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Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications

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08/03/2017

... in New York during a press tour for the film to chat about what agencies can to do help people understand issues affecting the ocean. . . Bloomberg, ...

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To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding

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08/30/2017

... up with calls from family members, often frantic, asking about relatives who had been arrested. “A lot of people say ‘It’s my first time calling, I don’t know ...

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Justice Reform

New York State Health Foundation Funding Holistic Health in NY State

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08/30/2017

... NY State The New York State Health Foundation has plowed about $150 million into efforts to improve health care across ... two years ago whether their efforts might serve more people , and have a more...

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How To Balance Policies And Guidelines To Prompt Different Levels Of Employee Engagement

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08/30/2017

... customers within 24 hours.” MINDSET: A way of thinking about actions. e.g. “Think customers first and pull in the people you need to answer customer inquiries right the first ...

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Smashing the Stigma: Deputy Mayor Richard Buery On ThriveNYC and Treating Mental Health

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09/08/2017

... is trying to tackle some of the stigma that keeps people from seeking help, or from offering help. It seeks to educate New Yorkers about what mental illness is and how to support those who are ...

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Silent Killer: Sweltering Planet Braces For Deadly Heat Shocks

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09/19/2017

... to sodden homes and inundated factories, and claimed about 60 lives. Two weeks later, Hurricane Irma churned into Florida, killing at least 33 people there and causing billions more in damages - as well ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Rezoning a Block in Harlem, Respecting an African Burial Ground

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09/27/2017

... Africans. When the church moved, the remains of the white people were moved to a cemetery in the Bronx. The graves of ... to yet another use, a million-square-foot development with about 730 apartments, half...

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New York Is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions

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10/03/2017

... where judges preside over landlord-tenant disputes, about 30 people stand in line, waiting to speak to a clerk. They’re ...

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New Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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02/21/2018

... Foundations There’s a lot of work being done to help people who have served time in prison, to build a life when ... skills they already have and transform the way they think about their abilities so they can...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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05 Jan 2017

Resistance and Resilience Strategy of the Climate Movement - Webinar

Thursday, January 5, 2017 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... like the local and national actions planned by the People ’s Climate Movement to mark the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, which will include a second People ’s Climate March this April in DC...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces the Addition of Four New Staff and Six New Board Members

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01/28/2015

... and fundraising, Sarah brings a wealth of knowledge about the sector as a whole and specifically the Brooklyn ... to India where she established a school for children of people displaced by dams. For over a...

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17 Jun 2010

Inaugural Conference on Scaling Social Impact

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -

9:00am to 5:00pm

New York City

... health and youth Hear from pre-eminent though leaders about issues in scaling what works If we know that certain ... ‘work’ – how can we ensure they spread to the people that need them most? This conference is...

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Advocates for LGBT Equality Launch Freedom Fund to Support LGBT Russians

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11/26/2013

... expansion of discrimination and violence directed at LGBT people in Russia, following anti-propaganda and other ... in an individual capacity who are deeply knowledgeable about the human rights struggle in...

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OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

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10/03/2014

... of sentencing for drug charges. His foundation has donated about $200 million to drug reforms since 1994, double what most people had estimated until now. Worth an estimated $24 ... It’s now a philanthropic...

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Charities Seek to Attract More Boomers as They Mull Retirement Plans

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10/20/2014

... nonprofit organizations are seeking to get them thinking about how to channel their money and other assets into ... Charities are also benefiting from a giving surge by people in their 50s and 60s, especially...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Joins Others in Backing New High School Models

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11/11/2015

... teachers, entrepreneurs, philanthropists and students about how high schools could be remade to be more tech-savvy, ... school models "that reimagine the use of time, money, people , and technology, and...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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New Mortgage Program Big Boost for Detroit Buyers (Clinton, Ford Foundations)

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02/19/2016

... 1,000 mortgages in a city where banks have been skittish about lending because of deeply depressed property values, ... than appraised values, a gap that makes it difficult for people to get mortgages, no...

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Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation

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Open Society Foundations Fellow Makes Greece a More Welcoming Place for Refugees

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01/23/2017

... Greece a More Welcoming Place for Refugees A group of people walking through the fields caught Vasilis ... Another group passed by. Then a third group, who told him about a crossing that, one year later, would...

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Immigration

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United Hospital Fund Report Examines Ramifications of Eligible Adults Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care

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08/24/2017

... includes a fear of losing control and privacy, concerns about finances, and the belief that family caregivers alone ... home care. According to the study, in most cases, people resist home care to their own...

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