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17 Jun 2010

How Democracy Works Now: The Senate Speaks

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -

5:30pm to 8:30pm

The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street, NYC

... to design an immigration bill, the arc builds to the true story of the last great immigration legislative battles, led ... Kennedy, of 2006 and 2007. We will be featuring the 11th story called The Senate...

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New York City Takes Steps to Increase the Safety of Employees at Homeless Shelters

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07/07/2015

Following the death of Ana Charle prompted the city to take additional safety measures.

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Housing and Homelessness

ASPCA Survey Finds Consumers Concerned About Farm Animal Welfare, but Confused by Food Labels

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08/12/2016

... shopper is probably going to buy into this pleasant story of animals living the good life... ASPCA Survey Finds ...

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Ford Foundation Supports Film About the Epic Clash Over the Amazon

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08/17/2016

... the real-life Shakespearean tragedy of the Baguazo, a story that isn't over yet. The outsized protagonists are .....

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Doris Duke Supports Legacy Leaders of Color Video Project

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12/20/2016

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, launches the Legacy Leaders of Color Video Project (LLCVP).

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Atlantic Philanthropies' Charles Feeney Gives Away the Last of His Fortune

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01/06/2017

... the Last of His Fortune As it happens, Donald J. Trump is not the only person to announce plans to shut down a personal philanthropy, just the best known. This is the story of a man who made and kept that same...

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Janet Mock, Trustee at Arcus Foundation and Author of 'Redefining Realness,' Talks About Gender Identity

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05/07/2014

... Foundation and author of "Redefining Realness," tells the story of her upbringing in Hawaii, where she and her family .....

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The Surdna Foundation Discusses Good Governance in New CEP Report

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05/02/2017

CEP’s advisory services team and the Surdna Foundation partnered to produce a new publication that shares stories of good governance at family foundations.

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Bronx Charter School Caters to Students on the ‘Margins’

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08/30/2017

... fifth-graders start the fall reading “Locomotion,” the story of a boy in foster care. Every kindergartner gets a ...

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In Harlem, These Elders Devote Their Golden Years to Improving Local Schools

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09/15/2017

That has been the mission of the Harlem Council of Elders, a group of 20-or-so seniors who have dedicated their golden years to Harlem schools. They have held the education department to task for dragging their feet on public records requests and...

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City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City

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10/04/2017

... to the Department of Education. The new school, a four- story building set to include 969 seats, will rise at 40-11 ...

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The Pfizer Foundation Partnered With CARE to Help Deliver Catalytic Care to Women in Benin

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11/08/2018

Pfizer Foundation is helping to empower women in Benin through the delivery of integrated family planning information and services and childhood immunizations.

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$10M McNulty Foundation Gift Expands Leadership Program at Wharton

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01/28/2016

... a lasting impact on students by preparing them to lead and change the world. Wharton is deeply grateful for this gift, ... become their best possible selves. Anne will continue to change lives through her...

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Connecticut Council for Philanthropy Announces New President

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02/17/2017

... to mobilize the power of philanthropy to effect positive change --and she has a true passion for the work." Fortunato ... Leadership Circle of MomentUs, a campaign for climate change solutions. She served...

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28 May 2019

Technology, Inequality and the Future of Work(ers)

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Technology has arrived and is rapidly changing the workplace at a magnitude that we have yet to fully grasp. From a projected 36 million American jobs facing "high exposure" to automation, to new jobs being created, to the changing relationship...

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Unbound Philanthropy Adds New Staff

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07/02/2012

... School of Economics. He is a member of English PEN, a charity that works to promote literature and human rights. ...

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29 Apr 2015

What Kind of Welcome? How are Unaccompanied Children from Central America Faring in New York?

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

2:15pm to 4:30pm

About 6,000 unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America were released to sponsors in New York State last year, the second highest receiving state after Texas.

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What Does It Take to Spend Down Successfully?

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08/2015

... they intend to give away all of their philanthropic resources within a specific, limited timeframe and then close ... their grantmaking. But most hope that by exhausting their resources in relatively short order, they will be able to ...

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4 Organizations Team On Mapping Tool For U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

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09/20/2017

In a collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, the Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center have developed and launched a resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.)...

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