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Cheryl C. Effron Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

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01/16/2020

... of warehouses in Long Island City into The Falchi Building , The Factory and the Center Building among others. She is currently a Senior Advisor to ... as a force for public benefit will help us to progress...

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UCLA to Establish Archive on Policing and Mass Incarceration in Los Angeles with Support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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01/28/2021

... and its impact on people’s lives in Los Angeles while building a new digital bedrock for racial justice scholars ... “This vital and significant effort will expand our knowledge of mass incarceration, connect...

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20 Jun 2011

School Transformations: Taking a Sad School and Making It Better

Monday, June 20, 2011 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... and even transforming low-performing public schools. Our first session, which focused on how to identify schools ...

15 Jan 2013

Reframing the Debate Over Gun Violence: Advocacy and Education Efforts Working with Partners in Media

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 -

1:45pm to 5:45pm

Once again, the nation has been shocked by a mass shooting, this time at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. where 20 young children and six educators lost their lives. This tragic incident has sparked a more widespread and profound demand for...

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19 Jun 2013

Infrastructure at Risk: How to Protect Public Investments from Stronger Storms and Tidal Surges

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 -

8:45am to 11:00am

Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Irene made New Yorkers painfully aware of the effects of tidal surges and storms on the transit, wastewater and power infrastructure on which we all rely. This subject was one of the most popular topics of the 2013...

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26 Sep 2023

The "Attica" Uprising: A Screening & Discussion Over 50 Years Later

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 -

5:00pm to 7:30pm

Join us for a screening of excerpts of the award-winning documentary "Attica" followed by a discussion with the movement leaders fighting to close the deadly prison.

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United Hospital Fund Launches Campaign to Reach Uninsured New Yorkers During Pandemic

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06/26/2020

... to enroll. Publications include The New York Amsterdam News , South Asian Times, El Diario, El Especialito, The ...

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Burke Foundation Announces Release of New Jersey's Statewide ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Action Plan

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02/04/2021

... can further compound the effects of ACEs. The good news is that ACEs are not inevitable, nor do they determine ...

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14 Sep 2012

Social Justice on the Streets: New Developments Around "Stop-and-Frisk" and Discriminatory Policing

Friday, September 14, 2012 -

8:45am to 11:30am

In 2011, the New York Police Department conducted over 685,000 stops of New Yorkers—equivalent to 78 stops an hour and an over 600% increase in the number of stops since Mayor Bloomberg took office. Eighty-seven percent of those stopped were Black...

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Julie Sandorf, President of The Charles H. Revson Foundation on Supporting New York’s Libraries

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05/30/2018

... I saw was a coming together of the diversity of our community, working shoulder to shoulder, side by side, ... to gather, relax, read, work, learn, discuss, improve our lives and pursue our...

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Aisha Moodie-Mills Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

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10/16/2019

... excited to join the Board at such a consequential time in our country and our community,” said Ms. Moodie-Mills. “I’ve spent over ... and beyond. Learn more at www.BrooklynCommunityFoundation. org...

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Borealis Philanthropy's Spark Justice Fund Moves $2.4 Million to Organizations Working to Decarcerate, Close Jails, and Advance Transformative Visions of Pretrial Justice

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08/08/2022

... redirect resources for jails to community, and transform our collective vision of community-led safety. This month, ... as the cultural barriers that often are not present for our white counterparts,” says Out...

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Arabella Advisors Advocates for 12 Good Food Policy Priorities

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12/10/2015

... innovation and remove barriers to business expansion in our food system, increase access to Good Food in communities across America, and help make our food system more sustainable,” Arabella Advisors ... Food...

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Bloomberg, U.S. Commerce Department To Host 2nd U.S.-Africa Business Forum In NYC

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01/28/2016

... said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. “ Our successful first gathering in 2014 brought together ... to African economies. As the Obama Administration sharpens our focus on shifting the relationship...

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MetLife Foundation and Verb Announce Global Competition to Improve Financial Services for the Underserved

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03/31/2016

... achieve their short- and long-term financial goals. “ Our goal is to help our clients build social innovation ecosystems,” says Verb ... problem that cannot be solved by any single solution. Our...

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UJA-Federation of New York and Jewish Community Relations Council of New York Announce Mitchell D. Silber As New Executive Director of the Community Security Initiative

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01/07/2020

... search and are fortunate to welcome Mitchell D. Silber to our team. The safety and security challenges facing Jews and our communal institutions are unprecedented. This new ... organizations in order to best...

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Morgan Stanley Increases COVID-19 Charitable Commitment to $25 Million

Release Date:

04/28/2020

... the ongoing relief efforts to the global COVID-19 crisis. Building upon the Firm’s previously announced COVID-19 ... sick, and financial support for those most vulnerable in our communities who are struggling...

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Melissa Daar Carvajal Joins the Schott Foundation as Communications Director

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01/21/2021

... pleased to announce that Melissa Daar Carvajal has joined our team as Communications Director. “We are very pleased ... and both philanthropic and advocacy experience to our team,” said Schott President and...

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NY Women’s Foundation, NoVo and 15 Other PNY Members Support Leadership of Young Women of Color with $2.1M

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01/10/2017

... New York Women’s Foundation said, “Recent events in our country have underscored the urgency in investing in the ... Rising Up & Moving $60,000 FIERCE $60,000 Girls for Gender Equity $250,000 ... MEDIA...