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Opinion: Construction Safety Bill Would Hurt Minority Workers

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09/26/2017

... resident who has spent my career advocating for our public housing communities – and I can tell you why we oppose ... construction workers, including those living in public housing . For months, I have been...

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30 Apr 2021

Lessons for Funders on Movement-Building: The Four Freedoms Fund and Immigrant Justice - A Webinar Hosted by Carnegie Corporation of New York

Friday, April 30, 2021 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

*This program is hosted by our partner, Carnegie Corporation of New ... Geri Mannion , Director, Strengthening Democracy Program and Special Opportunities Fund, Carnegie Corporation ...

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New York Health Foundation

Leading With Race Equity: Building Stronger Culture and Practice

... designed to help foundation leaders gain the tools and resources to work towards equity internally and externally. ... subsequent peer-learning cohort workshop sessions, as the program is designed to...

Improving the Accuracy of Wikipedia’s Medical Information

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01/06/2015

by Brian Byrd, Program Officer, New York State Health Foundation This ... college education. A pilot of the Wikipedia Education Program found that 72 percent of students preferred a ... Encouraging medical schools...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Moving to Crown Heights this Summer

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04/09/2014

The Brooklyn Community Foundation is moving their headquarters to Crown Heights this summer.

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NYCT Awards Grants Totaling $9.1 Million

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06/15/2015

... and other hardships; the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, which will receive $65,000 to advocate ...

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The New York Community Trust

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Rockefeller's Rodin Should Run for President, According to NewsWorks

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08/24/2015

NewsWorks editorial names four CEOs that should enter the political arena.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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U.S. Education Secretary Addresses Century Foundation Forum

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04/19/2016

... Foundation Forum The intersection of decades of education, housing , and transportation policy has left the nation's .....

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Education

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Video: Time Warner Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility Discusses Women of Color in Leadership

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05/17/2016

View the entire dialogue featuring Melody Barnes, NYU Vice Provost and former Director of White House Domestic Policy, and Diahann Billings-Burford, Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner Inc.

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Gender Justice

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Soros Slams Putin For 'Heinous Crimes Against Humanity' In Syria

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10/06/2016

Billionaire investor George Soros has vehemently condemned Russia's bombing campaign in Syria, accusing President Vladimir Putin of aggressively exploiting a power void in the White House ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential elections.

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Open Society Foundations

Mayor De Blasio Says City Has to Grow Taller and Denser Despite Anti-Development Attitudes As Population Rises

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11/02/2016

Relentless growth fueled by immigration, people arriving from other parts of the country and more residents simply staying put will push an already swelling population past the 9 million mark in the decade beginning 2030.

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New Director of Anti-Human Trafficking Fund Announced at NEO Philanthropy

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11/03/2016

NEO Philanthropy is proud to name Gratienne (Sienna) Baskin, Esq., a Fulbright Scholar with extensive senior level work in fighting for the rights of sex workers and survivors of trafficking, as new director of the NEO Anti-Trafficking Fund.

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Gender Justice

Wallace Foundation Supports a Transgender Story Told Through Opera

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11/11/2016

As One, a chamber opera with only two singers, tells the story of Hannah, a transwoman, and her journey to self-understanding. The opera is meant to be both an experience, and a vehicle for meaningful conversation.

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LGBTQ

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East Harlem Gets $10K Grant to Preserve Nation's First Little Italy

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11/11/2016

The Pleasant Avenue area in East Harlem got a $10,000 grant Thursday from the The New York State Council on the Arts and the Preservation League of New York State to survey the area.

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Rita Allen Foundation Supports Digital Democracy Platform

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02/07/2017

The Digital Democracy platform, funded by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and the Rita Allen Foundation, is a collaboration between man and machine.

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Technology

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Rockefeller Cited As Trendsetter in Focusing on Resilience Over Climate Change

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03/06/2017

... successive events in New York—the 9/11 attacks, the housing crisis, and Superstorm Sandy—had each taught the ...

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Capital One Hosts Discussion at SXSW on How to Really Diversify Tech

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03/27/2017

Capital One took over Austin’s famous blues nightclub Antone’s, and turned it into the Capital One House at SXSW. The company held a series of events including interactive sessions and meet-ups.

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Bloomberg Writes Op-Ed: Climate Progress, With or Without Trump

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03/31/2017

Philanthropist and former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg writes that President Trump’s unfortunate and misguided rollback of environmental protections has led to a depressing and widespread belief that the United States can no longer meet its...

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