Diversity and Inclusion
Publication date:
06/2014
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Propel Democracy Launches Funding To Support Progressive Organizers’ Digital Pivot for 2020 Election
Release Date:
04/23/2020
... safely via vote-by-mail during and after the pandemic. Care in Action , advised by Ai-Jen Poo, is mobilizing the votes of millions of domestic and care workers who do not have the same legal protections .....
Pennsylvania College Consortium Created With $800,000 From Mellon Foundation
Release Date:
07/03/2014
Ten liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania will use an $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a new consortium designed to help them save money and improve academic programs by collaborating across campuses.
Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System
Release Date:
06/03/2015
In a recent editorial, Zoe Baird, expounded on the need to improve education to help better prepare students for the workforce.
Ford Foundation-Backed Incubator Generates $100M in Loans, Nearly $1M in Savings
Release Date:
02/11/2016
... failed to help these vulnerable people gain access to affordable credit and other essential financial products,” ...
Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Advocates for Keeping Artists in New York City
Release Date:
06/10/2016
For Walker, keeping a thriving arts scene matters. "In a time of growing inequality, artists play a role in holding a mirror up to society," Walker said.
In NYTimes, Ford’s Walker on Internships and Inequality
Release Date:
07/06/2016
While many Americans believe fervently and faithfully in expanding opportunity, America’s internship-industrial complex does just the opposite.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data
Release Date:
08/15/2016
... in creating data systems changes that will be lasting, affordable and impactful... Bloomberg Philanthropies Public ...
Century Foundation Expert Says Tuition-Free College Wouldn’t Admit More Low-Income Students
Release Date:
08/18/2016
Top public schools fear falling in national college rankings if they accept students with lower test scores.
Zegar Family Foundation Supports 'Sunday in the Park' Starring Jake Gyllenhaal at City Center
Release Date:
10/04/2016
... Accessible to the widest possible audience by subsidizing affordable tickets throughout the year to programs such as ...
Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre
Release Date:
03/10/2017
... Theatre This season, Queens Theatre is able to offer affordable , high-quality performance and education ...
Opinion: Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’s Homeless
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... has New York City faced such a critical shortage in affordable housing. The city’s population of unsheltered ...
New York City Offers Free Lunch for All Public School Students
Release Date:
09/07/2017
Lunch at New York City public schools will be available free of charge to all 1.1 million students beginning this school year, Carmen Fariña, the schools chancellor, said on Wednesday in the basement cafeteria of a Hell’s Kitchen elementary school...
City Council Approves Zoning Plan to Revamp Far Rockaway with More Housing, Commercial Repairs
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... de Blasio pledged to rezone 15 neighborhoods under his affordable housing plan — but with months left in his first ...
‘I Consider Myself American.’ A New York City Dreamer Reflects on What Losing DACA Would Mean For Him
Release Date:
09/11/2017
William came to the United States as a child more than a decade ago, and still remembers his first impressions of New York City: towering buildings, modern cars, a jumble of cultures on the crowded sidewalks.
JP Morgan Chase Investing $40M in Chicago's Underserved Neighborhoods
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... that pledge to $150 million to build so-called affordable housing, fund small businesses and train ...
Opinion: Living The Mitchell-Lama Dream
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... to cash-in. As a pillar of the city’s most critical affordable housing stock, Mitchell-Lama is in crisis. We hear ...
What’s The [Data] Point? 77,651, with the City Housing Commissioner
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... which was focused on the de Blasio administration's affordable housing program, and then Torres-Springer .....
New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"
Release Date:
11/20/2017
... in Brownsville to increase access to healthy and affordable foods and empower residents through urban farms ...
World Cities Culture Forum Announces Four Leadership Awards across 9 Global Cities
Release Date:
05/03/2018
... ranging from cultural facilities and arts programming, to affordable workspace, tourism, engagement and sustainability, ...