date: March 5, 2018. Anyone whose authorization ...

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Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

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09/26/2017

... Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far Their complaints flow on Reddit forums, on video game message boards, on private Facebook pages and across Twitter. They argue for ...

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Gender Justice

By Age 3, Inequality Is Clear: Rich Kids Attend School. Poor Kids Stay with a Grandparent

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09/28/2017

... there's a very different morning drop-off routine going on . Many working parents leave their children with a relative or at .....

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Atlantic Theater Company Names Amy Staats Tow Playwright-in-Residence

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09/28/2017

Atlantic Theater Company has announced that Amy Staats will be the 2017–2018 playwright-in-residence as well as the lineup for its upcoming Amplified Reading Series and two new commissions. The Tow Foundation supports the playwright-in-residence...

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Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation

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09/28/2017

Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation Archivists, librarians and TV news ... . . Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation .....

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Communications/Media

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Want To Engage Millennials? Try Corporate Social Responsibility

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09/28/2017

... opportunity to support their local community. Colleagues working together to accomplish a shared goal can have a positive effect on company culture. Embracing corporate social responsibility ...

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Ford Funds at the Crossroads of Immigration and Artistic Activism

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09/29/2017

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has received a two-year grant from Ford Foundation to support the expansion of its Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program to Detroit, MI; Newark, NJ; Oakland, CA; and San Antonio, TX.

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'Massive Anxiety' As Turkey Cracks Down On International NGOs

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10/02/2017

'Massive Anxiety' As Turkey Cracks Down On International NGOs Just before Ramadan in late spring 2017, the full might of the Turkish state descended on a foreign aid agency in the border town of...

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De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection

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10/03/2017

Mayor de Blasio will officially name Vincent Sapienza commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, more than a year after the last permanent head left.

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Environment and Climate Change

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General Motors Is Going All Electric

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10/03/2017

... the American automotive giant announced that it is working toward an all-electric, zero-emissions future. That ... because it’s among the very largest automakers on the planet. . . General Motors Is Going All...

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Environment and Climate Change

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New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"

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11/20/2017

... of its residents. NYSHealth grantees and partners are working together with residents and local organizations in ...

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The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation

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01/05/2018

Ford Foundation Senior Fellow and human & disability rights advocate Judy Heumann investigates how our grantmakers are including a disability lens in their areas of work.

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