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The Citi Foundation Launches Pathways to Progress to Improve Career Readiness for 100,000 Youth

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03/31/2014

... partners, government officials and Citi volunteers to help young people ages 16-24 develop the workplace skills and leadership ...

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From Poverty to Giving Away Millions: Darren Walker Shares His American Dream

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11/11/2014

... with his single mother and three sisters. But even at a young age, he tells PEOPLE , "I had a thirst for what was beyond the horizon." .....

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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

... and Leaving the Past Behind It’s hard to imagine two people coming from worlds as different as those of Elton John ... staying. Surrounded by large photos of Mr. John’s two young sons, Zachary and Elijah, whom...

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Mastercard Foundation Announces New University Partnerships in Africa

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12/08/2014

... to educate talented, yet economically disadvantaged, young people through its Scholars Program. These institutions ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

Commonwealth Fund Finds Mixed Views of PCPs Towards New Payment Models

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08/14/2015

... for society’s most vulnerable, including low-income people , the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. “ released a new issue ...

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Pinkerton Promotes Laurie Dien to Vice President-Programs

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12/17/2015

... her true motivation was a desire to improve the lives of young people in general. That led her to the Hasbro Children’s ... for programs that provide career exploration for all young ...

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William T. Grant and Century Foundations Support Study on Effects of For-Profit Schools on African-Americans

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09/19/2016

... of Baltimore’s lowest-income neighborhoods shows that young people who attended for-profit institutions ended up in more ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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January 11 Is Deadline to Submit a Letter of Inquiry for William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants

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12/14/2016

... to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States. We fund research ...

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Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children

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08/30/2017

... the U.S., despite research showing that the practice puts young people at risk of serious, lifelong harm. More than 200,000 ...

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Gender Justice

Obama Foundation to Host Global Summit in Chicago

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09/14/2017

... Obama Foundation Summit. The summit in Chicago will allow young leaders to exchange ideas and learn from one another, ... video released Wednesday. "We want to inspire and empower people to change the...

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Unorthodox CEO Reinvigorates Decades-Old Jewish Charity

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09/18/2017

... he spoke for only a few minutes at a recent gathering of young Jews hosted by the international-aid charity he runs, ... woman seated at the far end of the circle of roughly 30 people . "I apologize if...

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A New Door Into the Kitchen for Aspiring Chefs

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09/19/2017

... Ginger, has been working on that. She is one of 22 people who enrolled this summer in Stage NYC, a new 12-week city program that recruits young , out-of-work New Yorkers and prepares them for ...

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Workforce Development

Experts Recommend Baseline Concussion Tests for Student Athletes

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09/19/2017

... Concussion Tests for Student Athletes Concussions among young people are seen as a silent epidemic. As student athletes ...

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Citi Foundation Selects The Opportunity Network for Grant to Expand Programs That Prepare New York City’s Youth for Careers

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10/25/2017

... Survey 2017: Economic Prospects & Expectations, 78% of young people surveyed believe that internships and apprenticeships ... those organizations that are expanding the skills of young...

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William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program

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06/05/2019

... supports research aimed at improving the lives of young people between the ages of 5 and 25 in the United States. To ...

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22 Apr 2022

Exploring the Impact of Environmental and Social Justice Youth Programming

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10:00am to 11:00am

... space, and other environmental risks and hazards. Offering young people opportunities and support to become environmental ... and social justice through STEAM programming with young ...

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25 May 2023

Elevating and Mobilizing Voices from Across New York to Advocate for an Equitable 2023 Farm Bill - A Webinar Hosted by Community Food Funders

Thursday, May 25, 2023 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... and supply chains as New York State recovers from the ongoing impacts of the pandemic. To engage New Yorkers in ... outreach to and participation of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) farmers,...

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Food Systems

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, and the JPB Foundation Announce $1.2 Million Grant to Support the Fresh Air Fund’s New NYC Summer Spaces and Youth Employment Programs

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07/24/2020

... this summer for children to play outdoors safely and for young New Yorkers to gain valuable work experience and earn ... you’re a kid, that’s what summer break should be all about ,” said Patti Harris, CEO of...

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