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The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

Release Date:

09/19/2017

... New York City officials announced that all 1.1 million public school students would be provided with a free daily ...

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Education

Food Systems

LDN Fund Officially Launched

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... Fund is a first-of-its-kind investment vehicle leveraging public money to raise private capital for sustainable land ... collaboration with Mirova and numerous partners from the public sector, the private...

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Environment and Climate Change

Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?

Release Date:

09/22/2017

... social entrepreneurs, civil society leaders, and public officials around the world. We identify three ... of specific individuals or groups to the forefront of public awareness. An innovatorcreates an...

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Opinion: How Parks Lose Their Playfulness

Release Date:

09/25/2017

... in such projects) to design it. Though planned as a public park, the design also accommodated three outdoor event ... Conservancies, it’s worth wondering what else seeps into public space — not the least of...

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Community Development

Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

Release Date:

09/26/2017

... including its schools of medicine, nursing, dental, and public health, is the first complete academic medical center ... Health Program at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the first...

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Environment and Climate Change

Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Bloomberg-supported Cities Work on Assembling the Open Government Puzzle

Release Date:

09/27/2017

... information not with the attitude that it was granting the public some royal benignity, but that those data sets and ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

The Aetna Foundation Launches Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge to Empower Local Group Efforts

Release Date:

04/06/2018

... Efforts The Aetna Foundation, together with the American Public Health Association and the National Association of ... nationwide effort that empowers local groups to tackle public health challenges. Fifty...

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Health

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Aetna Foundation

UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies Receives Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Release Date:

08/02/2019

... universities, community colleges, high schools and the public . “The complexities of the modern Middle East are ... funding for Middle East programs is diminishing and public demand for expertise is increasing...

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Education

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Mellon Foundation

A Spotlight on Arts, Capacity Building, Diversity, and Women and Girls

... Girls July 22nd - The Rollback on Reproductive Rights and Justice : Ways Different Communities are Impacted and How They ...

Eileen Wiseman Joins The Tow Foundation as Director of Strategic Initiatives

Release Date:

06/09/2015

... innovation. She will also collaborate with the director of justice programs to support current and develop new ... activities in the areas of medicine, higher education, and justice .” Wiseman has been the...

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Justice Reform

Surdna Appoints Shuaib Siddiqui, Director, Mission Related Investing

Release Date:

06/30/2016

... United States-communities guided by principles of social justice and distinguished by sustainable environments, strong ... States -- communities guided by principles of social justice and distinguished by...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Surdna Foundation

29 Mar 2018

Emergency Briefing on Adding Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Thursday, March 29, 2018 -

4:00pm to 5:00pm

... census, in response to a request from the Department of Justice . The Secretary noted that he received more than 50 ... and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Gary Bass (Moderator), Executive...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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All Funders

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Public Policy

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Civic Engagement

Public Policy

Census 2020

12 Sep 2019

Always in Season - Documentary Film Screening and Conversation with Filmmaker Jacqueline Olive

Thursday, September 12, 2019 -

5:30pm to 9:00pm

... Always in Season centers a mother’s search for justice for her son. Winner of 7 Jury Prizes at more than 30 ... campaign. Explore: The national movement of racial justice and reconciliation The lingering...

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Film Screening

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All Funders

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Social Justice

10 Dec 2019

Understanding Identity, Privilege and Power in Philanthropic Practice

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... in order to better promote gender, racial, and economic justice through philanthropic work?” This workshop will explore how to incorporate social justice and anti-oppression practice more deeply into ...

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Tools & Strategies

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Workshop

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All Funders

Topic(s)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Park Foundation Welcomes New Executive Director: Rachel Leon

Release Date:

09/23/2020

... focuses on: democracy, media, environment, social justice and sustainability. Her track record in these areas ... root causes of hunger and poverty and advances economic justice and food security. While there...

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Appointments & Transitions

25 Apr 2022

Risk, Reward, and the Reality: What Don't We Know About Intermediaries?

Monday, April 25, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... is examining its practices with a racial equity and social justice lens, funders are learning with and from ... Executive Director, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Who should attend? All interested...