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Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support People Who Rely on DACA Even As Trump Axes The Program

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09/06/2017

... the ultimate city of immigrants — this isn't abstract policy . . . Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support .....

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New York City Offers Free Lunch for All Public School Students

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09/07/2017

... said on Wednesday in the basement cafeteria of a Hell’ s Kitchen elementary school. The new school year begins on ... matter.” This move has been long sought by food- policy advocates and many members of the...

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The DACA ‘Fix’ That Immigration Activists Fear

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09/07/2017

... Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) — the 2012 policy that granted administrative relief to some 800,000 ...

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Democrats Look To Trump On DREAM Act After He Puts Expiration Date On DACA Program

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09/11/2017

... funded until early December. Democrats hope the president' s apparent willingness to work across the aisle will extend ... program. Trump is phasing out the Obama-era immigration policy while first giving...

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Obama Foundation to Host Global Summit in Chicago

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09/14/2017

... summit will take place in the city that will host Obama' s presidential library and his presidential center. Obama .....

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New York City Education Department to Improve Response to Public Record Requests

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09/14/2017

... responses to public records requests, New York City’ s education department says it will provide more realistic ... exactly, it will respond to records requests. The new policy is meant to provide “a clear and...

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Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium

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09/25/2017

... as scrappy upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U. S . education system one school at a time. But some backers of ...

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Cuomo Warns NY House Republicans

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09/28/2017

Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized on Wednesday Republican House members from New York who have supported broad changes to the Affordable Care Act, potential cuts that would impact hospitals and tax reform efforts as “reprehensible.”

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Children’s Health Care Bill Faces New Obstacles

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10/05/2017

Children’ s Health Care Bill Faces New Obstacles Bipartisan negotiations over an extension of children’ s health insurance are veering off course, raising doubts ... Murray (D-Wash.) should be attached to the...

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Johnson & Johnson Joins the Coalition for the American Dream

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01/05/2018

... only to advocate for the protection of America’ s Dreamers and find a bipartisan, long-term solution to the ... first step toward enacting much-needed immigration policy reform. Johnson & Johnson must...

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Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award

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04/16/2018

... own cities. The Award is part of Michael R. Bloomberg' s American Cities Initiative, a program designed to empower city leaders to generate new ideas and advance policy that moves the nation forward.....

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Open Society Foundations Launches Initiative to Support A More Inclusive American Democracy

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05/02/2018

... in government and to undertake a project that advances policy ideas and inserts their unique perspectives about ... eligible, all projects must relate to one or more of OSF' s U. S ...

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Civic Engagement

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World Cities Culture Forum Announces Four Leadership Awards across 9 Global Cities

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05/03/2018

... for advancing cultural projects and shaping public policy . As Mayors around the world invest in cultural ...

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William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research

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05/04/2018

The foundation will award grants of up to $600,000 over two or three years in support of research designed to build, test, and increase understanding of approaches to reducing inequality in youth outcomes on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Announces Perry Cammack as the Program Director of Peacebuilding

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01/29/2019

... to examine the underlying causes of the Arab World’ s profound instability. Previously, Mr. Cammack worked for ... Foreign Relations Committee. He served as a member of the policy planning staff of Secretary...

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First-of-its-kind Study From the Century Foundation: How Well Does Your State Support Integration in Charter Schools?

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04/04/2019

With the enrollment flexibility and design choices available to them, charter schools have the potential to help reverse trends of school segregation—or to further isolate students by race and class.

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William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program

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06/05/2019

... reducing inequality, and the use of research evidence in policy and practice). Research must be conducted within one ...

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Open Society Foundations President Names Nicole Wilett as New Chief of Staff

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07/16/2019

... Wilett will lead the Foundations’ work on public policy and advocacy, and advise the president on new ... initiatives. “I am thrilled to have someone of Nicole’ s stature and experience joining the Foundations...

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23 Sep 2016

Philanthropy 101 - Module 1: Speaking the Same Language

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8:30am to 11:00am

... Working for a Foundation... Power and Your New Community What is philanthropy and why does it exist? How does it work, and what ' s the relationship between the nonprofit, private, and...

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