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What Post-9/11 Advocacy Can Teach Us about Fighting for Brooklyn Immigrant Rights Today

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01/30/2017

... this program, these youth were engaging in political education workshops about immigration, race and class issues ... which was finally discontinued in 2005 and suspended in 2011 . However, government agencies...

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Brooklyn Org

Responding to Change: A Look at Strategies Helping Wildlife and People Adapt to Shifting Climates

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03/28/2018

... promoting wildlife adaptation to climate change. Since 2011 , WCS has re-granted $14.5 million to 78 projects ... “14 Solutions” and “Embracing Change” are great resources for understanding how conservationists...

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Doris Duke Foundation

For the Success of Boys and Men of Color, A Call to Action

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02/14/2014

... young men reach their full potential. In the field of philanthropy , the president’s remarks build on existing ... life outcomes of black males through support of mentoring, education and common-sense school...

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Open Society Foundations

Arts Are A Strategy To Build Racial Equity

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11/15/2016

... can help build racial equity in housing, criminal justice, education , jobs, the environment and more. We approach equity ... has said that we need to address not just funding and philanthropy , but policy as...

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The New York Community Trust

Why Pickleball?

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05/04/2017

... results. Counties in New York that have high levels of education , access to healthy foods, and higher quality of air ... As someone who works in communications at a health philanthropy , I am steeped in news...

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New York Health Foundation

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Weinberg Foundation Announces New Trustee, as well as Leadership Changes in Hawaii Office

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07/27/2018

... President of MDRC, a New York-based nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research organization dedicated ... at the $6-billion, 33,000-person New York City Human Resources Administration. Berlin...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Lourdes Lopez to Board of Trustees

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03/12/2014

... Miami City Ballet School, and a strong proponent of arts education and the transformational power of arts and culture ... their accomplishments and contributions to society, and in 2011 she received the Jerome...

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24 Apr 2012

Foundation Assets as Social Change Agents: Sustainable Investing for the Public Benefit

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8:45am to 11:00am

... and opportunities presented by emerging macroeconomic trends such as water utilization, land use, workers’ and ... recognized in the financial services industry, these trends are impacting finance now, and...

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Build Trust With A Purpose Statement

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12/05/2016

... volunteer-managed, open source website of information and resources about the fourth sector provides a useful graphic ... Financial services companies are allocating tremendous resources towards community...

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The Visionary Freedom Fund, Launched by the Andrus Family Fund, Announces Inaugural Cohort of Grant Recipients in Grantmaking Led by Youth Organizers to Transform Youth Justice System

Release Date:

09/28/2021

... to set the grantmaking strategy and determine how VFF’s resources are deployed. Power Table members know firsthand ... said Erik Stegman, Director of Native Americans in Philanthropy , an adult movement and...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Engaging Future Philanthropic Leaders: An Innovative Model from WRAG

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02/26/2013

... of Grantmakers (WRAG). The panel was part of WRAG’s Philanthropy Fellows Program —an innovative partnership ... with the University of Maryland (UMD)’s Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership that...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Ai-jen Poo to Board of Trustees

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06/19/2017

... She then went on to co-found Caring Across Generations in 2011 to address the growing need for elder care solutions as ... her career. She is on the board of directors of MomsRising Education Fund, National...

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Monument to Commemorate Destroyed African American Land in Central Park Funded by Ford Foundation, JPB Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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10/20/2019

... of negotiations, they got permission from the city in 2011 to excavate an area of Central Park, uncovering ...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Releases Results of 4-Year Study of Restorative Justice Implementation in Schools

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10/08/2020

... pilot program in partnership with the NYC Department of Education and the Mayor’s Leadership Team on School Climate ... Project to advocate for, and invest in, changes to our education system from within,”...

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Education

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Brooklyn Org

The Teagle Foundation Partners with the National Endowment for the Humanities

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09/23/2020

... to reinvigorate the role of the humanities in general education on campuses across the country. Colleges and ... , which provides a coherent pathway through general education that helps students connect the...

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