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Century Foundation Quoted in Article on School Desegregation Lawsuit

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01/27/2016

... on School Desegregation Lawsuit Alex Cruz-Guzman, who came to the United States from Mexico as a teenager, ... his wife were able to send their two oldest daughters— who are now in college—to desegregated St...

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Mellon Mays Fellow Discusses New Book About an Enslaved Woman’s Escape from Nation's First President

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03/08/2017

... where she created a new life and evaded capture. Dunbar, who grew up in Philadelphia, is one of the more than 700 Mellon Mays PhDs who are not only helping to diversify university faculty in the United States...

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Indian Child Welfare at Casey Family Programs is Highlight for Native American Students in Crisis

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08/02/2017

... and agricultural science. Nearly all of the young people who study in this trailer—officially called the Bridges ... is a public school, created as an alternative for teens who aren’t on track to graduate, or...

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Goldman Givers: Seven Things To Know About Donors from Goldman Sachs

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08/14/2017

... we offered an overview of things to know about donors who hail from the finance world. We've profiled more than 100 ... In recent months, we've stumbled upon quite a few funders who made their...

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Ford, J.M.Kaplan, Teagle and David Rockefeller Fund All Working to Bring College Into Prison

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10/30/2017

... Justice, provides college courses to incarcerated people who qualify so that they can complete their degrees after ... system, with many funders focusing on the inequities of who goes to jail in the first...

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David Blumenthal, President of The Commonwealth Fund On How the New U.S. Tax Plan Will Affect Health Care

Release Date:

12/21/2017

... are the elimination of the penalties paid by people who fail to have health insurance as required by the ... insurance. About 5 million are projected to be people who previously bought health insurance as...

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Century Foundation Report Reveals NY’s For-Profit Colleges Leave Students with Debt and Little Impact on Earning Potential

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03/26/2018

... (NCES). Some previous data measured only students who graduated. Other data measured students who took loans, which didn’t give an accurate comparison to students at community colleges, many of who...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies-Supported Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country

Release Date:

05/02/2018

... professionals. Yet they would listen to certain adults who had been through the same pain, trauma and stigmatization ... messengers because they were able to engage young people who were unwilling to listen to...

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Boston Globe Op-Ed: Vartan Gregorian on Welcoming New US Citizens to the ‘Crusade Against Ignorance’

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07/19/2018

... we have had great leaders, idealists, and patriots who rejected the idea of a constricted America, defined by ... argued that America’s ideals were available to all who understood the principle set forth in...

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam

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08/23/2018

... detected evidence suggesting Alzheimer's in older patients who had no symptoms of the disease. Their study, involving 30 ... potential to become a screening tool that helps decide who should undergo more...

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Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority Status in US Population

Release Date:

11/29/2018

... Kenneth Prewitt, a former Census Bureau director, who saw it while looking through a government report. The ... “Statistics are powerful. They are a description of who we are as a country. If you say majority-...

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United Hospital Fund Report Takes In-Depth Look at Hidden Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Children

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03/07/2019

... aspects of the impact on children, such as pregnant women who use drugs or the increased numbers of children who enter foster care, this is the first comprehensive look ... at the needs of kinship caregivers,...

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Welcomes New Board Members

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07/18/2019

... Alberto Retana , Rukia Lumumba and Lorella Praeli , who will begin their terms immediately. They will join the ... of these new board members are younger leaders of color who stand out from typical foundation...

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You Can't Count if You're Not Counted: Exhibition Explores Census in NYC, Supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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11/06/2019

... the public,” Henry explains. The resulting exhibition is Who We Are: Visualizing New York by the Numbers . Supported ... by a $150,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Who We Are opens November 22...

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Mellon Foundation

Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 Soros Justice Fellows

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03/31/2022

... to work with the 2021 class of Soros Justice Fellows, who will add new and fresh ideas, leadership, and creativity ... the board.” The new fellows include: a policy advocate who will support the healing of...

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The New York Community Trust Names Amy Freitag New President

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04/04/2022

... role this summer. “Amy is a dynamic and proven leader who is the right person to lead The Trust into its next ... look forward to working with them and the many New Yorkers who generously support the City’s...

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01 Feb 2023

2023 New York Age-Friendly Funders Network - Winter Meeting

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... Funders Network is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy ... to share current funding priorities and updates. Who should attend? Grantmakers who...

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01 Oct 2024

October 2024 New York Age-Friendly Funders Network - Fall Meeting

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... York Age-Friendly Funders is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy ... priorities and identify opportunities for collaboration. Who should attend? Grantmakers...

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12 Feb 2025

February 2025 New York Age-Friendly Funders Network - Winter Meeting

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 -

10:00am to 12:00pm

... York Age-Friendly Funders is a peer network of grantmakers who fund or are interested in the program area of healthy ... Systems by Health Association of New York State . Who should attend? Grantmakers...

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27 Mar 2025

Building Worker Power for Migrant Women - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Thursday, March 27, 2025 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), who has extended an invitation to PNY members.* Against the ... live in poverty than U.S.-born women. Bringing in leaders who work at the...

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