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The Commonwealth Fund

Creating A Positive Workplace Culture - A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way

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08/28/2017

... a person who acts with kindness and positivity? Today’s high stress work environment is taking a negative toll on our ... to how the culture is shaped – it’s created by the people who work in it. It begs the...

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Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

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09/14/2017

... industry. She lived in public housing where crime was very high … and opportunity very low. But now McKay has a ... free, energy-efficient light bulbs for Franklin Energy to people in her neighborhood. “With...

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Workforce Development

Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

... so outside of school. This spring, more than 10,000 young people in 17 countries participated in the Inventor’s ... , a contest that asks kids from kindergarten through high school to build something that...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

... against malaria, a disease that kills more than 400,000 people each year, mostly children age 5 and under in ... and insecticide, is to modify the mosquitoes so they are no longer capable of spreading the...

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Health

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

William T. Grant Foundation Seeking Applications for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

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06/18/2019

... Reducing Inequality The research grants programs support high -quality field-initiated studies that are relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States...

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Economic Security

William T. Grant Foundation

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The New York Community Trust Awards $9.9 Million in Grants to 53 Nonprofits

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04/14/2021

... Among other things, these grants will help ensure more people get COVID-19 vaccinations and participate in this year’s high -stakes local elections, and help low-income ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The New York Community Trust

38th Annual Meeting Recap: The Power of Participation

... with voting rights, access to participation and how people get the information that motivates them to engage. ... saying how "one of the things that we have found is a high level of disconnect, where...

OpEd: CEO Lori Bezahler on Edward W. Hazen Foundation’s Decision to Empty Its Coffers

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03/06/2019

... supporters of social-justice organizations, have rallied resources to protect fundamental rights that seemed suddenly ... the student survivors of the Parkland shooting and young people of color combating gun...

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WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces Grants to Support Immigrant and Refugee Employment Initiatives

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09/04/2019

... out of work or employed in jobs that require little to no advanced education. Immigrant workers employed in ... economic advancement for all, will assess and expand existing career pathways and workforce...

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World Education Services / WES Mariam Assefa Fund

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Immigration

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One Year Later: Food Scarcity in New York State During the COVID-19 Pandemic - New Report from the NYS Health Foundation

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03/03/2021

... other data sources must be used as a benchmark for pre -pandemic periods. A widely used measure comes from the ...

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Food Systems

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ASPCA Weighs In On The Surprising Argument for Extending Food Stamps to Pets

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01/23/2018

... modify food-stamp rules to make it easier for low-income people like him to buy food for their pets. The petition has ... gap in the social safety net: Currently, there is no federal program that helps low-...

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Animal Welfare

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Henry Luce Foundation Emergency Grants Support Underserved Communities in the US

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06/05/2020

... impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and those most at- risk for severe illness. People of color, people earning lower incomes and with precarious employment, ...

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22 Apr 2022

Exploring the Impact of Environmental and Social Justice Youth Programming

Friday, April 22, 2022 -

10:00am to 11:00am

... and other environmental risks and hazards. Offering young people opportunities and support to become environmental ... and social justice through STEAM programming with young people . This panel will feature...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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16 May 2017

Women and LGBTQ Leaders in the Immigration Debate: Louder, Prouder and More Effective Than Ever

Tuesday, May 16, 2017 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... States diplomacy and image among millions of displaced people around the world, the orders would also have the ... families and place thousands of immigrants and refugees at risk of life-threatening danger,...

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United Way of New York City Announces Grace C. Bonilla, Esq. as the New President and CEO

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05/23/2022

... into that role after leading the New York City Human Resources Administration, as the Administrator of the largest ... success as a Deputy Commissioner overseeing the Human Resources Administration’s Office of...

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The Future is Now: The Need for Health Information Exchange

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04/30/2012

... practices adopt and use EHRs, targeting communities with high Medicaid or uninsured patients. The challenge we face ... system that has successfully established processes and resources to accomplish this...

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Century Foundation Fellow Weighs in on UT Affirmative Action Case

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12/11/2015

... the automatic admission of top-ranking students from all high schools across the state with the use of race as one ... to find ways to provide access to those institutions for people from a variety of...

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Markle Foundation-Backed Online Tools Seek to Help Close the Employment Skills Gap

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07/10/2017

... are 7.3 million fewer jobs in the United States today for people with a high school degree or less than there were in 1989. At the ... how can would-be workers, armed in many cases with only a high...

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