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25 Jun 2015

Nailing It: Building A National Movement of Nail Salon Workers

Thursday, June 25, 2015 -
2:45pm to 5:00pm
On virtually every street corner in the city sits a nail salon, a burgeoning industry that glamorizes the fingertips of half the City’s residents. And behind the glam are women who most often are paid less than the cost of the bottle of nail polish...
18 Nov 2015

Policing Reform: Building on NYC Successes for a National Reform Movement

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 -
1:45pm to 3:30pm
In the past two years, Communities United for Policing Reform (CPR) has played a critical role in leading a campaign to pass landmark police accountability legislation in New York City and partnering with families of New Yorkers killed by police to...
25 Jan 2017

Ask Charities Bureau Chief Sheehan Your Questions

Wednesday, January 25, 2017 -
9:00am to 11:00am
James Sheehan was appointed by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to lead the New York State Charities Bureau in January 2014, and his first focus was the implementation and enforcement of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 , The NPRA was the...
12 Aug 2025

Anti-Authoritarian Funder Learning Series Part I: In Defense of Civil Society - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... democratic backsliding; and hone in on how philanthropic resources can support local-level defense of communities and ... we will hear from advocacy groups that are working to protect the civil society sector...

New Interactive Data Tool from the Education Opportunity Project, Supported by William T. Grant Foundation, Finds that School Poverty - Not Racial Composition - Limited Educational Opportunity

Release Date: 
09/23/2019
... a district.” The findings were released on Sept. 23 in a paper accompanying the launch of a new interactive data tool ...

Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies

Publication date: 
03/2011
This report analyzes how the humanitarian community and the emerging volunteer and technical communities worked together in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and recommends ways to improve coordination and strengthen collaboration between the humanitarian and technology communities during future emergencies.
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Report
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Information Technology
Volunteerism
Funding Area 
Disaster Relief
Technology

Marion Nestle Challenges Funders to Be More Strategic and Political

Release Date: 
08/08/2013
The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation’s Jenny Rempel shares the details of Community Food Funders’ second annual gathering, where the evening’s keynote speaker, New York University professor Marion Nestle, encouraged attendees to work together to build...
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Insights
Topic(s) 
Governance
Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors
Funding Area 
Food Systems
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Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

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