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Helen Chin Named New Director of Sustainable Environments Program at Surdna

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12/22/2014

... providing indigenous communities with the skills and resources needed to preserve and protect natural resources and wildlife habitats. During that time, Ms. Chin spent a significant amount of time in Africa...

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Workforce Development

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Surdna Foundation

Century Foundation Announces Janice Nittoli "Forward Thinking" Award

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11/03/2014

... years of age in the research and writing of a policy paper on a topic that is central to TCF’s agenda. Ms. ...

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Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

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01/11/2016

... Laboratory of Genetics and senior author of the paper published January 8, 2016 in the journal Science ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View

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07/06/2017

... of urban change. The study is described in a July 6 paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ...

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A New Coalition Funded by the Prudential Foundation and Citibank Launches in Newark to Support Asset Building

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02/12/2018

... most of the city's residents and the large corporate workforce that commutes in and out of Newark every day. .....

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Economic Security

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Report from Commonwealth Fund Finds Patient Worry About Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs at All-Time High

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05/17/2018

... thing. Also adversely affected by healthcare costs were young adults, individuals ages 50 to 64, women, and ...

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National Progressive Advocate Heather McGhee Receives Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Inaugural Fair and Just Fellowship

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05/16/2018

... like Heather. We are thrilled that she has embraced this partnership right in her own backyard and we look forward to ... to Starbucks, and currently serves on the boards of the Working Families Organization,...

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20 Issues, to Be Specific

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07/19/2017

... limited-life or endowed for perpetuity – to use their resources for social good over the long-term. We will ...

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Research To Prevent Blindness-Backed Project Identifies Potential Biomarkers Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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09/12/2017

... blood profiles associated with AMD -- the leading cause of adult blindness in developed countries -- and its level of ... measures to identify patients who may be at risk of developing AMD, including those who...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship Shows Successes

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10/16/2015

... This year’s fellows include Anurag Gupta , who is developing a mindfulness practice he calls Mindfulness-Based ... to bring about policy change; and Jessica Norwood , who is developing a community investment...

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Social Justice

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Let’s Examine the Underlying Tensions of Civic Engagement

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04/18/2018

... people of color, immigrants, women, and people who are young , differently abled, LGBTQ, economically disenfranchised and people working in undervalued professions. Our goal is to provide ... pathologize or...

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Civic Engagement

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UJA-Federation of New York Launches Centennial With Largest Volunteer Initiative in its History

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01/12/2017

... come together at eight agencies across New York City, Long Island and Westchester to give back and do good. All of the ... address issues that matter most to them, pooling their resources to care for Jews...

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Despite the Pall of National Politics, We Are Bending Toward the Light of Justice

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12/20/2017

... we are making to end the injustices that fester on Rikers Island . “The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the ... landmark set of recommendations last April to close Rikers Island within ten years,...

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives

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05/29/2014

... and Veterans Healthcare (Jonas Center) today announced a partnership with the preeminent nursing honor society, Sigma ... and Veterans Healthcare (Jonas Center) today announced a partnership with the...

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